Author Archives: Anton

whither arrows

In anticipation of my next keyboard, I have been doodling layouts of the non-alpha layers, as one does. Today let’s discuss arrow keys.

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first day with Glove80

Typing this in a non-qwerty layout on a new ergonomic keyboard. Learning the alphabet anew is of course a challenge, as is getting to know the keys themselves. My pinkies want to rest on the upper row, and the upper … Continue reading

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browsing in my Wikipedia history

I have been active on Wikipedia since 2005, mostly making incremental improvements – correcting punctuation here, tightening sloppy language there – with emphasis on heraldry and polytopes but wandering over a very wide range of subjects as whim takes me. … Continue reading

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a question of boundaries

If I were in charge of the partition of India, I’d do it bottom-up. Starting with the smallest practical districts, ask in each one: For each of your neighbors, would you amalgamate? Do the most favored mergers (skipping any that … Continue reading

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rolling top hits

Rhino Records made a series of CDs of Billboard Top Ten songs for various years. I wonder, if you summed every sequence of 52 consecutive weeks, how many songs would show in those Rolling Top Tens that never made a … Continue reading

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someone please make this movie

I have a very vague – call it abstract – memory of watching the beginning of this movie, but it seems not to exist, so I guess it was a dream. The main character is a spy’s only daughter. Daddy … Continue reading

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RDCB

A generation ago, it was reported that Readers Digest Condensed Books planned an edition of The Bible, provoking obvious jokes that it would cut three Commandments and four Apostles. Now that I’m reading the thing, though, I do see where … Continue reading

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