Category Archives: me!me!me!

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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unapologetically one-sided

Posted on Saturday, 2014 June 07 by Anton

My newest design on Shapeways is a model of the Lawson-Klein surface : a stereographic projection of ( cos(u)cos(2v), cos(u)sin(2v), sin(u)cos(v), sin(u)sin(v) )

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oddly tempting

Posted on Saturday, 2014 May 17 by Anton

I hadn’t noticed before that my webhost offers MediaWiki. Some of the things I write here are not news, really, but things that sorta belong in my permanent exhibition but are too wordy for that page. I’ll think about that.