Author Archives: Anton

stupid kitten jokes

Posted on Saturday, 2005 October 15 by Anton

Pillow has taken up hunting the human ankles that pass by. He’s quite the ankle tom.

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Free Market Anti-Capitalism

Posted on Thursday, 2005 October 13 by Anton

I wonder what I did to deserve being blogrolled by Mutualist (Kevin Carson).

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morning chatter

Posted on Thursday, 2005 October 13 by Anton

“What was it I wanted at Trader Joe’s? Oh, right, I’m on a diet.” “I wouldn’t put it past them to name a product that. ‘Oh Right I’m On A Diet’ brand tofu chips.”

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spilling shells

Posted on Sunday, 2005 October 09 by Anton

A surprising passage in The Adventure of the Dancing Men: [Sherlock] Holmes hunted about among the grass and leaves like a retriever after a wounded bird. Then, with a cry of satisfaction, he bent forward and picked up a little … Continue reading →

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QotD

Posted on Sunday, 2005 October 09 by Anton

The price of eternal vigilance is indifference. —Marshall McLuhan

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Framestore CFC Press Release

Posted on Sunday, 2005 October 09 by Anton

noitulovE, a quick recap (in reverse) of the last few hundred million years of life; gorgeous animation (Quicktime). Cited in povray.off-topic by Gilles Tran.

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partial translation

Posted on Saturday, 2005 October 08 by Anton

I see that in Yahoo’s Chinese translation my name is “安東 Sherwood”, i.e. Anton becomes ‘peace+east’ (which in Japanese is pronounced antō, unfortunately).

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