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"Art historians often speak of the 'moving' or 'shifting' perspective in Chinese paintings." — Jan Krikke, undated article "Security issues are very tough to figure out." — Gail Collins…
"Eight is a Gate." — Mnemonic rhyme Today's previous post, Window, showed a version of the Chinese character for "field"— This suggests a related image— The related image in turn…
From Jim Holt’s Aug. 29, 2008, review of The Same Man: George Orwell and Evelyn Waugh in Love and War by David Lebedoff “Orwell thought ‘good prose is…
The eight parts of the semaphore circle in the previous post suggest some context for Fritz Leiber's eight-limb "spider" symbol: See Mary Karr, Time on the Cross,…
Yesterday's post The Belicic Problem suggests a review of a Log24 post from October 29, 2007: The extremely loose plot of Anthony Hopkins's pet project "Slipstream" was in part inspired by…
From the comments: Click "Zaslavsky" above for some background from Binghamton. For some background from Santa Mira, see… The Cacophony Cafe: The story takes place in the fictional…
Andrew Rosenthal on a government official in "Taking Note," the New York Times editorial page editor's blog, at 3:12 PM today: "… we are going to have to…
University Diaries today has a meditation on nothingness and the University of North Carolina. She includes a picture by John Picacio that was done as a cover illustration for the…
Today's previous post on coordinate systems suggests a look at the phrase "Galois coordinates." A search shows that the phrase, though natural, has apparently not been used before…
A book review, a coordinate system, a post. Click images for details.