Author Archives: Anton

spheres subtracted

Hyperbolic geometry, provoked by “Not Knot”. The shape at the end of that show is an ideal rhombic dodecahedron (‘ideal’ means some of its vertices are at infinity) seen from inside; here it is seen from outside, in the Poincaré … Continue reading

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philistines everywhere

My One True Ex refuses to believe that my telephone plays Night on Bald Mountain, insisting that it sounds more like the theme from Doctor Who.

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drugs of choice

(I’d tried caffeine a few times; it made me believe I was focused and energetic, but it turned my judgment to shit. Widespread use of caffeine explained a lot about the twentieth century.) Andrew Worth, narrator of Distress (1995) by … Continue reading

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truth in the courtroom, please

Mary Lou Seymour writes, apparently parroting the Fully Informed Jury Association: This Wednesday, June 4, 2003, Ed Rosenthal is scheduled to be sentenced for growing medical marijuana in California. As you may recall, back in February after Rosenthal was convicted, … Continue reading

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the sound of sunlight

Purple Numbers and Sharp Cheese: is synæsthesia metaphor, or is metaphor synæsthesia?

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demilitarize fictional space!

Don’t you wish that just once there could be a tv series where the chief executive of a space station is called Mayor or Abbess or even Baron rather than Commander?

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voodoo security

The saga continues. This came in the form of a .WPD [WordPerfect] attachment: Dear Mr. Sherwood: The United States Marshals Service received your e mail of May 12, 2003. This is in response to your question regarding identification requirements at … Continue reading

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