Category Archives: me!me!me!

a day on the job

Posted on Monday, 2003 October 13 by Anton

Someone came by ‘my’ desk and said, “Oh, you’re listening to music! I mean you’re listening to good music. That’s Cohen, isn’t it?” Pause. “I don’t know of a composer named Cohen.” “Oh. Then it’s . . .” Long pause. “Who is … Continue reading →

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extra features

Posted on Saturday, 2003 October 11 by Anton

I got a chuckle out of this note from one headhunter to another: . . . [Anton] has temped for us and does a good job. He is the type who comes in and works, not one who socializes. If that fits … Continue reading →

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neurochemistry update

Posted on Thursday, 2003 October 02 by Anton

Two weeks after dropping my newest drug habit, I’ve had no occasion to regret doing so.

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throw a pebble

Posted on Thursday, 2003 September 25 by Anton

I have long taken delight in how the Net lets me rub electrons informally with scholars such as John Conway and Larry Trask. On September 12, I wrote to Eric Weisstein of MathWorld: If the tetrahedral rotation group is isomorphic … Continue reading →

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my aging infrastructure

Posted on Saturday, 2003 September 20 by Anton

I was not distressed to learn that this Power Mac 4400 (bought in 1997) is too old for MacOS X – until I found that Mozilla is not available for MacOS 8.

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my drug habit

Posted on Thursday, 2003 September 18 by Anton

Having (it seems) developed a tolerance to Wellbutrin, I decided yesterday to stop taking it for a couple of weeks and see whether I get any worse. Update: In fact I improved for at least a few months.

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an interruption