Author Archives: Anton

changing every day, every possible way

I’ve consistently noticed that my “home” in my dreams, though it seems normal during the dream, almost never resembles any place where I’ve resided (nor indeed any place that I recognize). Now I find that the principle applies not only … Continue reading

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stuff

Something’s wrong with commenting here, it seems. Dad’s book is gorgeous. Buy a bazillion copies. Chaos is good: Of beating hearts; sequel Movies: I enjoyed Key Largo (1948).

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in black and white, and blue

Gotta agree with Greg Egan: Sometime in the next twenty years or so, the technology that enabled Avatar will become cheap enough to risk employing alongside a moderately intelligent script. It is mighty pretty, though. Among the details, I particularly … Continue reading

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it’s amazing that I escaped this long

I have my first grey whisker.

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one wishes one were in a position to help

Gary Farber, who has occasionally commented / linked / been mentioned here, is in a bad way.

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don’t go away, Mads

MMK where are you? Not a peep since October.

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if MCE were alive

My strip representation of the hyperbolic plane inspired Vladimir Bulatov to explore weirder conformal mappings thereof. (Conformal means angles are preserved.)

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