Monthly Archives: July 2002

my favorite mint

Posted on Wednesday, 2002 July 24 by Anton

Learned today: catnip has tiny white flowers.

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the work environment

Posted on Monday, 2002 July 22 by Anton

Thursday I learned that radio soap-opera exists, and sounds just like the tv kind, except that the latter has silences. I also learned that learning an arbitrary sequence of tasks by rote, in a room where a radio is playing … Continue reading →

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Tandra

Posted on Monday, 2002 July 22 by Anton

I recently re-read some comicbooks that I bought in 1984. They were published in the Seventies and the only place I found them was a shop that happened to be adjacent to the laundromat I used then. Tandra is part … Continue reading →

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here bee targets

Posted on Sunday, 2002 July 21 by Anton

Steven den Beste discusses dragon metabolism and how to fight them. Sunday; Monday; Tuesday. I love this sort of thing, don’t you? Psst, Steven: Brendan O’Neill, a professional writer who has been blogging for two months, offers we amateur writers … Continue reading →

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never say impossible?

Posted on Sunday, 2002 July 21 by Anton

Milton Mintz has struggled since 1963 to do the impossible: to trisect the angle, square the circle and double the cube using “only” a compass and straightedge. He shows procedures for the first two, which I have not attempted to … Continue reading →

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don’t invest in Picasso

Posted on Sunday, 2002 July 21 by Anton

New Book Uses Statistical Methods to Analyze Avant-Garde Art The patterns emerging from Mr. Galenson’s crunched numbers suggested that the careers of avant-garde artists tended to fall into two categories, embodying distinct kinds of innovation. Some painters developed new techniques … Continue reading →

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Tranquility

Posted on Saturday, 2002 July 20 by Anton

Today is of course the 33d anniversary of Apollo XI. Have there been any soft landings on the Moon since Apollo? Update: One Russian landing in 1976. I’ve misplaced the link to the list where I found it.

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