Monthly Archives: February 2008

happy leap day

Posted on Friday, 2008 February 29 by Anton

If I were Pope Gregory’s advisor, I’d urge this: all months to have 30 days until the first (or last) of some month falls on a solstice or equinox; thereafter, alternate 30, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 30, … Continue reading →

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saw me coming

Posted on Sunday, 2008 February 24 by Anton

Friday I happened to pass a bookstore (believe it or not!) and found A Gateway to Sindarin by David Salo. It’s a few years old now; I wonder how I missed it. After overviews of the history and writing systems, … Continue reading →

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no wonder I wasn’t getting comments

Posted on Friday, 2008 February 22 by Anton

I had forgotten, until Mike Linksvayer reminded me, that Users must be registered and logged in to comment was switched on. Akismet seems to do a good job of catching spam, so I’ve turned off the registration requirement.

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temporary relief

Posted on Thursday, 2008 February 21 by Anton

Can’t sleep. I’ll probably delete this post later, but meanwhile — If anyone is still reading this pathetic drivel, do me a favor and let me know. I don’t know for sure that such attention would help this mood any, … Continue reading →

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romantic, pedantic

Posted on Tuesday, 2008 February 19 by Anton

Heard on KDFC: Don’t miss this critically acclaimed production that epitomizes the pure classicism that defined the romantic ballets. Er, isn’t Romanticism generally distinguished from “pure classicism”?

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privateers in spaaace

Posted on Saturday, 2008 February 09 by Anton

Crimson Dark is a space adventure strip, with occasional allusions to Firefly so it can’t be all bad. It’s mostly rendered in Cinema 4D, with details like clothing added by hand. Dude’s insane.

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negative curves

Posted on Monday, 2008 February 04 by Anton

For years I’ve wished to learn enough hyperbolic geometry to write a simple ray-tracer. Recently a post on comp.graphics.algorithms advised me to look up Euclidean and Non-Euclidean Geometry by Patrick J. Ryan; I was pleased to find that its subtitle … Continue reading →

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