Author Archives: Anton

all the politics I need

Posted on Monday, 2010 December 06 by Anton

I designed a bumper sticker, which is not acutely relevant just now — but I wanted to get it done ahead of the rush.

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who needs rich text, anyway?

Posted on Wednesday, 2010 December 01 by Anton

Apple’s TextEdit refuses to save as .txt. What’s up wit dat?

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let’s not exaggerate

Posted on Sunday, 2010 November 28 by Anton

It’s tempting to say that the jail sentence of Alan Shadrake confirms his allegation, but no; it doesn’t show that Singapore’s judiciary is corrupt, merely that the Republic of Singapore is a coward.

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free peeks by appointment

Posted on Wednesday, 2010 November 24 by Anton

I got a webcam for my birthday. If you want to see what I’m like in realtime, it can be arranged. I don’t promise to scintillate.

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link cautiously

Posted on Monday, 2010 October 25 by Anton

Jonas discovered that, if you write a comment here with three links, you’ll be taken to a 403 page without explanation. I haven’t found the configuration setting that does this.

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webcomics update

Posted on Sunday, 2010 October 17 by Anton

Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life came back to life in July, after 15 months dormant. That doesn’t happen every day!

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toward a graceful imitation of the crude

Posted on Friday, 2010 October 15 by Anton

I’ve long had an idea to design “outline” typefaces which, at appropriate low resolution, would mimic certain bitmap fonts that have sentimental resonance. The orange discs are the original dots, of course. The blue arcs are least-squares fits (linear, quadratic) … Continue reading →

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