Author Archives: Arthur

Dark. Huh?

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Arthur

I read that there was a major power outage (Dutch) in the southern portion of The Netherlands. Nu.nl has some weird pictures with the ‘Fair’ of Eindhoven just milling about like if there was no power outage. Obviously some people … Continue reading →

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And Titan begat Callisto

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Arthur

Reformatting and reinstalling XP on a Toshiba (“Titan”) A40 was actually easier than expected: Back-up data. Reset computer to boot from CD-drive first (Reminder: the default is set to ‘HDD’). On your Toshiba laptop, just start the ConfigFree application and … Continue reading →

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Civilization, Part 11.

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Arthur

After many moons of playing Civ 4 (all posts on xsamplex), I finally found out who sings that brilliant opening tune: It’s the Talisman a cappella, a group of a cappella1 singers and students operating from Stansford University. The song … Continue reading →

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Good News!

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Arthur

If I say there’s good news, then there is good news: I have finally started to appreciate The Gimp! This is because there was always one reason why I pertinently refused to use it: plugins. Everytime the program opened, it … Continue reading →

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80, what?

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Arthur

Contrary to what I regularly do on Saturday mornings (about that later), I decided to listen to The Internationalist’s audio ‘travelcast’ (I don’t have a better name for this). Actually, the direct link is right here (Player is Windows Media … Continue reading →

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Random-izer

Posted on August 5, 2006 by Arthur

I forgot to mention about ‘Google Project Hosting’, Google’s latest service geared towards (as the name suggests) hosting projects. It was prominently featured

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So?

Posted on August 2, 2006 by Arthur

I was doing a quick trial update to move Alfons to the latest known WordPress version locally (on the server called Elsie). Yesterday, I had to download an older version of WordPress to see how my plug-in behaved (it behaves … Continue reading →

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Databases

Posted on July 31, 2006 by Arthur

I updated the plug-in accordingly but want to issue a warning before you download it: I’m not sure which version of MySQL does or does not support ‘left outer joins’. I think versions > 3.23 should be able to do … Continue reading →

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W10x!

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier, I uploaded ‘AHCommentCentral’, which is a plug-in that is supposed to help closing/opening comments and ping/trackbacks in your post sections. For now, you’ll find the initial release right over here. That is, for the daring people who experiment. It’s … Continue reading →

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W09

Posted on July 30, 2006 by Arthur

After many moons of bickering and looking around, I decided to take up the gloves and do it myself. Currently I’m using a slightly altered script that ‘automatically’ folds and closes comments after 10 days. This generally works good and … Continue reading →

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The 25 list of computer stuff

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Arthur

In preparation of the 25th anniversary of the ‘Beige Box’, eWeek lists the 25 most influential products of the last 25 years (the list starts here). Number one is (naturally) the IBM PC. I can find myself in most of … Continue reading →

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Hello Old World?

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Arthur

This is a weird read: The Royal Shell group wants to expand the production of oil (Dutch) at the Athabasca oilsands project (slow site alert). The article mentions that the company admits that the costs of personel and equipment are … Continue reading →

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So you think you can dance?

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Arthur

And for some reason, I keep thinking of Chris Elliot’s ‘Get A Life’ dance. However, I saw scenes of Fox’s ‘So You Think You Can Dance’. It’s obnoxious, but I have no doubt that it attracts viewers, which is (of … Continue reading →

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