Author Archives: Arthur

En-El

Posted on September 5, 2006 by Arthur

Somewhat earlier this day, I checked out the Dutch news. I learned that there was a train crash in the center of the country (10 injured, reminder Dutch language alert in previous link). I also read about the official report … Continue reading →

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X3: week one

Posted on September 3, 2006 by Arthur

I managed to survive fairly well after the first week of playing X3: At this stage, I own 3 Mercury freighters, 1 Iguanu and my lonely Argon Buster. Here the tips: Tip 1: Making money is a slow process. Your … Continue reading →

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Please Recycle!

Posted on September 3, 2006 by Arthur

For future reference: related.

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SYWBAP

Posted on September 3, 2006 by Arthur

I briefly followed the spat between people and other people about the ratio of female / male at ‘Web 2.0’ conferences. One of the most linked images is this one and it’s quite telling, yes. Having been professionally programming for … Continue reading →

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Pluto Redux

Posted on September 2, 2006 by Arthur

Dear neighbourhood astrologer: Recently, the International Astronomer Union (website) decided to downgrade Pluto’s planetary status to ‘dwarf planet’ after a lengthy voting process (results). You may have heard about this via the regular channels, since it has caused quite the … Continue reading →

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Rocks and Apples

Posted on September 1, 2006 by Arthur

Donuts 2 hands of milk, approximately the size of adult hands 1 gravel sized yeast. The size of your pink finger’s nail will do. 1 rock size amount of Flour. Find a good size (medium) rock in your yard. 1/2 … Continue reading →

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Senseomatic!

Posted on August 31, 2006 by Arthur

I read a Dutch article that reveals that the company that invented the Senseo pads had their (European) patent annulled (Dutch link: I have not found any English items yet. The European Patent Office site is rather mum about this … Continue reading →

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X3: The Reunion

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Arthur

I‘ve been hesitating to write a review of the (PC) game ‘X3: The Reunion’. Basically this is because the game has left me with both bad and good impressions. First of all, the graphics (if you have a good graphics … Continue reading →

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When it’s Sunday

Posted on August 27, 2006 by Arthur

If you’ve followed local news, you may have heard about the Sunday Shopping battle between the major grocery chains (‘Sobeys’ and ‘SuperStore’)1 and the provincial government. Currently, only stores that have less than 4,000 square feet of retail space are … Continue reading →

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What about, Plutodwarfs?

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Arthur

And then this week, the IAU (International Astronomical Union) decided to classify Pluto as a ‘dwarf planet’. A summary of the (adopted by vote) resolutions can be found at the IAU site, where the honourable astronomers decided first to determine … Continue reading →

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Might. Not.

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Arthur

I got “X3: Reunion” the other day, which is why I’m generally doing other things than what other things I used to do. But I did follow the news and even had time to do some reading around: First, I … Continue reading →

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Help! My Auto-Hide is br0ken!

Posted on August 23, 2006 by Arthur

Yeah, that kind of sucks when you work in Windows XP: apparantly this can happen frequently when Windows returns from hibernation. The good news is that you don’t have to reboot your computer for this. UseNet to the rescue: – … Continue reading →

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T-Cell 0wnz you

Posted on August 21, 2006 by Arthur

This article (‘HIV Inactivates Attacking T-Cells’) at MedPage Today seems to reveal what exactly happened to the 6 British volunteers who tested new medication and ended up in intensive care (March of this year): The fear (ed: of triggering serious … Continue reading →

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