Category Archives: me!me!me!

a poster

Posted on Saturday, 2017 September 09 by Anton

Sometimes I search my blog for this picture and scratch my head in puzzlement that it’s not here, before remembering that I posted it on Google Plus back when I used that. So here it is. Stephen Guerin (the shaven … Continue reading →

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Klein bagel, mark N

Posted on Wednesday, 2017 February 08 by Anton

I’ve had other designs made in steel but not this one. (The sintering leaves the steel highly porous, so liquid bronze is brought in by capillary action to fill it; the result is about three parts steel to two parts … Continue reading →

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hilarious title

Posted on Tuesday, 2016 May 31 by Anton

On a private mailing list, a novelist asks for suggestions: what technological hobbies might a bright teenager have, in Oakland circa 1975? Chemistry sets were mentioned, among other things. I may have had a chemistry set at age 8 or … Continue reading →

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allonymy

Posted on Tuesday, 2015 December 29 by Anton

A notice to renew my domain registration prompts thoughts of what I might have used instead: ansher, anwood, tonsher, tonwood ? tonsher reminds me of an acquaintance whose bald spot looks uncannily like a monk’s tonsure — and that’s even funnier … Continue reading →

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logarithmic birthday

Posted on Sunday, 2015 June 07 by Anton

I’m exp(4) years old!

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elusive avoidance

Posted on Monday, 2015 January 26 by Anton

I’ve been designing printable models of the Lawson-Klein surface w = cos(u) cos(2v) x = cos(u) sin(2v) y = sin(u) cos(v) z = sin(u) sin(v) As you can plainly see, this figure lives in S3 (positively curved 3-space), so stereographic … Continue reading →

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hidden dragon

Posted on Monday, 2014 November 24 by Anton

For years I’ve occasionally had a mysterious itch at my lowest left rib, nothing showing on the skin. Now it has spread rightward at the same altitude, making me think: could this be mild shingles?

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