Sat, 25 Oct 2003

Makes me want my mommy.
Go read this guy's movie reviews.

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Thu, 23 Oct 2003

Check this out, yo.
Naturally occuring letters on butterfly wings. (From Boing Boing.)

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Mon, 20 Oct 2003

Lovely place for a holiday.
A quote regarding Ultima Thule (i.e. Iceland), by the monk Dicuil, scholar in residence at the court of Charlemagne:

It is now the thirtieth year since some monks who dwelt upon that island told me that not only during the summer solstice but also during the days near that time, toward evening the setting sun hides itself as if behind a small hill, so that there is no darkness for even a very short time; but a man may do whatever he wishes, actually pick the lice from his shirt as if it were by the light of the sun; and if they had been on top of the mountains the sun probably never would have hidden from their eyes.

Mon, 13 Oct 2003

Rock on, dudes.
When you're a tad irked at how New Age gurus turn your religon into worthless mush, you can't help cheering these Native Americans for speaking out against it.

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Wed, 08 Oct 2003

Wondering what is going on with North Korea?
Wonder no more.

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Tue, 07 Oct 2003

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Mon, 06 Oct 2003

All you really need to know about life, you
can learn from Field and Stream.

Although written many years ago, Lady Chatterley's Lover has just been reissued by the Grove Press, and this pictorial account of the day-to-day life of an English gamekeeper is full of considerable interest to outdoor minded readers, as it contains many passages on pheasant-raising, the apprehending of poachers, ways to control vermin, and other chores and duties of the professional gamekeeper. Unfortunately, one is obliged to wade through many pages of extraneous material in order to discover and savour those sidelights on the management of a midland shooting estate, and in this reviewer's opinion the book cannot take the place of J. R. Miller's "Practical Gamekeeping." -- Ed Zern, "Field and Stream" (Nov. 1959)

Sun, 05 Oct 2003

How's this for an afternoon's doodle? It's amazing how a some very simple gimping can take mediocre drawings like mine and make them look pretty decent. For example, another version of yesterday's drawing. The propagate values distortion transform is perfect for preserving the texture of pen shadings when you shrink down a sketch to make an icon.

Fri, 03 Oct 2003

(Hat tip: Boing Boing)
How to make C++ speak AIM. And here's me playing with a couple pens.

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