Author Archives: Anton

murder by most famous

Here in the ogre’s cave we watch quite a lot of English detective shows; my housemate orders them from Netflix. The title of this post comes from an observation of hers that – since the biggest role in a detective … Continue reading

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striking colors

L Neil Smith, stung by a gross misrepresentation of his view of 9/11, fires back. Neil’s piece mentions three people by code-names: “Mike”, “Russell” and “Anton”. Mike Lorrey, a vice-chairman of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire, lets one cat … Continue reading

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the stubborn spiral

Rusin’s disco ball golden angles Saff & Kuijlaars Examples of three algorithms for distributing nodes fairly evenly over a sphere. Those on the middle and right slice the sphere into parallel bands of equal area (much narrower than the white … Continue reading

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QotD

. . . I consider the right of property to consist in the freedom to dispose first of one’s person, then of one’s labor, and finally, of the products of one’s labor — which proves, incidentally, that, from a certain … Continue reading

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wp1.5

I’ve just upgraded to a new version of WordPress. Any minute now I’ll get it looking the way I like, again. Though this is a huge improvement over the old default template. A little bit later: Oh dear, oh dear: … Continue reading

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if you keep a cat, or keep two or three

Do yourself a favor: never buy Swheat Scoop cat litter. Some litters absorb pee and make a non-smelly solid lump. Swheat Scoop makes a smelly sticky lump whose consistency resembles that of my oat-cookie dough. It’s a bitch to clean … Continue reading

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Bobbin come home!

What happened to Joycelyn Yik’s comic strip The New Adventures of Bobbin? The domain has been down for at least a few days, and I’ve never known that to happen before. Feb.20: She’s back! with a strip about about quirks … Continue reading

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