Author Archives: Anton

the kitten report

Pillow is adding to his repertoire: after a month largely spent crawling under things, in the past day or two I’ve seen him for the first time climbing onto things: a stool, a chair, a coffee-table, my bed. He seems … Continue reading

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file transfer

I hope soon to buy a Macintosh, and copy my files (4.4 GB) from the present Linux box. Is it easy to do that with an Ethernet line?

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Why Are They Killing Us?

Sometimes Pat Buchanan hits a bullseye.

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QotD

Letter to The Economist, August 13 issue: My professor on an accounting course at Harvard Business School 25 years ago introduced it thus: “When most of you read accounting statements now, you do not understand them. At the end of … Continue reading

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save my joints

For my sins I’m entering thousands of addresses into a LookOut contacts list, and find that each one takes a surprising number of mouse-clicks. It would go much easier if I could simply type them into a textfile and convert … Continue reading

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it ain’t easy

On a list devoted to systems of writing, the subject of repetitive strain injuries came up, and Peter Daniels remarked: Why do you suppose there are so many works for piano left hand? They didn’t stop being written after the … Continue reading

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Dear SFPD

Next time you protect me from a harmless druggie, could you not step on my foot?

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