Category Archives: Those-wonder-years

A Carrier

Posted on February 26, 2008 by Arthur

Way earlier (a couple of weeks perhaps) I was reminded of the fact that the Dutch navy at one time had a carrier (actually two but that’s a different story) which served a small amount of time in and around … Continue reading →

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Shoelaces

Posted on December 16, 2007 by Arthur

Earlier this week, while fastening new shoelaces I was reminded of the fact that, during my life at my parental home, we (seemingly) never used to run out of shoelaces. I think one of my parents was smart enough to … Continue reading →

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That’s not my bike

Posted on August 28, 2007 by Arthur

A couple of days ago, there was a great Metafilter thread on Amsterdam’s (or Dutch) bicycle culture (direct link to photos). Generally speaking, what was possible to do in The Netherlands you’d be arrested for over here. Some annotations that … Continue reading →

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Multi-meh

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Arthur

Meh: Earlier I found out OWL is a web ontology language and that it has nothing to do with the OWL that was wrapped in a box of Borland compilers (Wikipedia on Object Windows Library). Alfons should know more about … Continue reading →

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Amsterdam

Posted on April 21, 2007 by Arthur

Talking about the Manji documentary: there was some typical footage of Amsterdam from bars, cafes where you allowed to smoke pot and yes, its famous Red Light district. And of course the canals with the boats and the pretty houses. … Continue reading →

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TenSpeed

Posted on March 27, 2007 by Arthur

I learnt that Jeff Goldblum is starring in a new TV show, ‘Raines’. I think the show is on NBC, every Friday night. I read the show is about, wait, let me pull a quote from the site mentioned earlier: … Continue reading →

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A camera strikes

Posted on November 27, 2006 by Arthur

Back in my teenage years, I apparently was able to buy not one but two SLR cameras. My very first one, was an East-German made ‘Praktica’. I bought extra lenses for that one, and as a matter of fact, became … Continue reading →

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Libraries

Posted on November 12, 2006 by Arthur

I don’t specifically remember the first day we (Alfons and I) set foot in a library, but I’m almost certain it was at or around age 8 or 9. The rest is history: there used to be a joke going … Continue reading →

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FAL or not?

Posted on August 12, 2006 by Arthur

This morning, while ordering coffee at a local Tim Hortons’, I was watching one of the slideshows about the Hortons Kids camps, which somehow reminded me of the first weeks of my military service. I mentioned this before. Smiling kids, … Continue reading →

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All things 70s and 80s

Posted on June 4, 2006 by Arthur

Talking about the Eighties, this item at Slashdot had me look up the Rubik’s Cube at Wikipedia. I was particularly curious when the cube hit the market, and apparently it hit the Western European toy markets in May of 1980. … Continue reading →

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May 4th

Posted on May 4, 2006 by Arthur

So if it’s your birthday on May 4th, that means you share that day with nobody else than Pia Zadora! Yay! Or that means that you celebrate your birthday on a day like Remembrance Day, in The Netherlands that is. … Continue reading →

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The Cement Factory

Posted on April 15, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier this morning, I was trying to find references to an older LCD game from Nintendo. While I was not aware of its actual name, I was sure that it was from Nintendo, it was an LCD game and it … Continue reading →

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You are the remote control

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Arthur

Growing up in the Seventies, I remember our family going through three specific TVs. The very first one was a black and white in a wooden-like box with a giant knob to ‘switch channels’. With the popularity of colour broadcasts, … Continue reading →

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