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Category Archives: xsamplex
Dand—-
The other day when watching commercials, I came to the conclusion that one of most innovative products of the Eighties must have been ‘anti-dandruff’ shampoo. Think of it: when is the last time you have seen a commercial featuring a … Continue reading
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Don’t thank me!
I‘m not sure if I’ve mentioned it before, but I have a plan for fending off hurricanes (and other related storms) from Nova Scotia. We are (once again) looking forward to another busy hurricane (uh, ‘storm’) season this year. Forget … Continue reading
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Jayapura and Eden
To be honest, I’ve been smirking along when reading this article about scientists who apparently found new species in an undiscovered part of New Guinea. These finds are amazing, but not surprising. If there’s one word I associate with New … Continue reading
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Cellphone and polling madness
Because I’m bored with anything today, here a magnificent (unresized) scan of my cellphone. Earlier there was a program on TV, where Canadian famers provided tips how you as a Canadian, should vote. We at xsamplex, would like to add … Continue reading
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Oil’s gone up
You’d almost say that some people should just stay out of the news (or ‘more Jay Leno!’).
Fill out your slogan
Almost there to ‘Friday’s Dry Humour day’. The kick-off: slogans for home-made bread: Home-made bread: almost as good as the real stuff! Right. Next question.
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The office of Fitzgerald website
The most anticipated website is coming from the Office of The Special Council Fitzgerald. If you haven’t heard of the name Fitzgerald yet, you must have been living in a different shadow world. Or maybe you just don’t read the … Continue reading
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A list of lists
Not playing any major game recently (besides the occasional Fifa Soccer 05), I wondered which games define the current state of the gaming industry. Obviously, it’s ID’s Quake series that mark what can (and cannot) be done on the latest … Continue reading
Political Punditry
Sometimes, political blogs remind me of a game of chess, analyzed (live, naturally) by a grandmaster with an ELO rating less than 1000 points. I keep imagining the following screen. Mark the double exclamation: update: If you didn’t get it, … Continue reading
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WordPerfect
A couple of items drew my attention: first of all Niels‘ link to an article that tells “it’s official to call Windows ‘broken’” and details the struggle of Microsoft’s executives with the problems ahead for its Windows operating system: “It’s … Continue reading
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“I’m on it”
From: Arthur… To: Alfons… Subject: Re: Nogmaals… In-Reply-To: <9110d5aa0409200320d9e1d48@…> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable References: <9110d5aa0409200320d9e1d48@….> I’m on it. Regards, Arthur On Mon, 20 Sep 2004 12:20:31 +0200, Alfons wrote… [snip]
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Donuts
Donuts! Plenty of donuts. Blue ones. Donuts Blogs, Doughnuts, FlickR Donuts, Pre-baked donuts and uh, oh, FREAKING SCARY DONUTS. Your Daily xsamplex will continue tomorrow.
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Safe mode for you
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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