Monthly Archives: November 2003

‘A good and just cause’

Posted on November 11, 2003 by Arthur

Those words came from President Bush while he laid a wreath at the Tomb of The Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.    “Young Americans have died in liberating Iraq and Afghanistan. … The loss is terrible. It is borne especially … Continue reading →

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Hello. Halo!

Posted on November 10, 2003 by Arthur

While chasing for pictures showing Proteus (the laptop) in fullsize, I stumbled into Photo Editor’s About box.

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Bad.

Posted on November 9, 2003 by Arthur

I watched Saving Private Lynch, which had its premiere tonight. It was bad. Bad. With a capital B. Embarrassing. There are so many different versions of the story. To make things worse, private Lynch herself says that she can’t recall … Continue reading →

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Many-o pictures-o

Posted on November 9, 2003 by Arthur

Plenty of pictures in the media about last nights lunar eclipse. Space.com has the best pictures. The blogworld did actually good too. Next year, please no more Pepsi-like lunar eclipses. Pretty please. Thank you.

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Moon. Pepsi. Basic.

Posted on November 9, 2003 by Arthur

We managed to take some time to watch the lunar eclipse, around 9:05 PM. Interesting red colours: no serious. First thing on my mind was that it looked like the Pepsi logo. There was only a bit left to be … Continue reading →

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Lunar eclipse

Posted on November 8, 2003 by Arthur

It’s cold outside, there’s no cloud in the sky and it’s going to be a perfect night for tonight’s lunar eclipse. Most likely you have heard about it, since the media here has been right on this very topic since … Continue reading →

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What. Was. Going. On?

Posted on November 8, 2003 by Arthur

Fragments of the Prince Paul case dripped into the media here too. The Globe and Mail adds their view:    “Rumours swirled across Britain Friday about what exactly prompted Prince Charles’s entourage to deny in the most categorical terms allegations that … Continue reading →

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Hungarian notation

Posted on November 6, 2003 by Arthur

An article over at Techreview mentions Charles Simonyi’s efforts to simplify programming. The former Microsoft Chief architect (and yes, if you’re a programmer you recognize his name for the person who invented the Hungarian notation [link goes to Microsoft, so … Continue reading →

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Voyager, Adieu.

Posted on November 5, 2003 by Arthur

Alfons notices that Voyager I and II are about to leave our solar system. He also recalls our fascination for both spacecraft, which we indeed had. I think it was the magic of the Grand Tour that attracted us to … Continue reading →

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Good news. Bad news.

Posted on November 4, 2003 by Arthur

Good news and bad news always go hand in hand. Hundreds of others agree. It looks like that the immigration process is finally getting together. My application was stuck for so many moons that we almost thought to give up … Continue reading →

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Old Europe vs. the New World

Posted on November 4, 2003 by Arthur

You can say everything about the ‘Old Europe’, but at least they sometimes do the right thing over there. Take this case for example: A German general got sacked after it became known he praised a German MP who compared … Continue reading →

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Talking about the Matrix

Posted on November 3, 2003 by Arthur

The Superstation has The Matrix on until tomorrow. At least they showed the uncut version and had a couple of extras too, like quick background stories how things were done. A couple of comments on the movie: Nope, I haven’t … Continue reading →

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How to ask questions smarter (and solve problems yourself)

Posted on November 2, 2003 by Arthur

One thing that just popped in my head. As a programmer I like playing word games, or basically, play with languages. English is fascinating, particularly if compared with a strict language like Dutch or German. There are so many ways … Continue reading →

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