Author Archives: Arthur

Activities in Linux

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Arthur

Now that I’ve finally moved on to bigger hardware, I can officially retire my 2008 DV-5 1157-CA (this link doesn’t exist anymore). It has served me well, while costing me two harddrives, because, well, it obviously lost one fan at … Continue reading →

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A beach runs here

Posted on September 30, 2012 by Arthur

Summer’s been over now 10 or so days and looking outside, it feels like Fall (or Autumn) snapped in here before we could even think of typical Fall things, like seeing the leafs colour and/or raking them up. I believe … Continue reading →

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Curiosity

Posted on September 3, 2012 by Arthur

Four weeksago or so, NASA’s JPL successfully landed the rover “Curiosity” (wikipedia) on Mars. The landing was probably one of the most watched (and celebrated) events on the Internet, witness the many gifs of cheering NASA people (Happy NASA guy … Continue reading →

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Summer respite and yards

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Arthur

We seem to be slightly going back to normal temperatures here in SJ: that is, cooler temperatures particularly in the morning. You might say that this Summer was one of the warmest: Even Accuweather seems to be suggesting the very … Continue reading →

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Another slight of Postgres

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Arthur

Back almost 10 years ago, as mentioned probably a-many times, I exclusively used Debian to deploy Postgres database servers. That was mainly, because (officially) there were no Windows versions out yet, well, except for an older 7.2 version. My main … Continue reading →

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A slight return to Postgres

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Arthur

Years ago, I used to set up postgres on Debian servers. For a couple of test, I had to install Postgres somewhere: Installing on Windows is generally a breeze, but not needing the third-party tools, I decided to go back … Continue reading →

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Debris

Posted on July 14, 2012 by Arthur

One of the more fascinating subjects that seem to occupy the news is the tsunami debris field that has slowly descended on western parts of Canada. Earlier this year, a Japanese HD motorcycle that washed up in Canada made the … Continue reading →

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Mount and Blade: with Fire and Sword

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Arthur

Earlier this year I decided to give Mount and Blade a try, only because Wikipedia describes the game as a “medieval, single-player nonlinear action role-playing video game”. For the first time, before buying the game, I decided to watch the … Continue reading →

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Surface

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Arthur

Last week-ish, I was going to write something about Microsoft Windows 8. By now you must have heard and read about how the company is chopping up their OS to fit (well, it’s officially called “optimized for”) touch-enabled devices, which … Continue reading →

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Android

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Arthur

I have been using my Android-based tablet (review of the Iconia Tab, other Android-related topical postings) now for over a year and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to do a recap and go over that device again. First … Continue reading →

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SXSW 2012 (part 3)

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Arthur

So, the final list of tracks worth listening to: or rather the list of tracks that made it to my audio device. Over time (time permitting), I’ll add links to the artist’s websites but for now you’ll have to do … Continue reading →

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SXSW 2012 (part 2)

Posted on May 26, 2012 by Arthur

Late, but it’s been done: I finally managed to listen to all the songs (all of em) of this year’s SXSW torrents (previously). More than last year’s effort (see here), I had the feeling this was very painful. While I’m … Continue reading →

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This is cat.

Posted on May 11, 2012 by Arthur

When our oldest cat passed away, there was generally no doubt that we’d get a new one to accompany our other cat, Puffy (right here!). To be frank: Puffy the black cat is just not photogenic. Kitty (“Katherine”) was, Puffy … Continue reading →

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