Category Archives: Truro NS

We watched the Two Towers last night. We had already seen it, but because we enjoyed watching the first installment of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (last Monday at CBC), we decided just to buy all three DVDs. Preferably fullscreen … Continue reading →

It’s a mess outside. The snow has been thrown all over the sidewalks on both sides of the road in front of our house. Sidewalk? There’s no sidewalk! Don’t expect me to make pictures of the scene either. It’s snow. … Continue reading →

It’s still snowing. I was out for a couple of minutes to walk the dog but decided to leave it with that. It makes no sense to stay outside and pretend to be a playball for the gusts. In the … Continue reading →

No surprise: this morning, it ‘s all snow around. It’s windy too, naturally. There are even people driving on the road, literally weathering the snow, probably trying to get the max out of Boxing day (Yes, yes, we in Nova … Continue reading →

It looks like we’ll have our share of snowstorm tomorrow. The Weather Office calls for a Blizzard alert and an amount between 10 – 15cm. Commercial broadcaster ATV mentions between 20 to 50 cm. Ten centimeters is plenty for me. … Continue reading →

Unintentionally, I ended up watching an interview with Catherine Keyl in a documentary called ‘De Schatkamer’ (The treasure room) [Warning: Dutch moving pictures and sound]. Generally speaking, she headed and presented a Dutch version of the famous American trash talk … Continue reading →

I received a Christmas card from one of my mom’s sisters today. She promised to send me one the day we buried our mom. The card reminded me of the Christmas at home: Mom writing out cards for every each … Continue reading →

A colleague reminded me of the forthcoming ‘The A-Team’ movie. Yes, you’ve heard that alright. The plot outline sounds so familiar too:     Four veterans, framed for a crime they didn’t commit, help people in trouble while on the run … Continue reading →

Over at the Postgres-General mailinglist (no real link to the thread because at this moment the thread hasn’t been completely archived) the question why there couldn’t be a scheduler built into Postgres. The question is completely logical: many operating systems … Continue reading →

Earlier this week I had to pick up my (recently) renewed passport. I noticed something that day: while it was nice and reasonably cold in Truro, it was cold in Halifax. Windy, too, but then, it always seems to windy … Continue reading →

This morning when walking the dog, I personally experienced what the guys of Big Dog (for the oldies, back in the days they called that Truro radiostation ‘100.9/The Mix’) where laughing and joking about: -10 degrees. Celsius. If you think … Continue reading →

I saw ‘Hero’ (mentioned before) and was impressed. It’s not as much a martial arts feature special, but mostly a visual spectacle. And an amazing use of colours in the scenes and scenery. Stunning. The movie was nominated for an … Continue reading →

Does light behave as waves or particles? Both. Earlier this afternoon, I was reminded of light’s dualism in physics when I was mindlessly discussing the properties of light, when returning to colourful Truro at night. Both. When I first learned … Continue reading →