Archive for tee-shirt
post-vacation tee-shirt design
Posted in Kids, Mountains, pictures, Travel with tags Ainu, animism, Þe Norse face, brown bear, copycat, grizzly bear, higuma, Hokkaido, Japan, katakana, tee-shirt, TNF on August 16, 2026 by xi'an
…no el xe un pèse!!!
Posted in Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Austria, Austro-Hungary, Carlo Goldoni, Der Nord Wal, Friuli-Venezia, Gallo-Italic languages, German, Giacomo Casanova, Indo-European languages, Italy, Latin, maps, Old Norse, Republic of Venice, Romance language, tee-shirt, TNF, Venetan, Veneto, Venezia, whales on May 19, 2025 by xi'an
And here is the Venetan version of the nuova fanèla (tee-shirt), as suggested by my friend, co-author, and former PhD student Roberto Casarin, who hosted a fantastic ISBA last summer (and kindly looked after me while in ospedale!). Meaning this is not a fish! (If possibly a whale?!) For a better design Antoine and I had to give up the accent in pèse, much to my dismay. (End of the TNF series!)
…Der Nord Wal, but…
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Austria, Austro-Hungary, Der Nord Wal, French Revolution, German, Italy, maps, Napoléon Bonaparte, Napoleonic wars, narwhal, Old Norse, Republic of Venice, tee-shirt, TNF, Treaty of Campo Formio, Venetian, Venezia, whales, Yosemite on May 18, 2025 by xi'an
This new version in TNF memes came to life during my stay in Venezia last summer, as the fish or whale analogy struck me (after so many visits!). The German wording of the North whale afforded a proximity to the original brand without sharing a single word with said brand (and no connection with either the North Wall in Yosemite or the narwhal species, whose etymology link to the Old Norse for corpse-skinned whale). Antoine Luciano improved my early sketch of a three-part simplified map into the above (cutting out Santa Croce and inflating Giudecca) et voilà !
However, using a German motto for the map of Venezia may sound offensive to Venetian ears, reminding them of the 50 years of Austrian occupation—with both Napoléon Bonaparte and Napoléon III involved in the matter—, I consulted locals for another version and…
from Þe Norse Farce to…
Posted in Books, Kids, pictures, Travel with tags Elder Futhark, Futhark runes, Half Dome, joke, logo, meme, Norman, Oseberg Ship, runic alphabet, Scandinavian ancestry, tee-shirt, The Norse Farce, The North, Thorn rune, Thurizas rune, TNF, Viking longship, Yosemite on May 17, 2025 by xi'an
Some of the Og’s readers possibly remember the (long-winded?) entries on playing with the logo of a famous outdoor clothing brand (popularised into streetwear by 1990’s graffiti writers). As explained here, it all started with a (Norman) misconception about said logo. The joke is now sailing to another sea and another North, on a different vessel, if you do not mind staying onboard…
IISA 2024 [snapshots]
Posted in Books, pictures, Travel, University life with tags Cochin University of Science and Technology, conference, CUST, IISA 2024, India, International Indian Statistical Association, ISI, Kerala, Kochi, Springer-Verlag, tee-shirt, University of Warwick, Use R on January 27, 2025 by xi'an
Two pictures from IISA 2024, with the local organising committee (kudos to them!) and Shreya, Rito and I (with a past-its-prime Use R! Springer tee shirt) attending an MCMC lecture on the Sunday afternoon.
