Author Archives: Anton

QotD

G Bernard Shaw Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.

Posted in humanities | Leave a comment

we distort, you deride

A misquoted economist remarks: . . . (“I’m reading right off Fox news!” gets my vote as worst argument from authority ever).

Posted in economics | Leave a comment

look out, it’s loaded

Dangerous metal object for all you subversives to carry in your pocket. (Link from Lenny Foner.)

Posted in constitution, security theater | Leave a comment

did the earth move for you?

At 22:00:29 we had what felt like the biggest quake since 1989: a 5.2 near Gilroy. Details here.

Posted in California | Leave a comment

chutzpah

My latest spam report to kornet got bounced by – what else? – a spam filter.

Posted in spam | Leave a comment

merchants of fear

At Politechbot, a close look at Southern Poverty Law Center and “hate groups”. Today, the SPLC’s treasury bulges with $120 million, and it spends twice as much on fund-raising – $5.76 million last year – as it does on legal … Continue reading

Posted in politics | Leave a comment

I always wanted one

A Webwide World by Ken Perlin, NYU, 1998 – Java applet that rapidly generates a fractal planet. Unlike the Planet of the Day generated by ppmforge, Perlin’s planet is three-dimensional and can be rotated.

Posted in eye-candy, mathematics | Leave a comment