Author Archives: Anton

stupid puns come to mind

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 May 04 by Anton

Come Monday, I’ll be working in Menlo Park. How should I spend the early evening before braving the bridge?

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A few years ago we thrilled to an exhibit by the Library of Congress of color photographs of Russian life made in 1909–15. Now I learn that the images shown there are a small fraction of the Prokudin-Gorskii plates, most … Continue reading →

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jargon often travels poorly

Posted on Friday, 2005 April 29 by Anton

Ken MacLeod‘s recent novel Newton’s Wake (whose title I’m not sure I understand) has a character say: What we do is you tell us some more about Eurydice and its beautiful people, and then you get tired and emotional, and … Continue reading →

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gluttony with cinnamon

Posted on Thursday, 2005 April 28 by Anton

My new favorite ice cream is Ben & Jerry’s Oatmeal Cookie Chunk. It’s hard to find; I found some yesterday at, of all places, a Chinese supermarket.

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go read somewhere else

Posted on Monday, 2005 April 25 by Anton

Tom Knapp on the land problem (inter alia) (cited by Mutualist). (2006: that site has been reorganized; I think this is the same piece, and as a bonus here are two followups.) why drink beer a Martian dust-devil, close up … Continue reading →

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fun with refraction

Posted on Friday, 2005 April 22 by Anton

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cinema 1963

Posted on Friday, 2005 April 22 by Anton

天国と地獄 High and Low. Kurosawa does not disappoint in this policier, from a novel by Ed McBain (King’s Ransom). As in 野良犬 Stray Dog, it’s weird to see Mifune with a modern haircut and mustache; I could not be sure … Continue reading →

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