Author Archives: Anton

ski Milpitas

Posted on Saturday, 2006 March 11 by Anton

The peaks near Lick Observatory have snow, a rarity. I can see one from home. Alas that Lick’s webcams are dead.

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you got to have a dream

Posted on Thursday, 2006 March 09 by Anton

Pillow has a new ambition: to liberate the thick white string that crosses the space between two bookcases — i.e. my Ethernet line.

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local knowledge

Posted on Thursday, 2006 March 09 by Anton

I saw a poster advertising Clorox products with a picture of a child and a caption something like Let’s hope they catch more fireflies than flu bugs. Which is a pretty farfetched thing to hope for, anywhere within a thousand … Continue reading →

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heretic at large?

Posted on Monday, 2006 March 06 by Anton

Rumor has it that Placer County’s jailers refused to hold Steve Kubby. If so, let’s hope they escape prosecution.

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life imitates art

Posted on Sunday, 2006 March 05 by Anton

In Bruce Sterling‘s wonderful novel Schismatrix (1985), the spaceship Red Consensus has an interesting feature: The control room . . . had been designed by some forgotten industrial theorist who believed that instruments should use acoustic signals. . . . … Continue reading →

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the real reason

Posted on Sunday, 2006 March 05 by Anton

An acquaintance writes: Eudora remains my client of choice because I’m used to it My attitude is Augustinian: “Make me a LINUX user, but not quite yet.” I love the splash screen, which looks like an insane mailman manically throwing … Continue reading →

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links ’n’ stuff

Posted on Sunday, 2006 March 05 by Anton

It’s odd to learn that Don Knotts and Dennis Weaver, who died recently, were born in the same year. Knotts always seemed older than he was, and Weaver seemed younger. I may have mentioned that I read a lot of … Continue reading →

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