Author Archives: Arthur

Yo, autocomplete.

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Arthur

One of my biggest pet peeves is ‘AutoComplete’: the functionality of a text box to suggest (and complete) previously entered data. I’ve seen many bad implementations and the one fresh out of memory I can remember is Opera’s URL box, … Continue reading →

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So Central Rain

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Arthur

Eearlier this month, REM announced that they were breaking up. That is: after being over 30 years in the music industry, the three band members decided that: “Working through our music and memories from over three decades was a hell … Continue reading →

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Out and In

Posted on September 30, 2011 by Arthur

A glorious moment: Today I’m finally retiring my 2004/2005 Centrino laptop: it was initially my work laptop in a previous work life and was eventually passed on to me with the permission of management of said employer. It has served … Continue reading →

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911 and Fall

Posted on September 18, 2011 by Arthur

Exactly a week ago, it was the 10th anniversary of 9-11: it looks like the (re)construction at the former Ground Zero has made substantial progress. To be honest, I’ve never followed the progress on the 9/11 memorial (official site) but … Continue reading →

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Irene

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Arthur

By now you have read about hurricane Irene: For a change it made landfall in the US and it’s expected to hit mainland Canada (via Quebec) later this night. Canada’s Weatheroffice has it’s expected path plotted on this page, where … Continue reading →

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Triple A

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Arthur

You have probably read about the downgrading of the US credit rating by S&P late (last) Friday night (news). The SF Gate duly notes that: Standard & Poor’s historic downgrade of the U.S. credit rating caused the capital to erupt … Continue reading →

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Boardwalk

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Arthur

Over a week ago, Norway was rocked by twin terror attacks that killed 77 people, most of them youngster attending a Labour Youth Summer camp on an island called Utoya. The BBC has an excellent recap of the events that … Continue reading →

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Hibuscus and other tales

Posted on July 31, 2011 by Arthur

We bought a hibiscus (Wikipedia) the other day at the local Sobeys. They had them in assorted colours, but we opted to go for red. Again. We used to have one before when we were living in Nova Scotia and … Continue reading →

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Review: Acer Iconia Tablet A500

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Arthur

I read an article that discussed the latest statistics on wordwide tablet use. Its conclusion was that the Apple IPad is still reigning supreme: that is, even after this season’s release storm of Android-based tablets (Acer, Asus, Motorola) and others … Continue reading →

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Chess

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Arthur

I used to play chess in school competitions, from age 9 or 10-ish to (effectively) 19. I was fairly good: At one time, I ended up in the finals (after a mind-blowing 100% winning streak) where I gave up a … Continue reading →

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Flora and fauna

Posted on June 25, 2011 by Arthur

If I eliminated statistical weather data, I would say that this year’s weather is going to beat all records. First we had too much snow. When March came, we slowly went to wet weather. Which is about the same weather … Continue reading →

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Books

Posted on June 18, 2011 by Arthur

I briefly mentioned this in the previous posting that I bought myself an Android tablet, which review is pending… I hope. Thanks to this tablet, I’ve actually re-kindled (no really, considering I use the Android Kindle app) my love for … Continue reading →

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Predictions

Posted on June 12, 2011 by Arthur

Now that we know the Rapture has been delayed to September (previously at xsamplex), we nw have a couple of months to make sure that things are running as smooth as they used to be. Like make US Politics the … Continue reading →

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