Author Archives: Arthur

Four, then II

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Arthur

Observations on KDE 4.1: 1. Everytime I restarted, Kate (the editor) and Kopete kept starting up: I didn’t find any references to these programs in the regular location (.kde4/Autostart), so I did a grep on ps (as in ‘ps -e … Continue reading →

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Four, then

Posted on August 3, 2008 by Arthur

I decided to give KDE 4.1 a go on my current Ubuntu (Hardy Heron) install: There are many sites around with instructions how to install KDE on your Gnome-enabled installation, so I won’t go in too many details. The idea … Continue reading →

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Know. Knol.

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Arthur

Last week, Google opened their ‘Knol’ site for the general public: It’s a knowledgebase and it’s targeting the other knowledgebase we learnt to hate and love, Wikipedia. The web itself is divided in the (usual) camps: Love it and Hate … Continue reading →

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Yo. Uh. No.

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Arthur

Earlier I mowed the front part of the lawn and by the time I was finished, I saw the fog roll in. By tonight, I won’t be able to see my lawn so, what was the point of mowing the … Continue reading →

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Do Update Now;

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Arthur

Just a couple of minutes ago, I was looking through the wp_posts table and thought enough was enough. There’s a thread over at WordPress where users have been complaining about the bloat and where developers have shrug it off with … Continue reading →

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Sonic Youth

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Arthur

So yeah, I’ve been a Sonic Youth (official site) listener for the longest time, which I’ve mentioned here from the very start. I’ve been planning to add a sound fragment to this category, but every time I end up doubting … Continue reading →

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They Chose China

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Arthur

A couple of months ago, I downloaded the documentary ‘They Chose China’ to my Ubuntu laptop with an intention to watch it some day, whenever I had time. The documentary features American ‘turncoats’ in China: American soldiers, who after the … Continue reading →

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Starlings

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Arthur

I‘ve been extremely impressed by the difference of fauna between the old and new continent. The very first months living here, I saw bird species I didn’t recognize: seeing for example, the very first bluejay had me startled, since I … Continue reading →

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Candy

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Arthur

I‘ve mentioned a couple of times that I lived a fairly harmless nightlife, where on Saturday nights, I tried to anonymously enjoy a small club (‘The Swing’) in the center of the city I did not live in before returning … Continue reading →

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From Thunder back to Sun

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Arthur

Today’s weather was as abnormal as it could be: Weather Canada had issued a weather warning for the region around Saint John, forecasting thunderstorms, heavy rain, windgusts and hailstones as big as 2 cms. We didn’t get the stones, but … Continue reading →

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Alterlinks

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Arthur

I found out that VirtualBox 1.6 (finally) supports Solaris: Earlier attempts were an exercise in futilism (that’s not a word, but I like the sound of it). I did install it on the Windows PC (that’s the one I haven’t … Continue reading →

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Go Stet Yourself

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Arthur

There’s a long (winding) oped at the New York Times about how Internet users (on online forums) seem to dramatically change the structure of English grammar. This is only interesting because I also have a knack to write long winding … Continue reading →

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Go version-control yourself.

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Arthur

So, I was going to give a rant about the painful upgrade to WordPress 2.6, but I’ll leave it at that. Wait. Version control has been added to WordPress, which means that you can finally revert to your previous 42-word … Continue reading →

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