Category Archives: Truro NS

People who are familiar with the famous WinAmp-website title-jokes can’t have missed the latest one: “Let the great Canadian exodus begin.” Brilliant programmers.

After having lost a loved one to cancer, a couple of weeks ago, there’s something that needs to be told: There’s no cure for cancer. For years, I’ve been thinking that cancer could be treated but, now, I’ve finally become … Continue reading →

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Just a word of caution: do not attempt to heat a pop-tart in a microwave for over 2 minutes. Don’t do it. There are other things you can do with those things: like making them light-up and well, eat, I … Continue reading →

The worst Star Trek movie comes with the best line. When confronted with an entity that is supposed to be a supreme being, Kirk poses the question and gets, well, beaten up by a lightning bolt. It’s hilarious and the … Continue reading →

Besides peeking at the TV, I finally decided to install Service Pack 2 on my laptop. Oh, come on: the only new part intermediate Windows users see is the Security Center. And yes, it pops up with a message saying … Continue reading →

Thinking back to that event three years ago (missed it?) there’s a couple of things I remember vividly. Besides the horrible footage, I remember the anger and the feeling of ‘revenge’ in (what I expected to be) educated people. ‘We’re … Continue reading →

Today I noticed that Sybase is giving its ‘developer and production’-ready Adaptive Server Enterprise for Linux away for free. Well, there are limitations: you’re only allowed to run it on a single processor with 2 GB RAM. And the maximum … Continue reading →

If you’re a soccer fan you may just as well sprint to your local Staples depot and buy a copy of Euro 2004. They go for sale for as low as 10 dollars. Buy yourself a genuine ‘dual action controller’ … Continue reading →

Disclaimer: I don’t consider myself religious. First of all, I don’t think I deserve to live in any paradise your god has to offer. Secondly, that’s it. We saw ‘The Passion of Christ’ last night and there were a couple … Continue reading →

I was called by the local (previous-Philips-owned) video chain that my movies had arrived. Both of them, so I’m now the proud owner of ‘A thin red line’ and ‘Empire of the sun’. I have seen them both too, but … Continue reading →

Bought Rise of Nations last Friday and am still not sure what to think of it. It looks like a combination of Risk (the board game) and Civilization, that is when playing the ‘Conquer the World’ variant. Neat sea battles … Continue reading →