Author Archives: Arthur

Around the world

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Arthur

A couple of days ago, the local news paper had an article about a lady from Wales who’s walking around the world. Rosie Swale Pope started her run in 2003 and is scheduled to finish her travels this year. She … Continue reading →

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Oh, wait.

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Arthur

You may have noticed that the Canadian Blog Awards have started: the first voting round is open until January 21st. Xsamplex has been nominated in the Tech category: If you want to vote for me, go ahead. Last year, we … Continue reading →

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Lied des Lotterieagenten

Posted on January 15, 2008 by Arthur

People who are familiar with this blog, know that I like early 20th century classical music, particular the music from the early 20s to the 30s. In this time of turbulence (the socio-economical problems in the Thirties and the rise … Continue reading →

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And then some more

Posted on January 13, 2008 by Arthur

I ran into a couple of surprises this week: First, I noticed that Mozilla now has their own video outlet/pod cast, Air Mozilla (Requires Flash 9). The video cast is spearheaded by Asa Dotzler. Older footage can be found at … Continue reading →

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SoundEx

Posted on January 11, 2008 by Arthur

A couple of days ago, it was the 70th birthday of Donald Knuth (or rather, his webpage), who as you found out, is hero to many programmers around. I think he’s still working on completing his masterwork, ‘The Art Of … Continue reading →

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Passwords

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Arthur

A couple of months ago (around the same time that I was looking into the sources of the .Net version of KeepPass) I ran into this page: an algorithm to generate pronounceable passwords1. Well, at least a bit more pronounceable … Continue reading →

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Round

Posted on January 4, 2008 by Arthur

Last night, I decided to follow the Iowa Caucus thing: Apparently Obama and Huckabee are now considered (repectively) Democratic and Republican front runners. I also tuned into to hear their speeches and thought they were dull and boring. This brings … Continue reading →

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Call Of Duty 4

Posted on January 3, 2008 by Arthur

A couple of weeks ago I ended up buying ‘Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare’ (Wikipedia). The game, as the title suggests, is situated in today’s world (instead of the usual WWII setting): the single player portion delivers a slightly … Continue reading →

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Another one then.

Posted on January 1, 2008 by Arthur

For all: a good new year. At xsamplex, 2008 will be ‘more of the same’: we’ll bring you the bad, the good and (if I can make some more time) more code. You may have already read about this one: … Continue reading →

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More snow

Posted on December 31, 2007 by Arthur

Maybe it’s too early to call it a day (Weather Canada issued snowfall warnings for the next 24 hours), but, I was just outside and noticed that the sky is almost cloudless. Or maybe this is the typical ‘calm before … Continue reading →

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Bird’s eye view

Posted on December 28, 2007 by Arthur

You may have heard about the death of Benazir Bhutto, who was prime-minister of Pakistan in the Eighties and Nineties. The shocking thing I thought was the fact that this was the second assassination attempt after she returned from exile. … Continue reading →

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The Queen has her picture taken

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Arthur

Various news organizations report that the British Queen has launched a YouTube channel (@ YouTube). The Palace promises clips from garden parties, footage from overseas travels, prime ministers and even a day in the life of the Prince of Wales. … Continue reading →

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Any.links

Posted on December 23, 2007 by Arthur

An assortment of links: I was reading this article at More Intelligent Life written by Enid Stubin (who appears to be an assistant-professor of English) and the first comment in the comment section literally says: Brilliant. This chick can actually … Continue reading →

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