Author Archives: Anton

paraphrasing Groucho

Another Facebook “friend” request from a foaf I’ve never heard of. This one appears to be a scientist, in a field of which I approve, and we have six “friends” in common – or five, not counting one of his … Continue reading

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Netflix oddities

Netflix’s subgenre “Dramas Based on Classic Literature” includes Driving Miss Daisy, an adaptation of a play first staged in 1987. A list of recommendations for me shows some surprising and even dubious inferences: Life in the Undergrowth — Because you … Continue reading

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character flaw

I’ve now watched three seasons of Lost, and am wondering a bit why Jack didn’t say to Ben, “Five minutes? I was a captive audience for two weeks; you could have told me then why ‘the good guys’ have been … Continue reading

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ogre don’t play that

On the off chance that lavender_princess44, who sent two anonymous texts to my telephone just now, has some genuine chain of acquaintance with me: No, I’m not going to make an account at the site you mentioned.

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link repellent

I wonder whether anyone keeps track of how many times PVP has restructured its archives making old links invalid.

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the clatter, or not, of the pins

Saturday, at the suggestion of my new friend Jennifer Justice, I went bowling for the first time since – um – 1983?? Well, since 1997 at least. The previous time, whenever it was, my knuckles ached. This time my hands … Continue reading

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symmetries made simple

This may be of interest to only a few: Simplest Canonical Polyhedra of Each Symmetry Type (rotable in Java); in other words, canonical forms of the simplest topologies that allow the specified symmetries and none higher. Any convex polyhedron can … Continue reading

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