Category Archives: technology

Mozilla still not perfect

Posted on Thursday, 2003 January 16 by Anton

I went to mozilla.org to gripe about the multiple petty ways in which Mozilla 1.2.1, the “latest and greatest” stable release, is less convenient to my fingers than the much-maligned Netscape Communicator 4.79; but was put off by the helpful … Continue reading →

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scenic rout

Posted on Sunday, 2003 January 12 by Anton

Took a spin up Skyline today (so my One True Ex could “look at trees”), and chanced to find Los Altos Rod & Gun Club. Guess I know what we’re doing next Sunday. (Later: Still haven’t.)

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tank treads without the wheels

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 January 08 by Anton

MIT Leg Lab’s Recti-Blob Robot (1995-1997). Mentioned in passing on a geometry list.

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ahead of his time

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 January 07 by Anton

successful test of Leonardo’s parachute design of 1483. (found, oddly, by “related:www.ogre.nu”)

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how many bits are enough?

Posted on Thursday, 2002 December 26 by Anton

I wonder whether Hollywood digital visual effects use standard 24-bit color or something fancier.

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a big non-container

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 December 18 by Anton

making a really big glass Klein bottle

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how sane!

Posted on Saturday, 2002 December 14 by Anton

Why aren’t more servers this clever? The document name you requested (/archive/wc99.gif) could not be found on this server. However, we found documents with names similar to the one you requested. Available documents: /archive/wc099.gif (character missing) /archive/wc199.gif (character missing) /archive/wc299.gif … Continue reading →

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