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

Better Than News

  • Swampfellas is a crime horror drama film written by Alan Moore and directed by Martin Scorsese.

    Swampfellas is a crime horror drama film written by Alan Moore and directed by Martin Scorsese.

  • Please Allow Me to Excavate Myself is a 1999 British-American archaeology film about an adventurer (Brendan Frasier) who travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep (Mick Jagger), a rock star high priest with supernatural powers.

    Please Allow Me to Excavate Myself is a 1999 British-American archaeology film about an adventurer (Brendan Frasier) who travels to Hamunaptra, the City of the Dead, with a librarian and her older brother, where they accidentally awaken Imhotep (Mick Jagger), a rock star high priest with supernatural powers.

  • Only Mordor in the Building is a mystery fantasy-drama television series about three strangers played Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez) with a shared interest in true Lord of the Rings crime podcasts.

    Only Mordor in the Building is a mystery fantasy-drama television series about three strangers played Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez) with a shared interest in true Lord of the Rings crime podcasts.

  • Escape from Discovery One is an American neon-noir science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain, and Kurt Russell.

    Escape from Discovery One is an American neon-noir science fiction action film directed by John Carpenter and Stanley Kubrick, starring Keir Dullea, Douglas Rain, and Kurt Russell.

  • FWEEETT! is a monthly magazine of loud sharp noises.

    FWEEETT! is a monthly magazine of loud sharp noises.

Beyond Plausible

  • The Birth of Alienation is a film prank in which the historic film The Birth of a Nation is temporarily replaced by a high-budget spoof version.

    The Birth of Alienation is a film prank in which the historic film The Birth of a Nation is temporarily replaced by a high-budget spoof version.

In Other Words

  • Boston Legal Rises is a 2012 superhero legal drama-action film starring William Shatner, James Spader, and Tom Hardy.

    Boston Legal Rises is a 2012 superhero legal drama-action film starring William Shatner, James Spader, and Tom Hardy.

Are You Sure ...

• ... that chemist and physicist Sir William Crookes (17 June 1832 – 4 April 1919) was a pioneer of vacuum tube technology, and that he invented the Crookes tube?

• ... mid-1960's astronaut dessert cubes "at high risk of Shape Theft due to their historical significance and the great desire by citizens of every nation to experience the last remaining astronaut dessert cubes with their own eyes, if not their own taste buds."?

• ... that self-educated carpenter and clockmaker John Harrison (3 April 1693 – 24 March 1776) invented a marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea?

• ... mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright (17 December 1900 – 3 April 1998) pioneered chaos theory?

• ... that mathematician Jacques Ozanam (16 June 1640 – 3 April 1718) said "It is the business of the Sorbonne to discuss, of the Pope to decide, and of a mathematician to go straight to heaven in a perpendicular line"?

Selected Anniversaries

  • 1693: Carpenter and clockmaker John Harrison born. He will invent a marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea.

    1693: Carpenter and clockmaker John Harrison born. He will invent a marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea.

  • 1827: Physicist, musician, and academic Ernst Chladni dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.

    1827: Physicist, musician, and academic Ernst Chladni dies. He has been called both the father of acoustics and the father of meteoritics.

  • 1907: Cryptanalyst and mathematician Solomon Kullback born. Krullback will begin his career with the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s; when the National Security Agency (NSA) is formed in 1952, Rowlett will become chief of cryptanalysis, overseeing the research and development of computerized cryptanalysis.

    1907: Cryptanalyst and mathematician Solomon Kullback born. Krullback will begin his career with the US Army's Signal Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1930s; when the National Security Agency (NSA) is formed in 1952, Rowlett will become chief of cryptanalysis, overseeing the research and development of computerized cryptanalysis.

  • 1995: Mathematician and checkers player Marion Tinsley dies. Tinsley was "to checkers what Leonardo da Vinci was to science, what Michelangelo was to art and what Beethoven was to music."

    1995: Mathematician and checkers player Marion Tinsley dies. Tinsley was "to checkers what Leonardo da Vinci was to science, what Michelangelo was to art and what Beethoven was to music."

  • 1998: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright dies. She did pioneering work in chaos theory.

    1998: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright dies. She did pioneering work in chaos theory.

Topic of the Day

Non-Fungible Tokens

  • 1969: Premiere of NFT Cowboy, an American buddy drama film about the unlikely friendship between two NFT hustlers: naïve sex worker Joe Buck (Voight), and ailing con man Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Hoffman).

    1969: Premiere of NFT Cowboy, an American buddy drama film about the unlikely friendship between two NFT hustlers: naïve sex worker Joe Buck (Voight), and ailing con man Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo (Hoffman).

  • N for NFT is a 1973 docudrama film by Orson Welles. about Elmyr de Hory, a professional NFT forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art.

    N for NFT is a 1973 docudrama film by Orson Welles. about Elmyr de Hory, a professional NFT forger; de Hory's story serves as the backdrop for a meandering investigation of the natures of authorship and authenticity, as well as the basis of the value of art.

  • The NFTers is a 1990 American neo-noir NFT crime thriller film about three grifters desperate to sell their non-fungible tokens at a profit.

    The NFTers is a 1990 American neo-noir NFT crime thriller film about three grifters desperate to sell their non-fungible tokens at a profit.

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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