Author Archives: Anton

Sukyandaru

Kurosawa’s Scandal has his two favorite actors, Mifune and Shimura. When the latter appeared, I thought “ah, it’s Shimura — or is it?” His speech and mannerisms were curiously unlike those of his other characters.

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qotd

Charles Johnson: For the individualist, half of human decency in political thinking is just learning to keep your personal pronouns straight. Found by some indirect chain of links from Roderick Long’s blog.

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qotd

Penn Jillette: I don’t know, so I’m an atheist libertarian Democracy without respect for individual rights sucks. It’s just ganging up against the weird kid, and I’m always the weird kid.

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Combien de temps est-ce que je la poitrine devrais-je nourrir mon enfant ?

On the first of the month, I look at my HTTP referral log to see if I have any new incoming links. Among this month’s spam is a breastfeeding blog in French, which appears on closer inspection to have been … Continue reading

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blending curves

I made some progress on an old project: to make outline fonts based on some favorite old bitmap fonts, by automatic fitting of smooth curves to the sequences of dots. (The image above is in Scalable Vector Graphic format. If … Continue reading

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practical shooting for the apocalypse

I’m watching the pilot episode of Terminator: the Sarah Connor Chronicles. In this iteration the machines have a sense of humor! Seems to me the most useful thing Sarah can do with her shotgun is aim for the eyes. Does … Continue reading

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the tantalizing tune

I used to have a ringtone that, pardon the pun, rang a bell: I was sure it was from some modern string quartet, but couldn’t find it in my collection. Years go by. Today I get in the car, turn … Continue reading

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