Welcome to Anamorph

A Somewhat Dusty, Well-Lit Web Site

Welcome to Anamorph. I put this Web site up in May of 1995, and I haven't touched it much since then; I've got a bunch of updates I need to do but I haven't gotten around to it yet.

You've probably noticed that there are no flashy graphics here. When I created Anamorph, I thought that HTML 1.0 was sufficient for my needs, and I still like it. Anamorph may not be very flashy, but it sure loads fast!

Here's what I've got:

Interactive Documents
An HTML Pattern Language
Try Out My Software
All About Anamorph
Other Organizations on Anamorph
Keeping You Updated

Interactive Documents

These two documents are my favorite things at this site. Even if you find the topics only mildly interesting, you might like reading these:

The Internet is getting big, and it's getting bigger very quickly. How quickly? Ask the irresponsible Internet statistics generator.
About a year ago, I read a description of an interesting card trick. It was clear that it could be performed by a computer (with a trained human assistant); I implemented it first as a HyperCard stack, and now as an interactive Web document. Everything you need to perform the card trick is given here, with the exception of the trick's secret. That's been left as a puzzle for you to solve, but a few hints for getting started are given.

An HTML Pattern Language

My favorite book is called A Pattern Language; I'm trying to figure out what happens when you apply the ideas in that book to HTML. This document is in its infancy, but if you work with HTML at all, you might want to look at an HTML pattern language after you've tried a few other things here.

Try Out My Software

I've written a number of fun little programs. They include:

a standalone version of the card trick that runs off this site;
QuickHTML, a Web-page creation tool that was used to create all the documents here;
a neural network program (with a neural network tutorial);
a version of LOGO (a programming language) with tutorials; and
a working model programmable computer

You'll need a Macintosh to run them, but they're all free (although you're welcome to give me something for them if you like; please read my fantasies).

All About Anamorph

There's a lot of background information about this site available. You can:

see if you're on the list of people I thank;
read all about me and about my fantasies;
find out how this site works; or
read about what's going to happen at this site in the future.

Other Organizations on Anamorph

A number of interesting groups used to have their sites on Anamorph. You can now find them elsewhere:

The ToDo Institute provides an alternative to conventional Western psychology. If you're interested in a constructive method of dealing with life's problems based on Eastern sources, take a look at what they have to offer.
Earthskills is a Los Angeles based Wilderness Skills school. I've taken five of their classes; the classes are terrific and Jim Lowery and Mary Brooks (the proprietors) are lovely people.

Welcome to Anamorph
Last Updated: May 11, 2000. Created April 5, 1995
Copyright 1995 Robert Orenstein. Your Comments are welcome: atempaddress@netscape.net