Author Archives: Anton

what do you want to create today?

It’s unlikely that you need me to tell you that 3d printing (aka rapid prototyping, aka stereolithography) can do wonderful things. Now Fab@Home seeks to bring the technology to the hobbyist. (Thanks to the muted horn for the link.)

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Out. For. A. Walk. Bitch.

You may have seen a movie of a purported Bigfoot walking in the woods. Here is a stabilized version of that film. (Cited by Incoming Signals.)

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getting better all the time

WordPress 2.1 was announced the other day, and they’re soliciting suggestions for the next version. Here’s mine. Go there and tell me I’m all wet.

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hypercorrection implies correction

Most of us English-speakers were told as children that it’s wrong to say me and him went to the park, and we should instead say he and I. And many of us grow up extending the lesson to where it … Continue reading

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does He play bridge?

This morning someone came to my door and invited my comment on a line of the New Testament, something about keeping an eye out “for none knoweth the hour.” After he had gone I thought: but then what? “Sorry to … Continue reading

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recycling

Having made the plunge and ordered Knuth’s third edition, what should I do with the volumes I bought twenty-odd years ago?

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umbra Saturni

the view from Saturn’s shadow My latest finding of “dictionary translation”, at a pet store: ONE-STORY CAT CAVE UNE CAVERNE À CHATS D’HISTOIRE I’d make it caverne à chats à une étage. Funny that I missed this three years ago … Continue reading

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