Author Archives: Anton

Friday thirteen come on Friday this month

Posted on Saturday, 2011 May 14 by Anton

Somewhere or other I recently mentioned having heard that, because the Gregorian calendar cycle of 400 years is a multiple of 7 days, the 13th of the month is not evenly distributed and falls more often on Friday than on … Continue reading →

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that didn’t take long

Posted on Friday, 2011 May 13 by Anton

Someone has snapped up my old unwanted domain to start a blog in (i think) Swedish.

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links from spaaace

Posted on Sunday, 2011 May 08 by Anton

Average illumination near the Moon’s south pole, showing which crater floors never (or almost never) see sunlight. Unfortunately the text doesn’t quantify what the whitest pixel means, i.e., how much time the most-illuminated point spends in shadow. Wobbling time exposure … Continue reading →

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crickets

Posted on Sunday, 2011 May 01 by Anton

This site had half as many visits in April as in March, presumably either because the old domain expired or because folks are busy getting ready for the end of the world.

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Whip Conflation Now

Posted on Thursday, 2011 April 07 by Anton

Roderick Long: Corporations versus the Market; or, Whip Conflation Now. Read it.

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no one is unique

Posted on Friday, 2011 April 01 by Anton

Someone using my name wrote seven reviews on Yahoo Local. The last four, posted on the same day, praise services in New York, Kansas and Oklahoma. Hmm. One (for a liposuction clinic) begins: “Being pregnant twice caused much fat to … Continue reading →

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but of course you all thought of that immediately

Posted on Wednesday, 2011 March 30 by Anton

Reading some neglected mail from 2007, I happen to see a quotation from Prof Paz’s speech in The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress: “You might even consider installing the candidates who receive the least number of votes; unpopular men may … Continue reading →

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