Monthly Archives: March 2003

ogre or fiend?

Posted on Saturday, 2003 March 08 by Anton

Very puzzling mail today: Dear Anton, I see you have added your self (or more specifically a link to your website) to my start up menu of my Microsoft XP. Very clever. [ . . . ] Of course I know nothing about Windows … Continue reading →

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two wheels good! four wheels bad!

Posted on Friday, 2003 March 07 by Anton

I saw a Segway today in person for the first time, going up Bush Street in San Francisco, on the sidewalk because the street itself runs the other way.

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stop me before I post again

Posted on Thursday, 2003 March 06 by Anton

I dropped in to a computer store today to price flat monitors. They’ve come down more than I thought. I might even buy one this year – if I get a job. The houseguest said something about “a reasonable facsimile … Continue reading →

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’tis a season

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 March 05 by Anton

Lent began Wednesday; as Rebecca so wisely observes, what’s a Catholic occasion without an Irish joke?

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close the borders, say immigrants

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 March 05 by Anton

Regular readers can skip over most of this entry; nothing here that I haven’t said before.

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a trillion here, a trillion there

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 March 05 by Anton

I never hear the US debt limit mentioned except in the context of raising it. Why have a limit at all, if whenever it is approached Congress routinely raises it? I notice that it is already higher than the trigger … Continue reading →

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time flies

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 March 04 by Anton

Remember what happened ten years ago?

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