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== Interview ==
== Interview ==

Revision as of 21:13, 25 December 2024

The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
December 29

Better Than News

  • Die Hard: 1170 AD is an epic historical action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Thomas Becket.

    Die Hard: 1170 AD is an epic historical action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Thomas Becket.

  • The Best Little Boogie Nights in Texas is an American musical comedy drama film directed by Colin Higgins and Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Mark Wahlberg, and Julianne Moore.

    The Best Little Boogie Nights in Texas is an American musical comedy drama film directed by Colin Higgins and Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Burt Reynolds, Dolly Parton, Mark Wahlberg, and Julianne Moore.

  • Twitter 2049 is a 2017 science fiction social media dystopia film.

    Twitter 2049 is a 2017 science fiction social media dystopia film.

  • "Cawlifornia Girls" is a song by The Hobby Aces.

    "Cawlifornia Girls" is a song by The Hobby Aces.

  • Bourbon Legal is a French-American historical legal drama and comedy drama television series starring Alexandre Dumas and James Spader.

    Bourbon Legal is a French-American historical legal drama and comedy drama television series starring Alexandre Dumas and James Spader.

  • Red Phone Missile Command is a telecommunications provider and nuclear war management service.

    Red Phone Missile Command is a telecommunications provider and nuclear war management service.

Beyond Plausible

  • The Blair Shark Project is a 1999 American supernatural marine horror film about three student oceanographers who disappear while shooting a documentary film near Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

    The Blair Shark Project is a 1999 American supernatural marine horror film about three student oceanographers who disappear while shooting a documentary film near Woods Hole, Massachusetts.

In Other Words

Are You Sure ...

• ... that mathematician Leopold Kronecker said "God made the integers, all else is the work of man" (Die ganzen Zahlen hat der liebe Gott gemacht, alles andere ist Menschenwerk)?

• ... that Hans Bethe once said that theoretical physicist and atomic spy Klaus Fuchs was the only physicist he knew who truly changed history?

• ... that Artist-Engineer and amateur gardener Donald Tasmian unexpectedly discovered diagramaceous soil while attempting to hybridize several varieties of ornamental time crystals?


Selected Anniversaries

  • 1786: French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.

    1786: French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convened.

  • 1856: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes born. He will work on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, will be called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

    1856: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes born. He will work on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, will be called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."

  • 1891: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker dies. His work included number theory, algebra, and logic.

    1891: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker dies. His work included number theory, algebra, and logic.

  • 1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs born. He will be convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.

    1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs born. He will be convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.

  • 1941: Mathematician and academic Tullio Levi-Civita dies. He gained fame for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to the theory of relativity, and made significant contributions in other areas.

    1941: Mathematician and academic Tullio Levi-Civita dies. He gained fame for his work on absolute differential calculus (tensor calculus) and its applications to the theory of relativity, and made significant contributions in other areas.

Topic of the Day

Pink Floyd

  • Pink Blob is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows.

    Pink Blob is a 1988 rock opera horror film about an acidic, amoeba-like alien organism that crashes down to Earth in a military satellite and devours a British progressive rock band (Pink Floyd) as it grows.

  • "A Taste of Money" is a song by The Pinkles from their album The Dark Side of the Beat.

    "A Taste of Money" is a song by The Pinkles from their album The Dark Side of the Beat.

  • Dark Side of the Dune is a Melange-themed concept album by Glossu Rabban and the Don't Let Me Be Misunderstoods.

    Dark Side of the Dune is a Melange-themed concept album by Glossu Rabban and the Don't Let Me Be Misunderstoods.

  • "Another Trick of the Light" is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd's alleged lost 1979 rock opera The Light, allegedly written by [REDACTED].

    "Another Trick of the Light" is a three-part composition on Pink Floyd's alleged lost 1979 rock opera The Light, allegedly written by [REDACTED].

  • The Pompeii and Circumstance Marches (full title: Pomp and Circumstance Psychedelic Rock Marches) are a series of five (or six) marches for orchestra composed by Pink Floyd in collaboration with Sir Edward Elgar.

    The Pompeii and Circumstance Marches (full title: Pomp and Circumstance Psychedelic Rock Marches) are a series of five (or six) marches for orchestra composed by Pink Floyd in collaboration with Sir Edward Elgar.

  • "Absolutely Croutons" is a song by the English progressive cooking band Pink Fried from their album Obscured by Foods.

    "Absolutely Croutons" is a song by the English progressive cooking band Pink Fried from their album Obscured by Foods.

  • Don't give me that do goody good bullshit. This town deserves a high-fidelity first class travelling class of criminal. I think they need a Lear jet — and I'm going to give it to them. (The Dark Knight of the Tweet)

    Don't give me that do goody good bullshit. This town deserves a high-fidelity first class travelling class of criminal. I think they need a Lear jet — and I'm going to give it to them. (The Dark Knight of the Tweet)

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

Spiral Rings 2.

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.

The Candidate: Endgame is an American political science fiction drama film about leftist lawyer Bill McKay (Robert Redford), who is recruited by Hydra to run for World Security Council Secretary seat against admired Republican Thanos (Josh Brolin).

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.

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.

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

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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