Category Archives: arts

secret history

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 August 08 by Anton

“Tooth and Claw”, a recent episode of Doctor Who, features the Koh-i-Noor, a famous diamond: but the shape is wrong, a classic Brilliant cut. The writer missed an opportunity to say that it has its present irregular shape because part … Continue reading →

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always look on the bright side

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 August 08 by Anton

With the Wall Street Journal added to the Murdoch empire, I look forward to seeing Page Three Girls in that distinctive engraving style.

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tip of the day

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 August 08 by Anton

Madhu, on his way out of town, treated me to a tasty buffet lunch at Turmeric in Sunnyvale. I got there ahead of him and had time to loiter in the street, feasting my nose; the whole of Murphy Avenue … Continue reading →

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eerie

Posted on Sunday, 2007 July 29 by Anton

The last episode of series 3 of A Bit of Fry and Laurie had a courtroom skit in which one could be forgiven for thinking the judge represented the present occupant of the White House, as the actor in that … Continue reading →

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cozy dystopia

Posted on Wednesday, 2007 July 25 by Anton

Glasshouse is Charlie Stross’s best fiction yet, so far as I know.

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the danger of originality

Posted on Saturday, 2007 July 14 by Anton

I’ve been catching up on Heroes (the link is to the first episode on NBC’s website). Episode 18 “Parasite” has an establishing shot of Las Vegas, an aerial view in daylight, which I did not recognize because establishing shots of … Continue reading →

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“So you want to write a fugue”

Posted on Saturday, 2007 July 07 by Anton

(by Glenn Gould) 2016: The embedding doesn’t work anymore, presumably because it used Flash; so here’s a link.

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