Author Archives: Arthur

The imminent

Posted on April 13, 2008 by Arthur

The CBC has an article about the prediction that Windows is about to ‘collapse’, because of Microsoft’s inaction towards the marked after the introduction of Windows Vista. Other industry experts say that Microsoft knows it’s Windows days are dwindling, which … Continue reading →

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Words to watch for

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Arthur

The words (or rather terms) to watch for in the next coming years are: Gravitational Lensing: I’ve mentioned this topic before, and trust me, it’s the most discussed topic in my neighbourhood. Better yet, every morning, I wake up to … Continue reading →

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What definition?

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Arthur

Yesterday, while watching Dream Warriors’ “My Definition of a boombastic jazz style” video-clip, I was amazed about the visuals used in that video. The clip prominently features (besides a lot of colours and pantomime) the (artistic) use of a focal … Continue reading →

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You asked: Windows+applications+laptop

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Arthur

Obviously, a lot of people prefer buying laptops nowadays and the question ‘Which+applications+install+laptop+windows’ pops up regularly in the Apache logs at this domain. I’m not providing links to the applications (or will use links sparingly, I guess). I assume you … Continue reading →

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A stump

Posted on March 30, 2008 by Arthur

Earlier, I upgraded this blog to the latest WordPress version and found out that it’s not entirely bugless (that is, besides the validation problems of some portions of the generated output, as pointed out by Shelley). Some general notes follow: … Continue reading →

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Are you using?

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Arthur

It seems like ‘Are you using FF3?’ has become the most important Internet question today. The general response falls in between ‘IE7 rocks/FF SUXORS’ and ‘I’ve been using Firefox since beta 0.0.0.1’. If you know what I mean. Yes, I’m … Continue reading →

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Djed

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Arthur

About ten years ago, I discovered the band Tortoise by accident while looking for new records (or rather CDs) in the (I dare say) legendary Amsterdam music store Boudisque. For the Dutch speaking, the recordstore is prominently and frequently on … Continue reading →

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The language

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Arthur

I watch some (video)clips online at the regular websites (Crooks and Liars and Onegoodmove, as you may have already known), most of time just to view the best parts of ‘The Colbert Report’ and ‘Jon Stewart’s Daily Show’. Obviously, both … Continue reading →

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Temporal timelines

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Arthur

Some off the record remarks: There’s an obvious correlation between the price of gas, the amounts of snow and distance from sea. There’s a special place in hell (or heaven, depending on your particular religous beliefs) for people who discover … Continue reading →

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Chances?

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Arthur

CBC had their documentary ‘Winning for a Living’ on tonight, which featured people who are obsessed with filling out contest ballots. The Internet, of course, has been the Great Leap Forward for these kind of contests. Ironically, most contestors use … Continue reading →

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A disturbance in the force

Posted on March 2, 2008 by Arthur

Via Metafilter (thread), I found out that Yo La Tengo’s “Murdering The Classics” session is happening today. WMFU will have a livestream, starting at 5PM EST (pls/MP3). If you need a different output stream, the WMFU blog has other types … Continue reading →

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Around the news

Posted on March 1, 2008 by Arthur

According to the Dutch online news site Nu.NL, Flemish kids (as in “Dutch-speaking Belgians”1) are the worst bullies in Europe (Dutch language-alert). The original article (at the Belgian paper ‘De Morgen’) quotes a survey done by the British Council. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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I didn’t but then I did

Posted on February 27, 2008 by Arthur

I remember a time, a pre-internet time, when chain-letters were the rage: I’m not sure what attracted people to send these ones out to others, classmates and relatives. I always thought it was an innocent concept, that is until those … Continue reading →

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