Author Archives: Anton

having a Lilecious day

Posted on Friday, 2002 May 31 by Anton

. . . in the slow moments of my temp job. Lileks watches 9/11 documentary: It says something about America that you can’t blow up an average skyscraper without killing people of every race and creed on the planet. It says something … Continue reading →

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stupid computers

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 May 29 by Anton

Save me from software that tries to outsmart me!

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QotD

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 May 28 by Anton

Eric Raymond: Why Python? Ugly programs are like ugly suspension bridges: they’re much more liable to collapse than pretty ones, because the way humans (especially engineer-humans) perceive beauty is intimately related to our ability to process and understand complexity. A … Continue reading →

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successful turns of phrase

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 May 28 by Anton

The phrase “Iron Curtain” was coined by Churchill in a speech in Missouri, if memory serves. Is there a known source for “Cold War”? Update: Dan Kohn did the legwork and got the goods: Cold War This term for a … Continue reading →

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yes, I’m bigger than you; so?

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 May 28 by Anton

Lately the panhandlers (and nobody else) keep addressing me as “big guy”. They did not always, or so it seems. I suppose I could reply, “What do you want, little guy?”

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to keep and bear lightning

Posted on Monday, 2002 May 27 by Anton

David Kopel: Does God Believe in Gun Control?

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a penny here, a penny there

Posted on Monday, 2002 May 27 by Anton

How to make money off blogs according to Eve Kayden. If any advertising moguls are reading this, I’m willing to have a go. Six hundred pairs of eyeballs a month, baby!

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