is this place
I hereby place the following poem in the public domain. (written October 31, 2005) Nature bends its back and the dry mouth of a tall green cactus spins a tornado of heat. Time has turned around, dripping past the sleeper. Wasting away, wasting it may, run away with the wind. New sights of old return...
3D version of a Mobius Strip
A mobius strip has one surface and one surface only. A klein bottle is a big brother to the mobius strip. It is a one-sided container. It would be cool to drink out of one. Read more about what it is with a picture of different models, or visit kleinbottle.com
Tucson and boredom
Very often I hear that living in Tucson is boring, that there is nothing to do, and that there’s lots of old people. I don’t mind it. I think there is plenty to be grateful for, but there is definitely room for improvement. By no means am I trying to hoax tourists into coming here....
Escher and Tessellations
M.C. Escher was a man who has contributed much to the art world. He is known for creating impossible objects and scenes, as well as complex seamless shapes and patterns. The funny thing is that he was a poor mathematics student, but it seems as though his drawing and woodcuts are very structured and architectural....
Cut-Up Stories
William S. Burroughs used a writing technique know as “Cut-Up.” Nirvana and David Bowie have used it in their songwriting as well. The process usually involve having a typed work, then literally cutting it into four quandrants. Then you combine the unmatched squares and retranscribe it, altering the edge text to your liking to unite...
Rippers Unite
Ripping: v. to dismantle and destroy free publications. From the Rippers Page: What are rippers? Rippers are a clandestine group of revolutionary rebels from around the world, who are out to detroy the greatest evil plaguing our world today! What evil you ask, the GREAT EVIL of FREE ENTERPRISE of course!!! These evil free enterprises...
Larabie Fonts
Fontophiles will be glad to know that there are tons of fonts that you can get for free and use for commercial purposes. Ray Larabie develops a bunch of typefaces, ranging from serif to decorative. You can’t get them directly from his website, but you can get as many as you want from MyFonts after...
HDCleaner: Cleans and vacuums your hard drive
This freeware program has a bunch of powerful and useful tools for novices and experts alike. Find unneccessary files on your hard drive, wipe free space, delete cookies, find unwanted registry entries, clean out program MRUs (most recently used lists), monitor or delete AutoRuns (startup programs), uninstall software, disable windows functions like error reports, automatic...
Superceding
I was thinking about thinking. Is it possible to not think at all? Or to think of everything simultaneously? I can assume it takes many cubic miles of minuscule meta-thoughts to make one coherent thought. Sometimes, (I think) I am thinking so complexly that my own brain will not understand. Those short moments when I...
what have we lost in the modern age?
An artificial persion asked me this very question, and below is what my artificial reply was: We have lost the past. The past held onto practically everything including fun, excitement, Adolf Hitler, dinosaurs, the printing press, Adam and Eve, books, phonographs, cavemen, art, portable slaves, weapons of minuscule destruction, the Confederacy, morality, candle-lit hangings, iron...
Lack of Content…
Must be aleviated immediately. Lorem ipsum is good for that: Etiam non risus sit amet est molestie posuere. Donec eu nisi quis velit adipiscing feugiat. Nam nisi. Proin mauris leo, pulvinar a, sodales ut, porttitor ut, magna. Fusce sagittis tempor sapien. Maecenas nec leo. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Cras convallis, magna...
