Author Archives: Anton

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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Friday thirteen come on Friday this month

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

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

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links from spaaace

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

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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