Author Archives: Arthur

Somebody plug my harddrive

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Arthur

My harddrive is ‘leaking’1. Earlier, I noticed that I had only 100 MB left, after which I decided to clear off some of the not so important files like a movie that happened to end on my PC after I … Continue reading →

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More stuff

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Arthur

Yesterday, I mentioned the logs that I imported into a Postgres database: today some minor cleanup and indexing/reindexing. The full monty: The hardest hit day was on September 7th of 2004: 86803 hits in 2 hours only. I’m still collecting … Continue reading →

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Hits and bits

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Arthur

After months of being too busy, I finally managed to finish up the program that imports ZoneAlarm logs into a Postgres database (trust me, you need a tank to deal with this kind of data): I’ve been using ZoneAlarm, literally, … Continue reading →

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World Twin Day

Posted on July 3, 2006 by Arthur

Before I turn my brains to more important matters, I noticed that (according to the BBC) today it’s ‘World Twin Day’. And guess what, searching at Google for anything about this day doesn’t help a lot. Only 5 links at … Continue reading →

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Jade Empire

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier this week, I finished the game ‘Jade Empire’ in a total time of 12 hours. The game is a (fantasy) RPG, set in ancient China and is powered by the oh-so familiar Bioware engine. If you’ve played Knights of … Continue reading →

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A SpaceShuttle

Posted on July 1, 2006 by Arthur

Today, the space shuttle Discovery is about to be launched, the first space shuttle launch after the Columbia’s doomed re-entry in 2003. You may have heard about the discussion about flying or not flying: Early in June, NASA’s management decided … Continue reading →

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One Percent Redux

Posted on July 1, 2006 by Arthur

If you weren’t aware of it: it’s Canada Day today and it’s also the day new tax changes will take effect, courtesy of the Government of Canada. A whopping one percent. I predict spending sprees when the long holiday is … Continue reading →

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The old new

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Arthur

Way earlier, Alfons reminded that some old video clips can now be found at YouTube. Particularly the ones I remember when I was -uh- young (my life as a former B-Boy). Right. And other stuff, you don’t want to hear … Continue reading →

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The rise of the homo sapiens

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Arthur

The CBC will be broadcasting ‘Homo Sapiens: the rise of our species’ at 7:00 PM (EDT), as part of David Suzuki’s show ‘The Nature of Things’. According to the show’s description, ‘Homo Sapiens’, a part drama/part documentary, was produced by … Continue reading →

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36 and integers

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Arthur

Yesterday, CBC’s “Information Morning” celebrated its 36 anniversary, which you can tell from this page 1. Look at the tiny pictures! While plenty of people complain about the local CBC station and its programme, I prefer it above the other … Continue reading →

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H-umor

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Arthur

Over at the Old Grande Lady of Paperworks, The Times that is, an interview with phenomenon Ze Frank from the Ze Frank Show, a show that you either like or don’t like. That said, the following quote from Clay Shirky … Continue reading →

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8 MM

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier this day, I decided to watch the movie ‘8MM’ (1999) again. The movie (directed by Joel Schumacher) stars Nicholas Cage and a whole set of other known actors, but the DVD credits fail to mention actress Amy Morton (who … Continue reading →

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Something Google

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Arthur

I like Google’s approach on the World Cup soccer: you may have noticed the adsense link on the top that adds the right ‘worldcup soccer block’ to your ‘personalized Google page’ (click this link). Something I noticed the other day … Continue reading →

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