Author Archives: Arthur

The faucet, the cat and the universe

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Arthur

Earlier this week, I had the honour to replace the kitchen faucet: the original one was rusty and apparently, leaking water down under the sink. Finding a replacement is not too hard as long as you remember three things: 8 … Continue reading →

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The mist thereafter

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Arthur

Yesterday, it was Earth Hour day, which is a WWF-supported event that urges people to turn off the light switch for an hour. While I didn’t join the call, I understand that this is a highly symbolic gesture (CBC coverage … Continue reading →

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Red

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Arthur

I can’t recall the link to this specific page where I took that screenshot, but yeah, it’s about the colour red and the emotions it invokes in men. I think the link was originally coming from Reddit (or Digg), but … Continue reading →

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Talisman

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Arthur

Quilty as charged: I have a soft spot for good “a cappella” performances, or even better, people who can sing extremely well, either classical or popular music. A couple of years ago, I found out that the song done for … Continue reading →

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Here-o

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Arthur

For what it’s worth: Don’t bother looking for a complete IDE for Javascript development. They’re out there, but they don’t work and come with a huge payload of crap that needs to be installed for your popular browser. You may … Continue reading →

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A circular thing

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Arthur

I‘m extremely impressed with the Google Chrome download indicator: for some kind of reason, a circular progress meter makes a lot more sense than a linear one. Maybe it’s because of Pi. Since I was so impressed and because it … Continue reading →

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FFMPEG

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Arthur

I saw that ffmpeg 0.5 was released the other day (I don’t have any link here) and since my Msys/MingW environment was already ready to go I decided to compile my own ffmpeg executable. I expected it to be ‘an … Continue reading →

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Ice, Ice, Maybe (part 2)

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Arthur

I finally figured out why help is skimpy on Wix (the Windows Installer XML toolkit): that’s mainly because the original designers of Wix don’t want you to use Wix. It’s that simple: Wix’s learning curve is so steep, I wouldn’t … Continue reading →

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Savings Time

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Arthur

We’re going to DST this weekend (as shown in this picture with so many pretty colours), which came to a surprise to many. Currently, at 6:30 AM, there’s already plenty of light to shoot photos at 100 ISO: By Sunday, … Continue reading →

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Blitzkrieg Bop

Posted on March 7, 2009 by Arthur

I have no idea but your point was taken. Wait: a Java update?

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Roll Up The Rim 2009

Posted on February 28, 2009 by Arthur

Oh yeah: I happened to walk downtown and found a couple of Roll Up The Rim cups laying around, which effectively means that that specific time of the year has arrived. So, yeah, the contest rules are right above (or … Continue reading →

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Some KDE

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Arthur

I run a mix of Gnome and KDE on one of my computers: for a couple of Mono related things, I ended up frequently running the Gnome desktop. Just today, I decided to follow-up on the notifications telling me that … Continue reading →

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The reds, whites and blues

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Arthur

I slightly follow US politics now: even after a historic change of presidency, my general impression is that it’s just politics as usual and that is not really of interest. The other day, I noticed that Fox News is spearheading … Continue reading →

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