Monthly Archives: April 2002

four puzzled people

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 April 30 by Anton

This month’s most puzzling search: “8 day clock gear train” (4 hits). 2004 Oct 19: I guess it was attracted mostly by Travis’s Lego item.

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Escherism

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 29 by Anton

Tessellating Animations, some quite witty. (Cited by Plokta and BoingBoing)

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DOM bait

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 29 by Anton

Craig Schamp grouses: This state is run by boobs. I wish Condi Rice would return and run against Babs Boxer for Senate in 2004 . . . . Better Condi’s boobs than Babs’ boobs, eh? The question calls for closer examination.

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race relations

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 29 by Anton

Quoth the Instapundit: William Raspberry writes that there is a shortage of educated black men and that as a result, successful black women aren’t getting married. This, he says, is a tragedy. And I suppose it is. But, you know, … Continue reading →

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nonsense, only Americans shoot people

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 29 by Anton

Just when you thought I had stopped talking about guns, here are John and Antonio on the recent school shooting in Germany: And guess whose fault it is, according to psychologist Andrés González Bellido in the Vanguardia? You guessed it. … Continue reading →

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busk to the future

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 29 by Anton

The poet Tom Digby asks (on his own list): Didn’t bards of old live largely on tips and free meals and such, rather than from some giant corporation pushing packaged “product”? Might the Internet move us back toward that model? … Continue reading →

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voodoo security

Posted on Monday, 2002 April 29 by Anton

There’s nothing new in this story — which is why such stories need to be published again and again and again. Harassment in the name of security, a subject on which I have touched before, is useless and dangerous (like … Continue reading →

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