Author Archives: Anton

Firefox 4

Posted on Tuesday, 2011 March 29 by Anton

I miss the popup menu of recent pages in this tab, that was beside the back/forward buttons in Firefox 3. The bar at the bottom of the window has gone away, to save space for content; status notices now appear … Continue reading →

Posted in neep-neep | Tagged browser, client, Firefox | 2 Comments

the DVD player and me

Posted on Monday, 2011 March 28 by Anton

I watched 27 minutes of The Plainsman (1936) and found it unpromising. Then I looked up Cecil DeMille and was a little surprised that I had never seen any of his work, other than his cameo in Sunset Blvd. The … Continue reading →

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fair exchange

Posted on Friday, 2011 March 25 by Anton

I have a recurring daydream that a cop asks permission to search my car and I say: “Fine, if I get to search yours.” Or: “Okay, provided that you do so in the nude. Nothing to hide, right?” Or: “If … Continue reading →

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earthquakes are my symptom

Posted on Friday, 2011 March 11 by Anton

In 1983 and 1989, major earthquakes came when I had a fever; my first reaction was “Am I sicker than I thought?”. After I fell ill on Tuesday, I joked that I was waiting for an earthquake, but really I … Continue reading →