Category Archives: Truro NS

I was just thinking about Fabian, that bunch of clouds that tortured our Commonwealth buddies of Bermuda. It’s not heading our way but will be drifting off into the wide Atlantic, to end up as a major (I almost said … Continue reading →

Apparantly there was a bombscare at our bank over in town, which led to bizarre situations. First of all a police officer led people in one by one, meaning that (for a Friday) there was a long line-up in front … Continue reading →

I noticed that Krispy Kreme (the major donut maker, store and ‘restaurant’ in America) is making inroads in Europe. Donuts anyone? Thank you very much, but no: Canadians and others have gotten used to their local Tim Hortons, which offers … Continue reading →

Today I finished cleaning up the bike’s rollerchain and deraillers, using WD-40 and other utensils. Although, I didn’t have the right tools to get the wheels off, I think I got pretty far. Yesterday, when driving back home after picking … Continue reading →

While finishing off the slides, I was still in doubt if I was going to use one of the virus samples for the presentation. I think it’s going to depend on the number of people and if they’re interested in … Continue reading →

I‘m doing a presentation about virusses today, but I have not really made progress with the actual presentation. Sure, I finished the keywords but I’m still ‘in dubio’ about making slides or about providing additional documentation for the people. Not … Continue reading →

While driving through Truro today, I noticed that very same feeling that I had before: that drivers here are not used to bikers, let alone know what to do when confronted with a cyclist that does not (I repeat: not) … Continue reading →

I suppose it’s actually bedtime. Yay for blue. And grey. And Doubtful.

PBS, the American public broadcaster was broadcasting 60-70s music. I think it started around 7 and it’s still going on (Soul/Rythm, Roy Orbinson and Elvis Presley). Weird… Did I see Andre Rieu in the schedule? Isn’t that that weird guy … Continue reading →

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Alfons says that I say that his English is bad, however, that’s not exactly what I’ve ever said. I dare to say that the English as taught in Dutch schools (HAVO and higher) is nearly perfect, but when it comes … Continue reading →

Today I did succesfully testdrive my new (rather, secondhand) bike. Plus the helmet. There’s still a lot to fix, besides cleaning up the chain and derailleur, but at least it was fun to drive the bicycle after abstaining for three … Continue reading →

Runninga couple of (graphical) Java apps I ended up with the following error: ‘Could not get display mode’. DXDiag insisted that Netmeeting was still running (so it couldn’t test DirectDraw). Netmeeting? I haven’t used it since, a lifetime ago. In … Continue reading →