Author Archives: Anton

Dali Clock resurrection

Posted on Saturday, 2003 March 08 by Anton

It is disturbing how much stuff, less than twenty years old, cannot be read at all by current gear. JWZ tells a tale of software archaeology.

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word salad

Posted on Saturday, 2003 March 08 by Anton

I was puzzled by a series of searches in my referral logs: somebody was going to Altavista for random collections of words: chicago OR storages OR sherwood OR unemployed OR disputers altercations OR slithers OR peculate OR sherwood OR unmodifiable … Continue reading →

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ogre or fiend?

Posted on Saturday, 2003 March 08 by Anton

Very puzzling mail today: Dear Anton, I see you have added your self (or more specifically a link to your website) to my start up menu of my Microsoft XP. Very clever. [ . . . ] Of course I know nothing about Windows … Continue reading →

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two wheels good! four wheels bad!

Posted on Friday, 2003 March 07 by Anton

I saw a Segway today in person for the first time, going up Bush Street in San Francisco, on the sidewalk because the street itself runs the other way.

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stop me before I post again

Posted on Thursday, 2003 March 06 by Anton

I dropped in to a computer store today to price flat monitors. They’ve come down more than I thought. I might even buy one this year – if I get a job. The houseguest said something about “a reasonable facsimile … Continue reading →

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