Author Archives: Arthur

This is 2010?

Posted on January 9, 2010 by Arthur

In 2010, nobody blogs anymore: Most likely the main reason for this are other distractions like the social networks Facebook and Twitter, where people can selectively ‘opt others out’ of their ‘personal friend lists’ and pump 148 characters messages out … Continue reading →

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Oh, so that’s what that is?

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Arthur

For the longest time it looked like the mild temperatures of the last weeks of November were going to keep the snowstorms away, but yeah, we finally had our very first snowstorms this month. Later than usual: same old shoveling … Continue reading →

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Wave

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Arthur

I suspect that Google Wave is going public really soon now. I signed up for Wave a couple of months ago but got an invitation via Alfons. Just a couple of hours ago, I received my official invitation. How about … Continue reading →

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A President

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Arthur

One surprise this week was the appointment of a European president (EU announcement), which went to a former Belgian prime-minister, Van Rompey. It appears he’s a pragmatic politician, who has been quoted the following words: The universal values which are … Continue reading →

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Mauer

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Arthur

I‘ve been fairly busy recently and at the height of the H1N1 drama in Canada (‘H1N1 overplayed in Canada’), I ended up catching a cold too. A normal cold, that is, of the house and garden variety kind (@rebelalfons): It … Continue reading →

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Games redux

Posted on October 25, 2009 by Arthur

I finally managed to find some time to play a couple of rounds of ‘Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword’ (2007) and while I’m hesitant to judge it right now, I’m not overly enthusiastic about it (previously.). Particularly considering the current … Continue reading →

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S.

Posted on October 4, 2009 by Arthur

So, with Autumn slowly taking care of the leafs of the trees on our property, the spiders disappearing one by one, a couple of thoughts from computers to the personal stuff: I like Autumn. In our younger years, our teachers … Continue reading →

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Elite 25

Posted on September 23, 2009 by Arthur

Via-via, I heard about the 25th anniversary of the computer game ‘Elite’ (Wikipedia), indeed as Wikipedia calls it, the seminal Space/Trading/Combat game released in September of 1984. It was first released for an Acorn BBC and over the years it … Continue reading →

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The odds?

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Arthur

I discovered a couple of coincidences the other day: 1. Hurricanes: I noticed that they (the hurricanes) always seem to hit during the weekend. Bill did so last week and (the remnants of) Danny did this weekend (oh, that was … Continue reading →

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The sound of the season

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Arthur

Now that Summer is almost over and the weather is bringing us more of the wet stuff (I look at you hurricane Bill): the last couple of nights, I noticed that the crickets (Wikipedia) were out in full force doing … Continue reading →

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Hate My Way

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Arthur

I‘ve been a long-time listener of the Throwing Muses music: I was actually a Throwing Muses fan before I started listening Sonic Youth (previously on xsamplex). However, I’m not going to write about the hows or whats: the reason for … Continue reading →

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There’s a deer in your yard

Posted on August 8, 2009 by Arthur

No really, there’s one right there.. Besides deer there are fawns, Cardinals, hummingbirds and cats. Every morning I let the oldest cat out: it wasn’t until yesterday I found out that the first thing she apparently does is head to … Continue reading →

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Blocks

Posted on July 25, 2009 by Arthur

We were in Saint John the other day and ran in a couple who attracted attention because they were strolling around with their (6 month) twins. One woman (after telling the couple that she was fascinated with twins because her … Continue reading →

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