Author Archives: Anton

words

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 April 28 by Anton

One often hears mention of “the greater Boston area”. So how come you never hear of “the lesser Boston area”? In unrelated news, I misread the headline “Satire is dead” as “[William] Safire is dead” and wondered why Charlie would … Continue reading →

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the logical end of zoning

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 April 27 by Anton

Eyesore of the Month, December

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resolution

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 April 27 by Anton

I’m not gonna bore my readers by moaning about depression and solitude. I’m not . . . .

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hell no, I’m too old to go!

Posted on Tuesday, 2004 April 27 by Anton

Recent reading: Julian Sanchez (and those whom he links, and so on) on the specter of conscription. Will Wilkinson‘s argument (from last summer) is especially readworthy.

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the bright side

Posted on Wednesday, 2004 April 21 by Anton

Blogdom rejoice: come next week I’m unemployed again.

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GPL goes to court

Posted on Monday, 2004 April 19 by Anton

netfilter project was granted a preliminary injunction against Sitecom GmbH “To my knowledge, this is the first case in which a judicial decision has been decreed on the applicability and the validity of the GNU GPL”, says Dr. Till Jaeger, … Continue reading →

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grab-bag

Posted on Thursday, 2004 April 15 by Anton

Wanting to learn about database programming, it occurred to me to resume work on my fullerene search code. I’m a bit surprised to find that I haven’t touched it in two years. Speaking of surprises – Angel the vampire had … Continue reading →

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