Author Archives: Anton

it even has a distinctive gait

Posted on Friday, 2005 November 11 by Anton

Avahi cleesei

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know your weapons

Posted on Tuesday, 2005 November 08 by Anton

A dreadful blunder in Granada Television’s version (1985) of “The Greek Interpreter”: in a non-canonical scene, Mycroft Holmes refers to a derringer as a “revolver”. Tsk!

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i shot an arrow into the air

Posted on Monday, 2005 November 07 by Anton

My bookmarks file has 4539 entries, most of which I intend to look at “someday”. So I’ve written a little utility (two lines of code, plus scaffolding) that other Unix users may find useful, provided that your favorite browser keeps … Continue reading →

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marks on paper

Posted on Saturday, 2005 November 05 by Anton

Time to buy a printer, preferably cheap; most likely an Epson or HP all-in-one. Any advice is welcome. Wednesday: I popped out to Circuit City and bought the cheapest printer-scanner, which happened to be HP’s PSC1400. I had acquired a … Continue reading →

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bitterness[nwhine++]

Posted on Monday, 2005 October 31 by Anton

I resent Halloween: it’s so close to my birthday that I long ago gave up trying to compete with all the parties going on then. I don’t announce my exact birthdate; that way I tell myself I’ll be less disappointed … Continue reading →

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