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Monthly Archives: November 2003
Sunday shopping
Believe it or not: Nova Scotias first Sunday shoppingday was a success. The Herald reports that everyone was generally excited about the idea of this Christmas specific event. Nova Scotia is the only province that doesn’t allow year-round Sunday shopping. … Continue reading
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Cold war
A couple of items around reminded me of the Eighties, the years of the Cold War. First off, Alan M. remembers the actual thoughts most Europeans had about the Red Threat and the chances of an all-out nuclear war. The … Continue reading
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Still images from ‘Der Ewige Jude’ (1940)
At the height of the German Blitzkrieg, the part of the Second World War that ended in the dramatic surrender of most West European countries, the Nazi’s readied their propaganda machine by releasing their anti-semitic movie ‘Der Ewige Jude’ (The … Continue reading
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Dancing and singing and Lars von Trier?
I was mindlessly watching Lars von Trier’s ‘Dancer in the Dark’ (original site) last night. Not actually following but I was a bit blown away by the performance of both Bjork and Catherine Deneuve. A rather cute musical and I … Continue reading
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Quel’age as tu?
I made a startling discovery today. After hours of rationalizing, reasoning and thinking I came up with the following conclusion: Our dog doesn’t understand us because she only understands French. Our 12 year old puppy was born somewhere in Acadia, … Continue reading
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Softwood dispute closer to deal?
The Globe and Mail reports that Canadian negotiators are willing to give up some ground and move some of their demands closer to the hard-line US softwood lobby. The Canadian counter-offer proposes that Canadian softwood shipments be allowed to enter … Continue reading
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Stereotypes
Compare this: “I can imagine them sitting at a coffee shop in San Francisco, an old seedy one on Van Ness, both needing a shave and a bath, quoting Trotsky and Marx to each other” with this: “It is indescribable. … Continue reading
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Firebird
While reading the release notes for the latest version of Firebird (conveniently compiled by Alfons) I noticed the following: “You must also delete your old Mozilla Firebird directory rather than just overwriting the files there. Not doing so WILL result … Continue reading
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A programmer ≠ a mechanic
I used to compare programmers to mechanics but I wonder if that comparison is still valid. At work it is expected from me to solve problems. They are categorized too and I can tell the difference if they’re critical or … Continue reading
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gigaCube
Over at Slashdot there was an item about a guy modifying his Cobalt Qube 2 server into a postmodern giga server. Pretty box. Which brings me to a quote on the ‘How do I do it myself’ page: “My Qube … Continue reading
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Stars and snow
I have been thinking about a couple of ideas which I’d like to round up: more or less in a hobby-like matter. For some kind of reason, those ideas remind me of the two starmaps I made when I was … Continue reading
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Fritzy Kasparov
Kasparov is at it again. The world’s best chessplayer is playing against the best chess computer. This time Kasparov apparently has to wear a special set of glasses to see all the pieces and the moves. Virtual reality is back … Continue reading
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Social engineering vs. engineering
Clay Shirky’s essay on the Semantic Web has drawn a lot of criticism from weblog luminaries. You know, the A-List type. More interesting are the matters that had to be solved somewhere else. Over at work, I finally found out … Continue reading
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