Monthly Archives: May 2002

idle processing power is the devil’s workshop

Posted on Thursday, 2002 May 09 by Anton

What fun! The Covers Project uses a database of cover songs to create chains of cover songs. (GirlHacker)

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fun with a scammer

Posted on Thursday, 2002 May 09 by Anton

I wish I were clever enough to write spoofs like The Kizombe Correspondence. (from acb)

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another turn of the wheel

Posted on Thursday, 2002 May 09 by Anton

The Lord of the Rings: The Novelization My readers may not know that I occasionally visit bookstores. At one such establishment this week, I heard a customer say, “I’ll wait a year and a half to read LotR if I … Continue reading →

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human mosaic

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 May 08 by Anton

At age 18 or so I wrote a scene (opening an otherwise unconceived story) set in the distant future, in which one of the characters was a tiger-striped human. Now . . . Look halfway down this page: Human genetics: Dual identities … Continue reading →

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“screeners now failing to catch anything”

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 May 08 by Anton

SatireWire In a troubling sign that investigators may be getting bored with their success smuggling guns and knives onto airplanes, the U.S. Department of Transportation today disclosed that its agents have recently cleared airport security checkpoints with an M1 tank, … Continue reading →

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Sasha

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 May 08 by Anton

Two years ago today Sasha Chislenko, perhaps my brightest friend, bailed out of life.

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QotD

Posted on Tuesday, 2002 May 07 by Anton

Learned Hand, 1942 This much I think I do know – that a society so riven that the spirit of moderation is gone, no court can save; that a society where that spirit flourishes, no court need save; that in … Continue reading →

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