Author Archives: Arthur

Tulip

Posted on December 22, 2007 by Arthur

Yesterday (I think), the International Herald Tribune posted an article about Dutch plans to create a tulip-shaped island in the North Sea. The plan was brought up by the Dutch Innovation Platform (Dutch-only) with the goal to showcase the Dutch … Continue reading →

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Mars Express

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Arthur

I was reading about ‘the active glacier’, found by the ESA’s Mars Express earlier this week, which led me to look up the Mars Express website. Excellent (and amazing) imagery. My favourite one is the photo of the Cydonia region. … Continue reading →

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Shoelaces

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier this week, while fastening new shoelaces I was reminded of the fact that, during my life at my parental home, we (seemingly) never used to run out of shoelaces. I think one of my parents was smart enough to … Continue reading →

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Weatherwise

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Arthur

It looks like we’re in the midst of the winterstorm that earlier pested Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. The (local) forecast tells that we can expect a mix of heavy snowfall (15 cms and up) and (possibly) rain during the … Continue reading →

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Warped

Posted on December 15, 2007 by Arthur

Via MetaFilter: A NASA article about faster than light traveling, space colonization and science fiction. The article is an excellent overview of current propulsion techniques and what we’d need to travel to the nearest habitable planet. If you’re into SF, … Continue reading →

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Glacialisaurus

Posted on December 11, 2007 by Arthur

I‘m a fan of EurekAlert, a site that provides scientific news and achievements in two-bite snack format. The only problem I have with the site is that the articles are short and (generally) don’t provide appropriate links. Take for example … Continue reading →

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Time is Tight

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier this weekend I was reminded of Booker T and the MGs: most people know their ‘Green Onions’ hit-song but aren’t aware of other instrumentals they produced and created, like the catchy ‘Time Is Tight’ (sample 30+ seconds). ‘Time is … Continue reading →

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Coffee, huh

Posted on December 9, 2007 by Arthur

The BBC has an article about how coffee protects female memory: A French research team compared women aged 65 (and older) who drank more than 3 cups of coffee per day with those who only drank one per day. Those … Continue reading →

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Not so, so.

Posted on December 4, 2007 by Arthur

It appears that the US NIE (National Intelligence Estimate) watered down the Iranian threat saying that ‘it has high confidence that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 but that it was continuing to enrich uranium‘. This (of course) … Continue reading →

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On snow and games

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Arthur

Yesterday, we were hit by a snowstorm that apparently took everyone by surprise: After finishing shopping in the local mall, we walked and drove through the very first winter storm to hit our area. This comes right after the Weather … Continue reading →

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My. Suck.s

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier, I was looking for an OpenWRT version that could run my Linksys WRT54G. This is where I found out that the hardware version of my router (“8”) isn’t supported. Aw. Apparently, Linksys switched to a propriety embedded OS, the … Continue reading →

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Pray, tell, rain

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Arthur

I read that the Orthodox Church of Cypres has ordered priests to pray for rain on December the 2nd of this year. It appears that this is a routine that has been done before, most recently when a comparable drought … Continue reading →

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Strings and Skies

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Arthur

There’s an old Dutch Polish Swedish British Belgian Luxemburg Czech Hungarian San Marino 18th century saying which explains the correlation between full moon and cold weather: “Clear Skies, Invalid Memory Writes”. OK. Skip the European geography introduction in the first … Continue reading →

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