Bill Tozier
@vaguery.bsky.social
he/him. Gradually sidling over from @vaguery@a2mi.social. Was a complexity-toucher, starter-up; got paid for schmancy thinkleading. Then ~15 years "off" (as caregiver). Now I sell our—and dead people's—stuff on eBay & scan [PD!] books to give away for free
"It's what all the most fashionable necromancers are wearing these days!"
(from the September 1897 issue of _Modes and Fabrics_ I just scanned, and am uploading to Internet Archive now)
digitization (of the day, -ish)
(from the September 1897 issue of _Modes and Fabrics_ I just scanned, and am uploading to Internet Archive now)
digitization (of the day, -ish)
October 14, 2025 at 1:03 AM
"It's what all the most fashionable necromancers are wearing these days!"
(from the September 1897 issue of _Modes and Fabrics_ I just scanned, and am uploading to Internet Archive now)
digitization (of the day, -ish)
(from the September 1897 issue of _Modes and Fabrics_ I just scanned, and am uploading to Internet Archive now)
digitization (of the day, -ish)
later: Well, here's one answer. These are visualizations from HyperNetX, a python library.
A: ["acko", "adfn", "aeim", "bhmo", "bijn", "cegj", "dehl", "fgmp", "glno", "iklp"]
B: ["abkl", "afhm", "begp", "bijm", "cdmp", "cjkn", "defk", "dilo", "ehjo", "fgin"]
A: ["acko", "adfn", "aeim", "bhmo", "bijn", "cegj", "dehl", "fgmp", "glno", "iklp"]
B: ["abkl", "afhm", "begp", "bijm", "cdmp", "cjkn", "defk", "dilo", "ehjo", "fgin"]
September 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
later: Well, here's one answer. These are visualizations from HyperNetX, a python library.
A: ["acko", "adfn", "aeim", "bhmo", "bijn", "cegj", "dehl", "fgmp", "glno", "iklp"]
B: ["abkl", "afhm", "begp", "bijm", "cdmp", "cjkn", "defk", "dilo", "ehjo", "fgin"]
A: ["acko", "adfn", "aeim", "bhmo", "bijn", "cegj", "dehl", "fgmp", "glno", "iklp"]
B: ["abkl", "afhm", "begp", "bijm", "cdmp", "cjkn", "defk", "dilo", "ehjo", "fgin"]
"People who hanker after the conventional will not like it."
One of the reasons I enjoy (& value) scans of old magazines—especially trade and literary magazines—is the weird little bullshit you stumble across in the ads and advertising wraps. Like this ad for Charles J. Finger's "All's Well".
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One of the reasons I enjoy (& value) scans of old magazines—especially trade and literary magazines—is the weird little bullshit you stumble across in the ads and advertising wraps. Like this ad for Charles J. Finger's "All's Well".
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September 7, 2025 at 6:22 PM
"People who hanker after the conventional will not like it."
One of the reasons I enjoy (& value) scans of old magazines—especially trade and literary magazines—is the weird little bullshit you stumble across in the ads and advertising wraps. Like this ad for Charles J. Finger's "All's Well".
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One of the reasons I enjoy (& value) scans of old magazines—especially trade and literary magazines—is the weird little bullshit you stumble across in the ads and advertising wraps. Like this ad for Charles J. Finger's "All's Well".
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Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
September 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Post a PERFECT album from the 90s that isn’t Nirvana or Pearl Jam
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
This was my trigger today, but I want to say that I *think* I remember seeing somebody use Banco and Mistral mixed in one headline. Probably because they just bought a CD-ROM or something.
September 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This was my trigger today, but I want to say that I *think* I remember seeing somebody use Banco and Mistral mixed in one headline. Probably because they just bought a CD-ROM or something.
This is a (bad?) sketch I tried to make of an example, today: This idea here is that the marginal results and some/all of the constants are given, but NOT the four arithmetic functions I showed in my sketch of a solution.
July 22, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This is a (bad?) sketch I tried to make of an example, today: This idea here is that the marginal results and some/all of the constants are given, but NOT the four arithmetic functions I showed in my sketch of a solution.
Some typography is "smart" and "cute" but also will cause intense pain that should be accounted for.
June 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Some typography is "smart" and "cute" but also will cause intense pain that should be accounted for.
OK, I've worked out a few by hand, and (1) it is possible, but (2) I think negative coefficients are necessary. Consider trying to add coefficients to the gCF [1,2,3,4,5,…] to make it add up to 5.
![General continued fraction (1 + 2 / (3 + 4 / (5 - 33 / 5))), which I believe is the minimal-length extension of the gCF [1,2,3,4,5,…] so that it works out to be exactly 5. That is, the shortest way I can imagine to construct a gCF that adds to 5, where the first five digits are integers 1 through 5, is by appending -33 and 5, respectively.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:sb5dq64cb5mobgh73jrxza6a/bafkreihie62suo4oq24r5424x3qpjx4ghu2rv2n4cuw7kv4ednx6mqvaxq@jpeg)
June 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
OK, I've worked out a few by hand, and (1) it is possible, but (2) I think negative coefficients are necessary. Consider trying to add coefficients to the gCF [1,2,3,4,5,…] to make it add up to 5.
Finally caught up on Arcane Season 2 (Netflix) (after a few months away from the subscription) and 100% immediately saw the animators MUST have had a bunch of Kelly Freas art on the walls for this look:
June 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Finally caught up on Arcane Season 2 (Netflix) (after a few months away from the subscription) and 100% immediately saw the animators MUST have had a bunch of Kelly Freas art on the walls for this look:
That is, the expanded simple continued fraction shown below.
Now: what other simple CF is equal, where only the third coefficient is negative?
Now: what other simple CF is equal, where only the third coefficient is negative?
June 11, 2025 at 9:25 PM
That is, the expanded simple continued fraction shown below.
Now: what other simple CF is equal, where only the third coefficient is negative?
Now: what other simple CF is equal, where only the third coefficient is negative?
From the latter (badly cropped by the library bindery, not me!) a 2-page spread for Old Mr. Boston's Orange Gin:
May 2, 2025 at 9:45 PM
From the latter (badly cropped by the library bindery, not me!) a 2-page spread for Old Mr. Boston's Orange Gin:
If you see this post, post or quote repost a bridge from your photography or artwork.
January 23, 2025 at 8:50 PM
If you see this post, post or quote repost a bridge from your photography or artwork.
E.g., when your tennis racket is cold
January 11, 2025 at 3:59 PM
E.g., when your tennis racket is cold
November 16, 2024 at 8:37 PM
is this what we lost?
October 23, 2024 at 2:36 PM
is this what we lost?
August 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM