Monthly Archives: April 2002

“. . . unless it would inconvenience the Government.”

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 April 24 by Anton

CBSNews.com: Moussaoui said he has $30,000 and wants to hire a Muslim lawyer to act as an adviser — but cannot do so because the government has frozen his money. Precht said he knew of no case that would allow … Continue reading →

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pedal power

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 April 23 by Anton

While waiting for a bus one morning last week, I saw (across the street) a man with one foot, on a bicycle. I guess he was pushing along the ground with his one foot; I spotted him as he came … Continue reading →

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just a bit late for April 19

Posted on Sunday, 2002 April 21 by Anton

Riot in Boston: How Today’s Media Would Have Reported It

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lexicon lust

Posted on Sunday, 2002 April 21 by Anton

Saturday at Moe’s I found a recent reprint of the great Monier-Williams dictionary of Sanskrit (1899) for $35, about a quarter of what I had expected to pay someday for it. Whee. I find, by the way, that Indian printing … Continue reading →

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pests

Posted on Thursday, 2002 April 18 by Anton

*sigh* It’s no fun trying to track down spammers anymore. A large fraction of them use cn.net, which ignores my mail, and/or xo.net, which explicitly rejects it!

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traipse

Posted on Thursday, 2002 April 18 by Anton

Ray-Traced Sphere — the old-fashioned way!

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Daylight Saving Week

Posted on Thursday, 2002 April 18 by Anton

Thursday was the first time, since I started getting up in the dark, that the sky was clear enough that I might see a sunrise. Well, sorta: I was in motion when I first saw the sun that day – … Continue reading →

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