Author Archives: Arthur

Noel IV

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Arthur

We seem to have lost shingles and a tree (one of its main branches seem to have broken off) but we haven’t lost power. Nova Scotia Power reports plenty of areas with no power, including Truro. I guess we’re lucky, … Continue reading →

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Noel III

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Arthur

According to the news, NSP crews are allowed to use their own judgement to repair lines as long as wind gust don’t go over a specific speed (sustained): I see that some of the earlier mentioned areas all have their … Continue reading →

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Noel II

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Arthur

I just watched the special news bulletin and it looks New Brunswick is going to get the brunt of the rain and wind (image via StormAdvisory, via Ruk). It’s going to take a while too, for Noel to make its … Continue reading →

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Noel, then

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Arthur

I have been dreading this, but yes, I’ll be monitoring Noel today. I think earlier weather reports suggested that Noel was going to make landfall in the south-eastern part of Nova Scotia: currently, it looks like it will be more … Continue reading →

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Review: WPS54G

Posted on November 3, 2007 by Arthur

For a long time I’ve been looking for a print server so that I can access that Canon MF5xxx printer from the network, without resorting to leave a computer on all day (you know, via the regular shared printing mess). … Continue reading →

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Don’t Fall, Do Winter.

Posted on November 2, 2007 by Arthur

I mentioned this a couple of weeks ago, and I discovered my gmail account finally has IMAP functionality too. Actually, I’m not using it as of yet. If you’re not familiar with the background of e-mail: your ISP generally provides … Continue reading →

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Twiggy vs. James Bond

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Arthur

So, I was browsing through my music collection and found myself listening (and afterwards looking for) some Pizzicato Five (or rather ‘Les Pizzicato Five’) songs. You’re probably familiar with that song called Twiggy (30 second sample): you may have seen … Continue reading →

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That famous painting (and other links)

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Arthur

Via the BBC I discovered that DaVinci’s ‘Last Supper’ has been digitized and posted to the Internet (actual site). According to the article, the produced image is about 1600 times detailed than a photo from an average DSLR: what can … Continue reading →

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Das Assortiment

Posted on October 25, 2007 by Arthur

Assorted links, noteworthy and that: Just last week, an EA executive said that rivaling console makers should concentrate on making a single gaming platform. According to him, incompatible consoles made life harder for both developers and customers. Not surprising, the … Continue reading →

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Wolkers

Posted on October 24, 2007 by Arthur

Last week, Dutch author Jan Wolkers died (Wikipedia on Wolkers, warning: possibly NSFW because of a picture of author posing with a bare-naked lady). He was buried today (warning: Dutch language alert) in what newspapers call a well-attended funeral. I … Continue reading →

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What, Salamander?

Posted on October 15, 2007 by Arthur

By coincidence, I ran into videos of a guy completing the MSX game ‘Salamander’ (Salamander at Wikipedia). The video is in 4 parts and doesn’t include the very first stage: movies 1, 2, 3 and the end stage, 4. I … Continue reading →

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Shoot-em-ups

Posted on October 14, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier this week, we were looking for co-op type of games for the XBOX: we weren’t looking for the typical ‘splitscreen’ first person shooter, so Halo and that kind was out. Eventually we settled on ‘Mortal Kombat: Shaolin Monks’, which … Continue reading →

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Evil feral stuff

Posted on October 13, 2007 by Arthur

I have not really been following any news but ‘skirmished’ through some of the Nobel prize announcements: Doris Lessing won the one for Literature. In the Physics section, the prize went (deservedly so) to two scientists who were instrumental in … Continue reading →

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