Author Archives: Anton

the Hugo was just the beginning

Seeing a twist of yellow ribbon stuck sidewise on the tails of many cars, it struck me that the present conflict would be better symbolized if the loose ends of the ribbon were joined.

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remember the Future?

how a “home computer” could look like in the year 2004. I wonder what the big wheel is for.

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nature itself

Yesterday we took a spin in the exuberantly wooded Santa Cruz Mountains. Bright winter sunshine with patches of rain made for a superb light. On the way home near sunset, I saw my first sun pillar.

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linky goodness

Mike Ruff: open carry as propaganda Will Wilkinson: Remitting Disaster Arimaa, “the first game that was designed intentionally to be difficult for computers to play.” James D. Miller: The Depolarizing Power of the Blogosphere Once More With Hobbits: filk of … Continue reading

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interruption of service

Today’s excuse for inactivity is that my monitor is on the fritz. At first I thought it was a previously unseen mode of a screensaver that looks like bad TV reception: the blue channel suddenly covered the whole screen with … Continue reading

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magic

Last week I put some bellflowers under the orange tree on my porch — and it hasn’t rained since. Update: The rain returned on January 25.

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hypothetical Netflix algorithm

I don’t know how Netflix decides what to send to whom. Here’s how I might do it: Process the incoming mail: update each title’s availability data and each customer’s Demand (subscription quota minus discs out). (X) For each customer, put … Continue reading

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