Author Archives: Arthur

Yo Grep this.

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Arthur

A couple of weeks ago, I ran into this article at InformationWeek, titled ‘The Best Software Ever Written’. It read as one of those novels that have a true climax at the end: So there you have it: The single … Continue reading →

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Boemboem

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Arthur

Tasting Seroendeng today (after too many years, so many that I at first had no idea what it was supposed to be), I concluded that Indonesian food is solidly founded in spices like cumin, coriander and ‘santen’. Grated coconut. Hallelujah. … Continue reading →

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Hi Tech

Posted on August 19, 2006 by Arthur

I‘m shocked to find out the latest Hi-Tech in webdevelopment: apparently it’s possible to take some site’s RSS and convert it back to plain HTML so that it can be read on Windows Mobile Devices! This is such an achievement … Continue reading →

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Explorers and Navigators

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Arthur

I‘ve been sporadically following the discussion about IE 7 and the issues around compliance and that. Paul “Master Programmer” Thurrott weighs in, once again (Besides using CTRL F in Firefox, you can also use the vi command ‘/’ to start … Continue reading →

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V-J Day

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Arthur

On the eve of V-J day, I was going to start a rant about the Dutch resistance in The Netherlands and particularly, the armed fight of the Dutch (remarkably lead by Communists) against the German forces. The funny thing is … Continue reading →

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Your Wireless Is B0rken

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Arthur

Today, I broke my wireless network setup under Windows XP: Going to Available Wireless networks the following message appeared (see image): Windows cannot configure this wireless connection […] If you want Windows to configure this wireless conection, start the Wireless … Continue reading →

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Tjampoer

Posted on August 13, 2006 by Arthur

For the first time in 6 or 7 years, I had a taste of Atjar Tjampoer (‘pickled salad’). Funny thing is that I never even thought of scooping some bits when I was in Holland, 2 years ago. A couple … Continue reading →

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Browse Happy

Posted on August 13, 2006 by Arthur

I downloaded Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) today, just to see what the buzz is all about. Comparing it with Opera and Firefox, the only difference I see is that (out of the box) IE uses ‘ClearType’ to render the … Continue reading →

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V for uninspiring

Posted on August 13, 2006 by Arthur

Two movies today: ‘An unfinished life’ and ‘V for Vendetta’. The first one had the unlikely combination of Redford and Lopez (Jennifer that is), which ended up to be a match that, well, didn’t match Lopez. The story itself was … Continue reading →

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FAL or not?

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Arthur

This morning, while ordering coffee at a local Tim Hortons’, I was watching one of the slideshows about the Hortons Kids camps, which somehow reminded me of the first weeks of my military service. I mentioned this before. Smiling kids, … Continue reading →

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More Computer stuff

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Arthur

After fiddling for hours with a 7100 AP to discover that it does not want to work together with my Linksys router, I decided to give up for now. I suspect that it just doesn’t like retrieving an IP address … Continue reading →

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Holy Cows!

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Arthur

Tomorrow (for you Europeans that is today), it’s the 25th anniversary of the IBM PC. Some people and companies may celebrate that event, but for some kind of reason, I was silently hoping that IBM would be leading the pack. … Continue reading →

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Knuckle month

Posted on August 10, 2006 by Arthur

knuckle monthcol. 1. A month with 31 days. 2. Informal: a month that has one extra payweek, or a month that spans 5 weeks instead of 4. ex – “August of 2006 is a true knuckle month” Origin: Called after … Continue reading →

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