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The Gnomon Chronicles is a work of fiction and nonfiction by Karl Jones (nonfiction). Fresh content daily.
January 1

Better Than News

Beyond Plausible

  • All in the Family 2 is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.

    All in the Family 2 is an American science fiction television sitcom starring Carroll O'Connor, Jean Stapleton, Sally Struthers, Rob Reiner, and Yul Brynner.

  • Running Man 2: Sprint to Destruction is an American sports action thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

    Running Man 2: Sprint to Destruction is an American sports action thriller film starring Tom Cruise and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  • "I Can't Stop Tweeting You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter, and musician Don Gibson. It has been recorded by more than 700 artists, including Ray Charles.

    "I Can't Stop Tweeting You" is a popular song written and composed by country singer, songwriter, and musician Don Gibson. It has been recorded by more than 700 artists, including Ray Charles.

In Other Words

  • Glutenberg Bible is an ecumenical religious bakery franchise headquartered in New Minneapolis, Canada.

    Glutenberg Bible is an ecumenical religious bakery franchise headquartered in New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • Dial E for Elon is a 1954 American dystopian crime thriller film about a wealthy entrepreneur (Elon Musk) who starts a phone dating service for all the world's women to date him.

    Dial E for Elon is a 1954 American dystopian crime thriller film about a wealthy entrepreneur (Elon Musk) who starts a phone dating service for all the world's women to date him.

Are You Sure ...

• ... that cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake for heresy after a trial by the Roman Inquisition, during which Bruno's pantheism was a matter of grave concern, although formal charges cited Bruno's denial of several core Catholic doctrines, including eternal damnation, the Trinity, the divinity of Christ, the virginity of Mary, and transubstantiation?

• ... that chromatographic analysis of Golden Spiral unexpectedly revealed "at least five hundred and twelve, perhaps two or even four times as many" previously unknown shades of the color yellow?

• ... that mathematician and physician Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus is considered by some to have been the inventor of European porcelain, an invention long accredited to Johann Friedrich Böttger (although others believe that porcelain had been made by English manufacturers at an even earlier date)?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1548: Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno born. He will be burned at the stake (17 February 1600).

    1548: Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno born. He will be burned at the stake (17 February 1600).

  • 1748: Mathematician Johann Bernouli dies. He made important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.

    1748: Mathematician Johann Bernouli dies. He made important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.

  • 1891: Astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered a "stellar object" that moved against the background of stars. At first he thought it was a fixed star, but once he noticed that it moved, he became convinced it was a planet, or as he called it, "a new star", now known as the dwarf planet Ceres.

    1891: Astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi discovered a "stellar object" that moved against the background of stars. At first he thought it was a fixed star, but once he noticed that it moved, he became convinced it was a planet, or as he called it, "a new star", now known as the dwarf planet Ceres.

  • 1862: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming is appointed to the rank of Captain in the 10th Battalion Volunteer Rifles of Canada (later known as the Royal Regiment of Canada).

    1862: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming is appointed to the rank of Captain in the 10th Battalion Volunteer Rifles of Canada (later known as the Royal Regiment of Canada).

  • 1878: Mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang born. He will invent the fields of traffic engineering, queueing theory, and telephone networks analysis.

    1878: Mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang born. He will invent the fields of traffic engineering, queueing theory, and telephone networks analysis.

  • 1894: Physicist, mathematician, and academic Satyendra Nath Bose born. His work on quantum mechanics will provide the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate.

    1894: Physicist, mathematician, and academic Satyendra Nath Bose born. His work on quantum mechanics will provide the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate.

  • 1992: Computer scientist and Admiral Grace Hopper dies. She pioneered computer programming techniques, inventing one of the first compilers, and popularizing machine-independent programming languages (leading to the development of COBOL).

    1992: Computer scientist and Admiral Grace Hopper dies. She pioneered computer programming techniques, inventing one of the first compilers, and popularizing machine-independent programming languages (leading to the development of COBOL).

Topic of the Day

Star Trek

  • Khan Heir is a 1997 American science fiction film about a prison break aboard a United Federation of Planets spacecraft masterminded by the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán).

    Khan Heir is a 1997 American science fiction film about a prison break aboard a United Federation of Planets spacecraft masterminded by the genetically engineered tyrant Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalbán).

  • "Censor of the Gun" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

    "Censor of the Gun" is one of the "Forbidden Episodes" of the television series Star Trek.

  • "The Seventies Within"— A transporter malfunction splits Captain Kirk into Carly Simon and Farrah Fawcett. (Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes.)

    "The Seventies Within"— A transporter malfunction splits Captain Kirk into Carly Simon and Farrah Fawcett. (Star Trek: Forbidden Episodes.)

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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