Author Archives: Arthur

I don’t have one.

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Arthur

You may be aware that this weekend it’s The Ultimate Console Bash, but I won’t rehash what happened or predict which console is going to win mass adoption and that. It’s not interesting either: there are plenty of experts and … Continue reading →

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Quelle surprise

Posted on November 18, 2006 by Arthur

So, yeah, just today, I found out that my blog was added to the list of nominees for Best Sci/Tech blog 2006, courtesy of My Blahg. In the same category, the competition consists of A View From The Isle, Amber … Continue reading →

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16.what

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Arthur

In this part of the country, Fall appears to have gone through a dip: for the next couple of days, we’re expecting temperatures around the 16 degrees. I read they have the same kind of weather records in the Olde … Continue reading →

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Comment -uh- noes

Posted on November 13, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier I turned off comments to the recent posts because of a ‘sapm’ attack on one of the earlier entries. I’m considering closing comments on a more frequent rate than the now (default) 7 days. That said, I may have … Continue reading →

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Libraries

Posted on November 12, 2006 by Arthur

I don’t specifically remember the first day we (Alfons and I) set foot in a library, but I’m almost certain it was at or around age 8 or 9. The rest is history: there used to be a joke going … Continue reading →

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Gross vs. Good 5

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Arthur

References: Excellent images of Saturn hurricane. Hurricane on Earth photo is Isabel in 2003.

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Not my mail

Posted on November 11, 2006 by Arthur

Every couple of weeks, I check the Mother of all Email accounts to discover that all these hundreds of e-mails in that inbox are all just spam. It makes no sense. The more spam, the less I check that e-mail … Continue reading →

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Yo, what happened to that sound?

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Arthur

Via e-mail I received a question about the Toshiba P100-SD3 and sound problems on Debian/Ubuntu: I decided to run Knoppix 5.1 [I’m still not sure about which version that is, but it’s the latest for sure] and see what goes … Continue reading →

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Notably. Really.

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Arthur

We had our first snow today, a whopping 2 cms. or so. It surprised the dog too, yes. Earlier this week, while playing a couple of mp3s I discovered that today’s MP3 players generally don’t work for me. I can’t … Continue reading →

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Yo, what happened to the news?

Posted on November 5, 2006 by Arthur

In the run-up to the US mid-term elections, it appears that every minor news item was blown up into political theater: First, Kerry made a jab at the White House, which in turn demanded an apology because Kerry (according to … Continue reading →

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Com0Com

Posted on November 2, 2006 by Arthur

For the uninitiated: Framework 2.0 nowadays sports genuine Serialport communication (via an extra class/component called SerialPort) [MSDN link]. The class supports both blocking and non-blocking forms of communication. A good way to test serial port communication (without the need of … Continue reading →

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No subtitles.

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Arthur

I watched the October 30th show of Pauw & Witteman (Dutch only), for which I apparently have to thank the IT department of the Dutch broadcasting crew for. The show featured the guests Henny Vrienten (earlier at xsamplex), JunkieXL, politician … Continue reading →

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The Update

Posted on October 31, 2006 by Arthur

Today, apparently the IE 7.0 update made it into a Windows XP patch. I say ‘apparently’, because while it appeared to be installing right (plus it deleted the previous Beta version of IE 7 I had installed a couple of … Continue reading →

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