Monthly Archives: February 2011

kitchen adventure

Posted on Sunday, 2011 February 27 by Anton

Saturday I made chili, varying Grandmother’s recipe by replacing part of the chili powder with curry powder. It was not a disaster.

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i got tired of looking at grey ribbons

Posted on Monday, 2011 February 21 by Anton
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awkward expectations

Posted on Sunday, 2011 February 20 by Anton

Many of the anecdotes at Not Always Right concern customers who expect someone to know, without being told anything, what they seek. It crosses my mind that, if you’re stupid enough, you frequently encounter someone who accurately infers things that … Continue reading →

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how do people talk?

Posted on Monday, 2011 February 14 by Anton

When (American) TV actors utter the phrase “What are you doing here?”, as I must have heard dozens of times lately, they nearly always emphasize doing — and I nearly always think it would make more sense to emphasize either … Continue reading →

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potential merch

Posted on Monday, 2011 February 14 by Anton

Do any of these 15 designs inspire you to buy a coffee cup?

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more chainmail

Posted on Saturday, 2011 February 12 by Anton

This image, which I made a few years ago, is based on a tiling of the hyperbolic plane with triangles whose angles are π/2, π/3, π/7. Other than the 7, which can be changed to any higher integer, I couldn’t … Continue reading →

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try this analogy on for size

Posted on Thursday, 2011 February 03 by Anton

An anarchist who uses the Internet is as hypocritical as a Protestant who uses the Latin alphabet.

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