Author Archives: Anton

elusive avoidance

I’ve been designing printable models of the Lawson-Klein surface w = cos(u) cos(2v) x = cos(u) sin(2v) y = sin(u) cos(v) z = sin(u) sin(v) As you can plainly see, this figure lives in S3 (positively curved 3-space), so stereographic … Continue reading

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self-referential

A recent comment on this blog from someone named ‘air jordan 1 ebay’: Hello, i read your blog occasionally and i own a similar one and i was just wondering if you get a lot of spam responses? […] Yes. … Continue reading

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need a pun here about music and cryptography

Given a piece of music written for just intonation, clearly you could derive another piece by replacing all factors of 3 with factors of 5 and vice versa (or pick some other pair of primes). Sometimes the result might even … Continue reading

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hidden dragon

For years I’ve occasionally had a mysterious itch at my lowest left rib, nothing showing on the skin. Now it has spread rightward at the same altitude, making me think: could this be mild shingles?

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The Curious Case of the Catchy but Inappropriate Title

In Mamet’s The Spanish Prisoner (1997), Joe, for a genius, is a bit stupid. Maybe he hasn’t watched enough movies. Jimmy tells Joe to “bring the Process” to their meeting in the park. Joe never mentioned that word to Jimmy. … Continue reading

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theories of magic

Tailsteak writes: All comics have to have a setting. Very often, almost all of that setting can be implied, especially if the comic is set in the quote-unquote “real world”. If you’re using magic or hypertechnology to drive your plots, … Continue reading

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Mavwrecks

I’ve noticed some changes in jumping from MacOS 10.6.x to 10.9: The keystroke Command Option Eject no longer puts the computer to sleep. On the Dock, the active app indicator is much less visible. (later improved) Scroll bars no longer … Continue reading

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