Nixie

The Starbucks near my house has a manager with the name Nixie, which makes this article even creepier.

chron.com Chronicle 2011

I predict the "Nixie" will be hoarded and used to pelt George W Bush at his kid's birthday party appearances, as he attempts to eke out a living by supplementing the meager nest-egg left to him by his handlers after they are through looting the US public coffers.

Boing Boing: November 19, 2006 - November 25, 2006 Archives 2006

"Nixie" and "A Lady of Quality," in the latter of which plays Miss Julia Arthur made a great success as the heroine.

A Lady of Quality 1896

*** Got home to find that "Nixie & Loose in the Mail" of the Postal Service had mailed me my wallet.

August 6th, 2007 2007

Cathode Corner sells this handsome, motion-activated Nixie-tube wristwatch for $395 -- despite its baroque, fragile appearance, it's billed as "rugged and water-resistant."

Boing Boing 2007

Nixie does current affairs the way The Economist does shoes.

Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

At Nixie we used reception as a sin bin—if a girl got too bitchy on the editorial floor, we sent her down to do a week on the shiniest desk.

Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

Starting Nixie had been the third real decision of my life, and I refused ever to regret it.

Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008

Nixie enthusiast David Forbes is eager to sell these works of art for an eye-gouging $999.

Rim Clock 2008

The cussed streak in me—the one that made me launch Nixie instead of joining some tamer glossy; the one that made me start an affair with Lawrence instead of mending my fences with Andrew—that enduring outward-bound streak gave me an adolescent thrill when a package landed on my desk emblazoned with the question FOR YOUR HOLIDAY THIS YEAR, WHY NOT TRY NIGERIA?

Little Bee Chris Cleave 2008