Author Archives: Arthur

Misc.

Posted on November 18, 2005 by Arthur

Assorted thoughts: Google Base was released earlier this week. It’s a bit of everything, but mostly it’s supposed to be a ‘database’ (base) for everything or something. All, nice and well until the spammers come out. I honestly expected Google … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (VII)

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Arthur

More good news: The Civ IV patch is supposed to come out really soon. Says someone at Civ 4: Some of the highlights include multiple AI improvements and tweaks, worker behavior tweaks, MANY game play improvements (ex Animal Husbandry reveals … Continue reading →

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The Star (Toronto)

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Arthur

Earlier, reading (and watching video) Crooks and Liars, I found out about the Toronto Star blogs via this item and the one with video of mrs. Zerbisias adequatly fending off O’Reilly’s daily whine. Good stuff: a newspaper that lets its … Continue reading →

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Yikes

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Arthur

Look! It’s a 21st century disaster movie1 wrecking havoc in Nova Scotia! Wait. Are those palm trees? The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (Frame around 00:43:41 ) 1 Reference to the 70s Hollywood disaster movies.

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Tourism down: Arthur revving up campaign

Posted on November 15, 2005 by Arthur

Right in time for a thorough op-ed here at xsamplex: Nova Scotia’s tourism is down. Apparently, it’s gasoline and the Iraq war to blame. Like -uh-:  [The Tourism minister, MacDonald] says the province will concentrate on attracting new visitors from … Continue reading →

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Posting from Ubuntu’s LiveCD

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Arthur

I wouldn’t be a computer freak, if I didn’t try that Ubuntu LiveCD. I’m posting from Ubuntu right now, as you probably figured out. See? Nothing wrong with Linux. A couple of years ago, Alfons brought in my first ever … Continue reading →

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Ha!

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Arthur

Har! I got meself a free copy of Ubuntu Linux. A not-named store in the center of the town had them in a small carton display/box. I made sure to ask if they were for free, which they were: one … Continue reading →

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To upgrade or not to…

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Arthur

For a couple of weeks I’ve been toying with the idea to upgrade to the latest WordPress version or to move to a different blogging platform. I’ve been playing with NucleusCMS. Actually, I’ve been making ‘plug-ins’ for that one. Anyways, … Continue reading →

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Yoekels!

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Arthur

Talking about upgrading: I’ve been promoted to the status of ‘ouwe zeurkous’ (link goes to Dutch only site). That’s because I prefer that people not hotlink to my images, rather that they host it theirselves. Niels (appears to be down … Continue reading →

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All evil people go to NS

Posted on November 12, 2005 by Arthur

Just so you know: Evil people who do naughty things in New York always first go to Nova Scotia. I can think of many reasons why that is so: It’s in Canada It sounds like an exotic place It’d be … Continue reading →

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Eats, leaves

Posted on November 12, 2005 by Arthur

We cleaned up the leafs in the frontyard. One of the maple trees finally decided to let go and fill our driveway with bright yellow coloured celluloid. Great timing too. Last year, it happened also on a Saturday morning.

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Xenotaph

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Arthur

The most often heard word this week was ‘cenotaph’. A word I thought was supposed to be spelled as xenotaph: I already associated the word cenotaph with a monument for the unknown soldier. Hence the xeno. Misheard that one. Other … Continue reading →

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A low point

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Arthur

I‘m probably the only person in the world who thinks Bush’s purely political speech on Veterans Day was another low in American politics. “Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled the American people … Continue reading →

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