Monthly Archives: March 2006

the key works if you twist the doorknob a bit

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 March 14 by Anton

The website that hosts The Libertarian Enterprise changed domains some time ago, but it took me this long to notice how it changed; one isn’t always paying attention to such things. The old domain is www.ncc-1776.com, the new is www.ncc-1776.org; … Continue reading →

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bohemian robots in spaaace!

Posted on Tuesday, 2006 March 14 by Anton

Nine Planets Without Intelligent Life is “a philosophical road comic about two unemployed robots on an improvised interplanetary voyage of self discovery.” Understatedly fantastic.

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did you bring enough to share?

Posted on Monday, 2006 March 13 by Anton

In the old Bill Cosby Show, Chet Kincaid was a PE teacher who, in one memorable episode, substituted for an algebra teacher. (Come to think of it, that episode was probably my first exposure to algebra!) Does anyone remember the … Continue reading →

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open season

Posted on Monday, 2006 March 13 by Anton

Lately the attempts to spam this blog come disproportionately as comments on posts in the spam category. Hm. Just for laughs, I’ll approve all comments on this one.

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ski Milpitas

Posted on Saturday, 2006 March 11 by Anton

The peaks near Lick Observatory have snow, a rarity. I can see one from home. Alas that Lick’s webcams are dead.

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you got to have a dream

Posted on Thursday, 2006 March 09 by Anton

Pillow has a new ambition: to liberate the thick white string that crosses the space between two bookcases — i.e. my Ethernet line.

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