Category Archives: me!me!me!

Wednesday filler

Posted on Wednesday, 2009 March 18 by Anton

meme goes meta When I decided I wanted a domain, about ten years ago, .nu was the cheapest registry. It’s now €60 to renew for two years; I suspect I can do better than that. So don’t be surprised if … Continue reading →

Posted in cartoons, me!me!me!, neep-neep | 4 Comments

it’s been fun. well, sometimes.

Posted on Wednesday, 2009 February 25 by Anton

The domain ogre.nu expires next month, and I’m wondering how many people will notice if I let it go.

Posted in me!me!me! | 6 Comments

suggestion box

Posted on Sunday, 2009 January 25 by Anton

I’ve been out of work since September. I may yet be reinstated (the decision-maker has been stalling since November), but supposing otherwise, I need advice. My one known marketable skill is wordprocessing, which will eventually be obsolete as voice recognition … Continue reading →

Posted in me!me!me! | 4 Comments

back in time

Posted on Sunday, 2008 December 28 by Anton

I wrecked my blog in trying to cure a Unicode display problem, and restored the site from a backup of December 11. A few posts and comments were lost.

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a futile protest

Posted on Friday, 2008 October 17 by Anton

Charlie Stross, interviewed in H+ magazine, mentions in passing . . . the more socially dysfunctional libertarians (who are convinced that if the brakes on capitalism were off, they’d somehow be teleported to the apex of the food chain in place of … Continue reading →

Posted in bitterness, futures, politics | 5 Comments

hyperreality

Posted on Monday, 2008 September 22 by Anton

Dad has often mentioned that when he first got eyeglasses he was surprised to see that trees had discrete leaves; I never found that to be a big deal. But now I sometimes find that blades of grass stand out … Continue reading →

Posted in me!me!me!, psychology | 1 Comment

what were you thinking?

Posted on Thursday, 2008 August 07 by Anton

The puzzlingest search string I’ve seen lately is ice weapons in sherwood maps.