Author Archives: Arthur

FIFA tally

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Arthur

Over at the FIFA site (Courtesy of Yahoo) a schedule of the World cup soccer, which you can fill out. You may want to keep the group standings page handy. I uploaded both my predictions (you can click the image … Continue reading →

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Henry writes a letter to Ann

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Arthur

Via Sadly No’s (‘Abstinence-only raps’), I found the link to a video named ‘Henry Rollins letter to Ann Coulter’. It’s hilarious (might not be safe for work, contains nasty language). Henry Rollins is naturally the front man of the ‘Henry … Continue reading →

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The Soccer will not be televisionized

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Arthur

Ad ergo: my value pack does not include the broadcasting of any soccer or that. So, you might just as well enjoy the soccer thyself, while I’ll read the headlines from the sites around. So, the Dutch play Ivory Coast … Continue reading →

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More cookies

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Arthur

Some local news: Salmon River is now hockeyville 2006. I found out Sunday after loud horns and fireworks, but then went back to my Civ 4 game. The exhibition game? According to the local paper, it’s going to be held … Continue reading →

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Radio and Cast

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Arthur

Circumstances forced me to listen to the Dutch Radio 1 broadcast of the soccer game Netherlands vs. Serbia-Montenegro (1-0). It happens to be a Windows Media stream, which you generally will find around this location. That said, I kept Yahoo’s … Continue reading →

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canucket

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

canucketn 1. A typical, unique (or specific) Canadian thing, object, trait, custom or behaviour. Ex. John is holding a canucket in his hand. Origin: Canucket is a mashup of the words ‘canuck’ and ‘nugget’ and directly implies something specifically Canadian. … Continue reading →

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Eood

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

Once again, I missed the World Cup Soccer games: England vs. Paraguay(1-0), Argentina vs. Ivorycoast 2-1 and Trinidad vs. Sweden 0-0. Early this morning I found out that my TSN channel wasn’t in my cable package anymore, something I reported … Continue reading →

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Dood

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

I‘m sorry. I didn’t have time to watch the World Cup Soccer but I read that Germany won 4-2 from Costa Rica and that Poland surprisingly lost (0-2 against Equador). Two paradoxes on one day: The Yearlykos conference in Vegas, … Continue reading →

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Hey

Posted on June 8, 2006 by Arthur

It’s Alfons’ birthday! Who would have thought.

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Google Spreadsheets

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier this day, I received an invitation to test drive Google Spreadsheets (Note: Google seems to be stuck in a space-time continuum today). I’m not sure if I’m allowed to post screenshots but, for what it is intended to do … Continue reading →

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Heap

Posted on June 6, 2006 by Arthur

By coincidence I found the site of Imogen Heap (her picture was featured on FlickR). I like it, but I’m not into music. I hate music. I’m as you’ve found out, a proud reformed ‘music listener’. Music kills. Secondhand music … Continue reading →

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Shiny Rounded Corners

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Arthur

I notice that my ‘/’ (Slash) key is stuck, which is most likely because there’s dirt in between the key and the board. I feel so smart today. My Toshiba laptop manual should explain how to lift off the keyboard … Continue reading →

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A lighter

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Arthur

A lighter note: I see that Sonic Youth (wikipedia) is about to release a new LP/CD, ‘Rather Ripped’, in about a couple of days. Sonic Youth’s site is actually an oasis of older stuff (QuickTime videos, MP3 songs) they did, … Continue reading →

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