Last night we went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. It’s a great adventures movie, shows Indy just as he used to be, and most of the time makes you think you are watching an 80′s production.

And I found this today in Matt’s blog (via the WordPress Dashboard):

Otto Rahn, the original Indiana Jones.

As both its function and form suggest, the ampersand is a written contraction of “et”, the Latin word for “and”. Its shape has evolved continuously since its introduction, and while some ampersands are still manifestly e-t ligatures, others merely hint at this origin, sometimes in very oblique ways.

Read the full essay about the ampersand (&) symbol, by Jonathan Hoefler.

Via Daring Fireball.