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WP 2.1

Posted on January 20, 2007 by Arthur

Right: I did a WP 2.1 update on a test site on one of my servers at home and, looking at all these superlative comments how WP 2.1 is going to change your life, I’m going to say it: I’m … Continue reading →

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A bug, you say?

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Arthur

There’s a silly bug in a C# method for the Calendar class, GetWeekOfYear: Its second parameter accepts a CalendarWeekRule enumeration with a choice of FirstDay, FirstFourDayWeek or FirstFullWeek. There’s a great example in the API/documentation, however, the samples don’t seem … Continue reading →

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Wuther

Posted on January 18, 2007 by Arthur

I read that a huge storm has hit Europe, disrupting many public services and killing a couple of dozen people. That doesn’t really compare with the snowstorm that hit our province a couple of days ago. Did I mention the … Continue reading →

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What’s up?

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Arthur

The most interesting stories this weekend: 1. The substitute teacher, the spyware and the jail term: A 40-year old teacher faces up to 40 years of prison after being convicted of exposing her class to pornography. As mentioned by ms. … Continue reading →

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How to convert you to metric

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Arthur

This week’s most interesting story goes to this Slashdot discussion: “How can we convert the US to the Metric system”. Most likely the question popped up, because of NASA’s recent announcement to go completely metric for their future mission(s) to … Continue reading →

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I can do this too…

Posted on January 11, 2007 by Arthur

Yes, so I needed to get into an older site and I forgot the password, because, well, back in 2000, I used an FTP program (FTP Explorer) that (at that time) was pretty popular. So, late last year, I was … Continue reading →

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Assorted thoughts (III)

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Arthur

My last installment of thoughts about my forth-and-back travels a week ago (earlier musings): The grass was magnificent green in The Netherlands, which took me by surprise. Frost had not arrived yet. Canadians should take over the idea of garbage … Continue reading →

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Can-cer

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier this morning, I was reading two (BBC) articles about cancer: ‘Spicy foods can kill cancers’ and ‘Hope over tumour fighting therapy’1. The first article rings a bell: I think I read something about the magical effects of jalapeno peppers … Continue reading →

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Assorted thoughts (II)

Posted on January 8, 2007 by Arthur

More random picks from the grey matter cabinet (earlier picks): Great Britain is culturally more diverse than The Netherlands. However, for some kind of reason, all British people love going to The Netherlands, or rather, Amsterdam. Much to my surprise, … Continue reading →

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2.0.6

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Arthur

I just upgraded to the latest recommended WP version and I’m currently sorting the open issues regarding the (installed) plug-ins. For future reference: ‘How to install your online WordPress locally’. (As a reference, my thoughts on upgrading your WordPress the … Continue reading →

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Assorted thoughts

Posted on January 7, 2007 by Arthur

Some (not so related) thoughts from the last couple of days: There are a lot of people around with Toshiba laptops, particularly ones coming from North America. On my flight back home, I saw at least one lady use the … Continue reading →

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Tom-ti-tom

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Arthur

That’s the sound of jet-lag. I arrived back home a couple of days ago after spending the traditional hours of running up and down stairs at Heathrow airport. There were many security checks, of course, but spending too many minutes … Continue reading →

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Dreaded – rain

Posted on January 1, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier, we decided to head out with camera gear and walk towards a place we call ‘the deer park’. We struck up a brief conversation with a lady, kids and their grandfather, who were astonished to see that a (majestic) … Continue reading →

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