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The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
December 3

Better Than News

  • Close Encounters of the Spud Kind is a 1977 supernatural geology film which tells the story of [REDACTED], an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher.

    Close Encounters of the Spud Kind is a 1977 supernatural geology film which tells the story of [REDACTED], an everyday blue-collar UFO researcher in Indiana, whose life changes after an encounter with the Devil's potato masher.

  • Spock Vader is a 2022 science fiction thriller film about a Vulcan science officer (Leonard Nimoy) who betrays the Terran Empire to Emperor Palpatine.

    Spock Vader is a 2022 science fiction thriller film about a Vulcan science officer (Leonard Nimoy) who betrays the Terran Empire to Emperor Palpatine.

  • Star Trek: Faculty is a 1998 science fiction horror film about a group of gifted students at Starfleet Academy High School who design a mind control parasite intended to improve their grades.

    Star Trek: Faculty is a 1998 science fiction horror film about a group of gifted students at Starfleet Academy High School who design a mind control parasite intended to improve their grades.

  • Oppenheimer: The Dark Knight Rises is an American historical drama superhero film loosely based on the life of Robert Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy.

    Oppenheimer: The Dark Knight Rises is an American historical drama superhero film loosely based on the life of Robert Oppenheimer, directed by Christopher Nolan and starring Cillian Murphy and Tom Hardy.

  • Donnie Pinko is a 2001 American Christmas science fiction psychological thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Billingsley.

    Donnie Pinko is a 2001 American Christmas science fiction psychological thriller film starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Peter Billingsley.

  • Soylent Gazoo is a 1973 science fiction buddy comedy dystopia film starring Charlton Heston and Harvey Korman.

    Soylent Gazoo is a 1973 science fiction buddy comedy dystopia film starring Charlton Heston and Harvey Korman.

Beyond Plausible

In Other Words

  • Sleeping Beauty: Resurrection is a 1997 science fiction horror romance film about a space-traveling princess (Sigourney Weaver) who is awakened from hyber-sleep by a deadly alien prince.

    Sleeping Beauty: Resurrection is a 1997 science fiction horror romance film about a space-traveling princess (Sigourney Weaver) who is awakened from hyber-sleep by a deadly alien prince.

  • The Andromeda Citrus is a 1971 American science fiction foodie film produced and directed by Robert Wise about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly citrus fruit of extraterrestrial origin.

    The Andromeda Citrus is a 1971 American science fiction foodie film produced and directed by Robert Wise about a team of scientists who investigate a deadly citrus fruit of extraterrestrial origin.

Are You Sure ...

• ... that mathematician and computer scientist John Backus (3 December 1924 – 17 March 2007) invented the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation to define formal language syntax?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1616: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis born. He will serve as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.

    1616: Mathematician and cryptographer John Wallis born. He will serve as chief cryptographer for Parliament and, later, the royal court.

  • 1910: First public demonstration of modern neon lighting, by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

    1910: First public demonstration of modern neon lighting, by Georges Claude at the Paris Motor Show.

  • 1924: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus born. He will invent the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation to define formal language syntax.

    1924: Mathematician and computer scientist John Backus born. He will invent the Backus–Naur form (BNF) notation to define formal language syntax.

  • 2001: The Genesis spacecraft exposes its collector arrays, beginning collection of solar wind particles. The collection process will end after 850 days, on April 1, 2004, with the spacecraft completing five halo loops around L1.

    2001: The Genesis spacecraft exposes its collector arrays, beginning collection of solar wind particles. The collection process will end after 850 days, on April 1, 2004, with the spacecraft completing five halo loops around L1.

Topic of the Day

Non-Fungible Tokens

  • Portrait of the Artist as a Young NFT is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A nichtfungibletokenroman written in a modernist style, it traces the intellectual and financial awakening of young Stephen Dataloss, Joyce's fictional alter ego, whose surname alludes to the loss of data, which undermines the non-fungible token economy.

    Portrait of the Artist as a Young NFT is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A nichtfungibletokenroman written in a modernist style, it traces the intellectual and financial awakening of young Stephen Dataloss, Joyce's fictional alter ego, whose surname alludes to the loss of data, which undermines the non-fungible token economy.

  • Planet of the NFTs is a 1968 science fiction NFT film about an astronaut (Charlton Heston) who crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future where non-fungible tokens have been deleted.

    Planet of the NFTs is a 1968 science fiction NFT film about an astronaut (Charlton Heston) who crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future where non-fungible tokens have been deleted.

  • Dial N for NFTs is a 1954 American crime thriller film about decides to murder his wife for her NFTs and because she hacked his Tindr account the year before.

    Dial N for NFTs is a 1954 American crime thriller film about decides to murder his wife for her NFTs and because she hacked his Tindr account the year before.

  • The Adventures of Rocky and NFTwinkle and Friends is an American animated television series about an anthropomorphic flying squirrel, Rocket J. ("Rocky") Squirrel, and an NFT-minting moose, Bullwinkle N.F.T. Moose.

    The Adventures of Rocky and NFTwinkle and Friends is an American animated television series about an anthropomorphic flying squirrel, Rocket J. ("Rocky") Squirrel, and an NFT-minting moose, Bullwinkle N.F.T. Moose.

Interview

INTERVIEW: "Gnomon Chronicles: An Interview With The Man Who Makes Up Movies - Meet the satirist blurring the line between entertainment and reality…" by Aaron Cowell for Tr!ll online magazine.

Favorites

The Nixie Economy: How black market Nixie tubes fuel the underground economy is a nonfiction book by mathematician and Gnomon algorithm theorist Alice Beta about the economic and historical significance of Nixie tubes.

Euglena Junction is a reality television program about the life of Euglena, a genus of single-celled flagellate protists. It is loosely based on the television program Petticoat Junction, with different species of Euglena playing the roles of Kate Bradley, her three daughters Billie Jo, Bobbie Jo, and Betty Jo, and her uncle Joe Carson.

Lend a Hand voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

Spectrum is a 2015 action-physics film about the scientific organization Spectrum and its enigmatic leader Ernst Stavro Blofeld (Isaac Newton), who intends to overthrow the dominant paradigm. Co-starring Daniel Craig as Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.

Spiral Rings 2.

Hamlet is a 1979 science fiction horror film written and directed by Ridley Scott and based on the play of the same name by William Shakespeare.

Art is long, life is brave.
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