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⊙ AntiQuark: Nefertiti (and Other Beauties)
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. Nefertiti (and Other Beauties). Nefertiti: Drawing Board Beauty. Nefertiti's chin, mouth, and nose, and the uraeus cobra are placed along the vertical axis of the face. The nostrils are exactly one finger distant from each side of this median line; the outer ends of the eyebrows are three fingers from the median line and the center of each ear is four fingers,. Click for full face. Non-gridded face here. Dude looks like a lady? I sure did. The producers of the CBC series.
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⊙ AntiQuark: God's Plan for Acne
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. God's Plan for Acne. Med Hypothesis: Is acne really a disease? Acne's conspicuous localization on the face, and its ability to elicit reflexive disgust and avoidance in observers, suggests a possible role in sexual selection. Being a poor parent" seems to be a little weak as an evolutionary force. I figure a more compelling method of natural selection would be due to consequences of messing around with the chief's daughter. Maybe God was just testing him or something. Witho...
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. Wow, I actually designed a product! I call it Bokeh Visualizer. It lets you simulate that ever-popular lens blur commonly known as bokeh. It has some unique features like:. Bull; swirly bokeh. Bull; elliptical bokeh. Bull; full control over the brightness contour. Bull; and more! Download a trial version at: Bokeh Visualizer. The trial version is fully operable, it just nags you a bit. Hope you like it! Posted by Derek @ 8:06 PM (permalink). Middot; WOTW Tripods.
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⊙ AntiQuark: Knuth Article
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. In his home libarry. Love at First Byte. Really good article on Knuth that covers pretty much everything. I've often mused on the idea of following a similar career path as Knuth, and of course ending up with fame and fortune. Japanese page with a few TeX/LaTeX font examples. Posted by Derek @ 11:58 AM (permalink). At 5/17/2006 1:24 PM. How about robbing a bank in the future, and then travelling back in time with the money. Good way to launder it. Middot; WOTW Tripods.
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⊙ AntiQuark: War of the Worlds Tripods
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. War of the Worlds Tripods. War of the Worlds - Tripod Gait. Animated analysis of different types of gaits a WOTW walker might have. Do-it-yourself paper model of the WOTW walker from the 1978 musical(? Speculative drawings of WOTW alien and tripod. Big Quicktime file (that eventually crashed my browser) of a CGI generated tripod from the 1978 version. Some fog-enshrouded images from various sources. A probe, looking for Ray's family. Tripod Call" Sound for download! For you...
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⊙ AntiQuark: Harryhausen Archive
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. THE SEVENTH VOYAGE.COM: Creatures. Gallery of animated creatures by stop-motion expert Ray Harryhausen. There's also a trailer. Section if you want to see some video. I remember seeing the 7th voyage on TV when I was about five years old. Without exaggeration, it was an experience that obliterated every preconception I had of the world up to that point. For years afterwards, I wondered what the hell that miraculous movie was, which I didn't even know the title to. Middot; G...
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⊙ AntiQuark: Geoduck Clams
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. People eat these things. The geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) clam caught in Northwest Pacific waters, weighs an average three pounds and yields over a pound of flavorful meat. Don't know about you, but I've got a sudden hankerin' for some geoduck! Posted by Derek @ 10:42 PM (permalink). At 7/13/2006 10:16 PM. Does anyone else see what i see in these pictures? At 7/13/2006 10:17 PM. A penis with a clam attached? At 7/13/2006 10:18 PM. People eat these things? I tried one of ...
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⊙ AntiQuark: Ye Olde Hakka Round-Houses
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Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. Ye Olde Hakka Round-Houses. The less-logical parts of my brain think it would be damn cool to live in a Hakka roundhouse, or tulou. Hakka roundhouses in the distance. These structures are up to 400 years old. View from the inside. Yongding, China, June 2002. Lots of good pics of the exterior and interior of Hakka houses. A ground floor view. Yes, people actually live there. Tulou are clan dwellings, so everyone's related. Clan homes in Fujian. At 8/19/2008 8:23 AM.
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⊙ AntiQuark: Bokeh Visualizer
http://www.antiquark.com/2009/08/bokeh-visualizer.html
Truth, Beauty, Charm, Strange. Wow, I actually designed a product! I call it Bokeh Visualizer. It lets you simulate that ever-popular lens blur commonly known as bokeh. It has some unique features like:. Bull; swirly bokeh. Bull; elliptical bokeh. Bull; full control over the brightness contour. Bull; and more! Download a trial version at: Bokeh Visualizer. The trial version is fully operable, it just nags you a bit. Hope you like it! Posted by Derek @ 8:06 PM (permalink). At 2/28/2010 9:41 PM.