Category Archives: arts

ungrammatical boys, ungrammatical boys, whatcha gonna do?

Posted on Sunday, 2002 March 31 by Anton

Okay, the Grammar Police gag has been done before, if not quite so stylishly. I don’t mind an excuse to plug my favorite college strip.

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generic carnivory

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 29 by Anton

The oddest things sometimes bug me. Does anyone else remember a children’s book which mentions eating “roast beast”? Update. One reader (see, this is how I smoke you out) points it out in How the Grinch Stole Christmas. I feel … Continue reading →

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the secret origin of the Nanites

Posted on Friday, 2002 March 29 by Anton

Dave Krieger, whom I haven’t seen in too long, tells the tale of his role in the creation of Krieger Waves. (This is not new but I don’t remember seeing it before.)

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the music goes round and round

Posted on Thursday, 2002 March 28 by Anton

At a party in 1981 I predicted that within twenty years there would be digital music players with no moving parts. I was a bit worried there until MP3 players came along. (Good thing nobody remembers I predicted that such … Continue reading →

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robots.txt

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 March 27 by Anton

Ftrain: Robot Exclusion Protocol. A story about the Google of the future. (From Amygdala. Scroll down a bit to see a rant on Star Treks past and present.)

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forsooth thy knockers be bounteous

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 March 26 by Anton

a chuckle from John and Antonio: We once knew a woman who got a job translating three porn flicks from Italian to Spanish. Why did they bother, you ask. Because they were done in (well, mostly out of) Renaissance dress … Continue reading →

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get the Kryptonite!

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 March 26 by Anton

Cintra Wilson raises the alarm: I must warn the world about Tom Cruise. I feel he is an utterly terrifying Superior Life Form, with the power to melt heads and braid spines. His eyes are as hard, shiny and brutally … Continue reading →

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