Author Archives: Anton

legibility is in the eye of the reader!

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 21 by Anton

Here is a paragraph from HTML: The Definitive Guide, by Musciano & Kennedy, second edition published by O’Reilly in 1997: Yield to the browser. Let it format your document in whatever way it deems best. Recognize that the browser’s job … Continue reading →

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catch ’em early

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 21 by Anton

The Spirit of Kyoto? I’ve heard it suggested that manmade pollution helped end the Little Ice Age. Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle wrote a novel on a similar premise, Fallen Angels.

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come again?

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 21 by Anton

Puzzling detail in a comic novel published in 1977. (Won’t say which, as I didn’t get where I am today by unnecessarily spoiling plot points.) Jimmy’s head has just been pulled out of an oven in Cornwall: ‘Too soon,’ said … Continue reading →

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complete the sentence: Smoking marijuana is _______ than drinking beer.

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 21 by Anton

Also from New Scientist, formal experiment confirms anecdotal reports: Alcohol impairs driving more than marijuana. One has heard it rumoured that, among the bicycle messengers in the Financial District of San Francisco, the only ones who have accidents are those … Continue reading →

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Thinkers and Feelers

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 March 20 by Anton

Jay Zilber argues: The human race is perpetually at war — not simply between the good guys and the bad guys, nor even between liberals and conservatives. If only it were so convenient to draw the lines in this struggle … Continue reading →

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grouch update

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 March 20 by Anton

Yesterday’s evil mood passed, as it always does. I wish I could simply accept that: but how can I trust today’s good cheer, when my life is in no better shape than it was yesterday? Well, anyway. I am reminded … Continue reading →

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keep on bloggin’

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 March 20 by Anton

Machine translation is not quite here yet. I started to read “BLOG ALWAYS, YOU INTEREST Me” (linked from this article on Googlebombing) but quickly decided to try my luck with the French instead. I’ve written my own translation.

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