Monthly Archives: November 2003

world.std.com

Posted on Wednesday, 2003 November 05 by Anton

It may interest some few of you to know that in the last several days I have been unable to send mail to world.std.com. 2004 October: Seems it’s not only me (I always assumed World had blacklisted my ISP). The … Continue reading →

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blind spot

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 November 04 by Anton

Yesterday someone relayed to me an exhortation to commemorate the unsolved murder five years ago of a transsexual, who (it was mentioned) had a habit of addressing people by their Zodiac signs. How progressive, I thought, to go around labelling … Continue reading →

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“geek” tattoos

Posted on Tuesday, 2003 November 04 by Anton

I’m unlikely ever to get a tattoo, but if I did, I incline to the armband type; and I just got an idea for one: a ‘Mercator projection’ of Escher’s hyperbolic fish. Instead of a circle, the horizon would be … Continue reading →

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anyone can be provincial!

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 02 by Anton

numerous translations of “Why can’t they just speak [my language]?”.

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the lib scene

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 02 by Anton

I am, to no-one’s surprise, slightly acquainted with Michael Denny, libertarian candidate for mayor of San Francisco (and somewhat better acquainted with his campaign manager Chris Maden).

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timeless lessons

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 02 by Anton

Commenting on Alas, a blog, one DonBoy writes: Damon Runyon, original version: One of these days in your travels, a guy is going to come up to you and show you a nice brand-new deck of cards on which the … Continue reading →

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the stats

Posted on Sunday, 2003 November 02 by Anton

October saw a big jump in this site’s traffic, by every measure. I wonder why.

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