Category Archives: Truro NS

We did have our load of snow eventually over night and managed to clean (most of) it up this morning and noon. After so many storms it gets boring to make pictures of that white fluffy wet stuff. Right? Last … Continue reading →

This is weird: all day we’ve been waiting for the snow to come, but it’s still not there. We hope it will pass by. Note that image above (rather right) has a UTC timestamp, instead of our regular AST one … Continue reading →

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So close and yet so far: You think Spring is on its way back, then you get slammed with another weather warning.    “A low pressure system approaching from the west will lie in the gulf of Maine by Saturday morning. … Continue reading →

Earlier this weekend we managed to watch three movies: ‘Paycheck’, ‘Sky Captain’ and ‘The Forgotten’. All three of them were (equally) appreciated but a couple things sprang out: ‘Paycheck’ was directed by Johnny Woo and it shows. I’m not a … Continue reading →

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Today, I attended a Novell seminar where they extensively promoted and showcased Novell’s Open Enterprise Server (OES) and SuSe’s Linux Enterprise Server software. There was also somebody from HP, explaining the relationship between the two companies and why you should … Continue reading →

Tomorrow, we’ll be expecting another 10 cm. of snow. Apparently the snow will be changing into a drizzle in the afternoon. Says Weather Canada:   Snow becoming mixed with ice pellets or freezing drizzle late in the morning changing to rain … Continue reading →

While playing Manhunt I noticed the same things that hamper the playability of other games for platforms like the XBOX: graphically these games are miracles but in terms of storyline most of them suck. Add to that, that Manhunt is … Continue reading →

I watched the full first episode of Battlestar Galactica (Real Player only), and once again, I must admit it was pretty good. I think it’s actually better than the original one. A thread over at Metafilter (which refers to the … Continue reading →

There was a weird news story on the radio this morning. Apparently a couple of horses around Truro had to be euthanized because they had an extreme version of Equine Herpes. No really. All jokes aside (‘Safe sex for horses’ … Continue reading →

Coming back from work I noticed how nice it actually was outside. It’s sunny and it feels like Spring. Except for that the weather forecasts tell a different story: it was supposed to be way colder this weekend (compared to … Continue reading →

Added a couple of movies to the collection: Both Riddicks (‘Pitch Black’ and ‘The Chronicles’) and ‘The Butterfly effect’. The latter one had interesting commentary about Chaos theory from different point of views: from physics, psychology and psychiatry. Alfons should … Continue reading →