Monthly Archives: February 2004

what’s in the jar?

Pickled dragon mystery (from SciTech Daily) 2007: Of course it’s a hoax, but now we know why.

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bienniversary

This thing is now two years old. Yippee.

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the illusion of information

Orkut puts me on the spot: of my first five Friends, I know two only slightly, but I can’t avoid rating them all on scales of Sexy, Cool and Trustworthy. This strikes me as a design flaw.

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the effects team got a new toy

Continuing to catch up on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. I noticed in season 3 several morphing shots (transformation between vampire and human face) much smoother than I’ve seen before. Such changes, I think, never happened in close-up in previous seasons.

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e.i.a.a.

Russell has seen fit to write about me on Orkut: Anton is one of the most thoughtful, careful thinkers I know. One of the things I appreciate about him is the enormous depth of his knowledge. Who me?! I have … Continue reading

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what’s new in the penguin pen

I got a big new disc for my Linux box, and copied over my home files from the corrupt old disc, apparently without problems. I also upgraded from Red Hat 7.1 to RH 9 – and adjusting is a bitch!

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exporting democracy

Jonathan David Morris: Immigration and the Myth of Unwanted Jobs So what are we talking about when we talk about “jobs that Americans aren’t willing to do?” Landscaping. Housekeeping. Things of that sort. Why aren’t Americans willing to do them? … Continue reading

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