Monthly Archives: May 2004

speech codes

You’ll leave your cultural literacy at home if you know what’s good for ya! “Sorry, You Forgot To Give Me A Lobotomy With My Nametag” I feel somewhat better now about missing so much Eighties television.

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keep on decadin’

As the collapse of civilization proceeds, Jerry Ritcey reminds us what to expect.

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extensible raster

One standard to change is that of using scan lines in TV. If the electron guns scanned the tube in a Hilbert curve, either the broadcaster or the receiver could double the potential resolution while remaining compatible with the old … Continue reading

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better than nothing

Hey Bill, whoever you are, thanks for watching.

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i soon forgot what it was

It took less than three days for spammers to find a temporary address that I posted on an unimportant website.

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the former future prime minister

I’ve often mocked The Media for saying “former Italian prime minister” (what kind of prime minister is he now?) and so it is mildly disappointing that I won’t get to apply the phrase to Mrs Gandhi. The Agonist (cited by … Continue reading

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Blogger notes

Argh. I fiddled with the template and now the time doesn’t show up. In other news, I’m trying to decide whether or not “I Power Blogger” (below) is sillier than all the “Powered by [foo]” icons one sees everywhere.

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