Author Archives: Anton

consumer sovereignty

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 August 06 by Anton

If Susanna Cornett hadn’t changed hosts, I might never have read Meryl Yourish’s rant on web design: The first standard of web publishing I learned was: The reader is in control, not you. You shouldn’t care if your readers want … Continue reading →

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the opposite of anachronism

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 August 06 by Anton

There is no reason why he should not . . . take her waltzing in Strauss’ Vienna or to the theater in Shakespeare’s London – as well as exploring funny little bars in Tom Lehrer’s New York or playing tag in the … Continue reading →

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fight mental monoculture

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 August 06 by Anton

“I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.” All you radicals, do me a favor: go sign the “Proclamation for the Separation of School & State” and let me know.

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drinking from a fire hose

Posted on Sunday, 2002 August 04 by Anton

Changed my mind: I won’t ask to have my blog rated at HotOrNot, since I’m unwilling to give a numeric rating to those I see there. How do you quantify a subjective impression? But I’ll keep it bookmarked, for days … Continue reading →

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oh look, the grass fell over.

Posted on Saturday, 2002 August 03 by Anton

The most exquisite crop circles are showcased at c i r c l e m a k e r s. (Link from Steve Sailer.)

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as I lay awake

Posted on Saturday, 2002 August 03 by Anton

I was thinking about telephone area code splits. How do they decide where to draw the line, if there is no ‘natural’ boundary (mountains, water, a highway, a county line)? How would I do it?

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pseudo erudition only annoys us true erudites

Posted on Saturday, 2002 August 03 by Anton

A comment to Vodkapundit says “Lileks . . . must be the only writer in America to know and use the plural hiatii.” Lileks is of course free to invent words if he likes, in which case he’s naturally the only one … Continue reading →

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