Author Archives: Anton

the trouble with neutrality

Posted on Monday, 2006 February 06 by Anton

Alan Bock writes: So it was time to break out one of the oldest canards in American political discourse – the assertion that anybody who questions any particular military adventure is – cue the boo track – a nasty old … Continue reading →

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Colorblind Web Page Filter

Posted on Saturday, 2006 February 04 by Anton

Ever worry about how your webpage looks to the colorblind? I am pleased to find that my doodles page looks pretty good in gray. (Cited by Sam Logan.)

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me and my chainsaw

Posted on Friday, 2006 February 03 by Anton

Drunk with power, last night I did some severe pruning in Wikipedia’s main Heraldry article, taking out a lot of arcana that do not belong in an overview (barrulets? erminites?) and adding a few paragraphs on design principles, symbolism (or … Continue reading →

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yet another state murder in progress

Posted on Friday, 2006 January 27 by Anton

Brad Spangler provides contact info for the DA of Placer County, whose job it is to persecute Steve Kubby for trying to stay alive by unapproved means.

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one nocturne deserves

Posted on Monday, 2006 January 23 by Anton

I’m on graveyard shift. Last night there were two of us but tonight I have the floor to myself. It’s so slow, I’d be tempted to strip down and run laps, if I could be sure there are no cameras; … Continue reading →

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someone blew their self-reference roll

Posted on Sunday, 2006 January 22 by Anton

So there’s a banner ad (on Greg Dean’s Real Life Comics) that reads: Diamonds may be a girl’s best friend but do diamonds hold all of her d20’s? Yeah, we didn’t think so. Naturally, each “o” in the second line … Continue reading →

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how to write about Africa

Posted on Thursday, 2006 January 19 by Anton

Binyavanga Wainaina in Granta Never have a picture of a well-adjusted African on the cover of your book, or in it, unless that African has won the Nobel Prize. An AK-47, prominent ribs, naked breasts: use these. If you must … Continue reading →

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