Author Archives: Arthur

German uh-lections

Posted on September 7, 2005 by Arthur

I‘ve been slightly following the German elections. I watched the German election debate at CNN the other day (English commentary started to annoy me at the end) and was not really impressed with both party leader’s performance. One German commented … Continue reading →

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The Army Corps of (Civil) Engineers

Posted on September 6, 2005 by Arthur

Mind the title: I’m a bit confused about the Army Corps of Engineers. Their Mission: "to provide quality, responsive engineering services to the nation". Clearly, this is a part of the military that is in charge of the civil works … Continue reading →

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This beat is dope

Posted on September 5, 2005 by Arthur

After playing with D-lusion’s ‘Rubberduck’, which is actually fun, I skidded towards the Propellorheads’ ‘RebirthMuseum’ site to see if I could try it. Yes, I ‘ve read today’s Slashdot discussion about this one too. If I remember correctly, the link(s) … Continue reading →

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Flatland

Posted on September 4, 2005 by Arthur

Alfons made an aerial picture of a neighbourhood I’m pretty good familiar with. It brings up both good and bad memories: memories about the homecoming last year and the ones of my youth, 25-30 years ago. One thing I noticed … Continue reading →

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Safe mode for you

Posted on September 4, 2005 by Arthur

Last week I was so busy removing spyware of computers (the manual way), that by now I should be able to tell the Windows boot menu options apart. You know which one I mean: the one that you get after … Continue reading →

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Maria? Is that you?

Posted on September 4, 2005 by Arthur

Looking for hurrican Maria? Don’t look further: we’ve got you covered! As long as it doesn’t go North yet, we may just miss out on the fun! Or thinking of it: if our American neighbours made a bit more clouds … Continue reading →

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Justices and that

Posted on September 4, 2005 by Arthur

Just a second ago, I noticed that CNN broke the news that Chief Justice Rehnquist had died at the age of 80. This means that president Bush can nominate another conservative for the Supreme Court. I pity American politics. Good … Continue reading →

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Google maps

Posted on September 3, 2005 by Arthur

Via Scoble, Google has post-Katrina maps of New Orleans (Scoble link). According to Scoble, the Microsoft Virtual Team is on it too, but I guess, Google beat them to it. Watching CNN the last couple of days, I noticed that … Continue reading →

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Good News (and some little bad news)

Posted on September 2, 2005 by Arthur

This just in: The International Energy Agency is going to release oil from their reserves too. Earlier both Canada and Europe decided to chip in. Pump station owners please note: calm down now and lower the prices of gas a … Continue reading →

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20/20 hindsight

Posted on September 2, 2005 by Arthur

Since I was not in the state (work!) to reply in the comments section of Alan’s (excellent) post and since I do not want to end a thread as the last person ‘trolling’, a quick overview here: In my comments … Continue reading →

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And I was like…

Posted on September 1, 2005 by Arthur

Apparantly somebody had a good time watching video on my laptop: I need a translation. And quick!

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Broken

Posted on September 1, 2005 by Arthur

When I was younger, it was decided that I was going to be a civil engineer. I did asphalt tests, I surveyed land, I designed and drew bridges. In classes we discussed the Dutch Delta Works, the 53 flooding disaster … Continue reading →

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Opera

Posted on August 30, 2005 by Arthur

I‘m one of the lucky people who managed to get the free Opera license key. Cheers to the Opera Dev. Team. Testing it, I found out that I didn’t like the default ‘Opera look’: something I managed to reset to … Continue reading →

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