Category Archives: arts

I have a gub

Almost functional: Beretta pistol of Lego

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three ways up

Escher’s Relativity in LEGO

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leftovers

One Victor Lewis Smith (or possibly Lewis-Smith), to whom I followed a link for a completely unrelated reason, proudly reports: AS curator of the Museum Of Heads And Limbs That Are Missing From Statues In Other Museums (we have the … Continue reading

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propaganda for dummies

David Hardy catalogs deceptions in Bowling for Columbine. (Link from Bruce Baugh)

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that symmetry guy

The eminent geometer HSM (Donald) Coxeter of Toronto died a few days ago, aged 96 years. His book Regular Polytopes (1963) sits on my reference shelf. For you non-mathematical types, it was Coxeter who sent MC Escher an article on … Continue reading

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my favorite example of funny-foreigner-talk

Achille Talon: Le Roi des Zôtres ZOTRTRUPPEN! Mitt eine grosse Köningsdeklaraverdung, ich kanonnert vertradukverlang: Grenadiersoldaat Prumpf nicht mehr mit militär obligazionen verankikineerd ist, und Kolonel der zpezial personnäl Achille I.er Royalenkommando vernommert immediääterdung ist und vier semänen kongépayé kan mitt … Continue reading

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Rock Names

Yesterday I picked up a remainder copy of Rock Names from ABBA to ZZ Top: How Rock Bands Got Their Names, by Adam Dolgins. Looking through such a reference, naturally one thinks about what to call one’s own hypothetical band; … Continue reading

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