Monthly Archives: August 2003

to be fair, I haven’t already got one

Posted on Saturday, 2003 August 23 by Anton

Weirder every day. Just got a spam offering, as near as I can parse it, a picture of a dog for $19.

Posted in spam | Leave a comment

another mathematical toy

Posted on Friday, 2003 August 22 by Anton

The Surface Evolver has been updated. I used the previous version (now four years old) to make this ‘soap film’.

Posted in mathematics | Leave a comment

don’t believe everything you download

Posted on Friday, 2003 August 22 by Anton

Greg Apodaca’s Digital Retouching Portfolio. Some of the examples are startling. (Link from B3ta.)

Posted in arts, technology | Leave a comment

beautiful plumage

Posted on Thursday, 2003 August 21 by Anton

Public service announcement: I keep reading that “the Norwegian Blue prefers keeping on its back,” which makes a tortured sort of sense; but the word in the script is kipping which means sleeping. Hope this helps.

Posted in arts, language | Leave a comment

no foolin’

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 August 20 by Anton

I just received an appeal from Princess Joy of Swaziland; the headers include From: I am a scammer <banohosegono@ecplaza.net>

Posted in spam | Leave a comment

promote mental health

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 August 20 by Anton

Abolish High School!

Posted in humanities | Leave a comment

what next?

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 August 20 by Anton

Got a spam just now entitled “Improve Your Credit Rating by Paying off Your Bills.” What, really? Why didn’t someone think of that sooner! I dreamt that I was walking in some commercial street and an aggressive (and curiously-colored) panther … Continue reading →

Posted in me!me!me!, spam | Leave a comment