Author Archives: Anton

a protected minority?

Hee hee. The Economist says of V for Vendetta: . . . only fans of detention centres, torture, unfettered government surveillance, screaming-mad television pundits and laws against alternative lifestyles will find anything here that could possibly offend. Perhaps I’ll go see it … Continue reading

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no golf, no glory

Of the 87% of Americans who have one, half say they dislike the one they have. That was this evening’s prize question on KDFC, the classical radio station. When the announcer came on again he said that the answer is … Continue reading

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another one for Perry?

How many MacOS experts read this? When I launch Grapher, I get a Warning: Font Conflict Several characters (Greek letters, e.g.) cannot be displayed correctly because of a conflict between the installed fonts. If you are using MathType, please make … Continue reading

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a surprising choice of medium

Chris Bliss interprets the Abbey Road suite . . in juggling. It’s awesome. (bigger version, 27MB) See also the Chris Bliss Diss, in which Jason Garfield does a very similar routine with five balls to Bliss’s three (and some added … Continue reading

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if it takes one to know one — one what?

Something Positive has a curious attitude toward our undead neighbors.

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the key works if you twist the doorknob a bit

The website that hosts The Libertarian Enterprise changed domains some time ago, but it took me this long to notice how it changed; one isn’t always paying attention to such things. The old domain is www.ncc-1776.com, the new is www.ncc-1776.org; … Continue reading

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bohemian robots in spaaace!

Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life is “a philosophical road comic about two unemployed robots on an improvised interplanetary voyage of self discovery.” Understatedly fantastic.

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