Tag Archives: Rhythm

Woodland and Silver

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Graham Shawcross

The co-inventor of the bar code N. J0seph Woodland died recently; his other co-inventor, Bernard Silver, having already died in 1963 aged just 38. They had been inspired by Silver overhearing the president of a food chain pleading with one … Continue reading →

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The Long and the Short

Posted on January 28, 2013 by Graham Shawcross

A year-out student Tom Kirby emailed an office of 200 people asking what the convention was for beyond and behind dotted line styles.  No one knew. On-line searches didn’t prove very helpful so in one of those mad delightful collective … Continue reading →

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