Monthly Archives: January 2004

SRV

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Arthur

You know your mind is getting retarded when you start to sing a song out of the blue. Just like that I was humming the song of the heroic Dutch SRV man: “Leve de man van de SRV van je … Continue reading →

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Watch your wings, stay put.

Posted on January 18, 2004 by Arthur

Alfons managed to make it through the movie ‘Wing Commander’. I discussed it earlier over here. “However I do recommend watching the movie: there is a huge difference between producing a video game and a movie. Wing Commander (the movie) … Continue reading →

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Aerial Reconnaissance Archives

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Arthur

The most anticipated launch of a website for 2004 must be the Aerial Reconnaissance Archives. The BBC says the Archives will be online by Monday. However: there is no way to get to that site but Google already lists the … Continue reading →

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Back to the Moon

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Arthur

Marshall Brain wonders about the administration’s plans to go back to the moon within 16 years. He thinks this is way too long compared with the progress made in the 60s: “There was no NASA, no Internet, no microprocessors, no … Continue reading →

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Winter. Wonder. Wand.

Posted on January 17, 2004 by Arthur

It snowed quite a bit last night and I’m sure the forecast actually said it was not going to snow. The Weather Channel, for example, kept optimistically saying that it was going to be cloudy only. Sure it was: except … Continue reading →

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Mars score card

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Arthur

Via Slashdot comes the Mars Scorecard (link to Slashdot discussion), which starts with the following entry. Various scattered reports detail an invasion force of hundreds at Grovers Mill, NJ from Mars on 1938 October 31 around 01:50:00 UTC. But serious. … Continue reading →

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1.5 billion for…

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Arthur

The president is planning to spend 1.5 billion dollar to promote heterosexual marriage. Bush’s plans have been comfirmed by the White House, who says that the plans include training low-income families to develop interpersonal skills to stay together. Earlier this … Continue reading →

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Rather cold

Posted on January 16, 2004 by Arthur

As some of you noticed, it has been rather cold the last couple of days. It’s the wind. Just yesterday I did the usual driveway shoveling and I nearly froze my hands off. People must be wondering who that fool … Continue reading →

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Clue in.

Posted on January 15, 2004 by Arthur

I noticed a couple of links over at Scoble, a blogger I typically don’t care about. But to keep it on topic: he talks about his meetings with the IE team at Microsoft. “Now, about the darn security fixes. These … Continue reading →

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CVS, pserver and that

Posted on January 12, 2004 by Arthur

I had a fun time installing CVS at work, meaning a chrooted pserver. I should have been looking into adding SSH into the process, but couldn’t be bothered. A couple of notes installing a pserver CVS. Do follow the instructions … Continue reading →

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Yo! Bum! Rush! That! Oliebol!

Posted on January 11, 2004 by Arthur

Today I decided to make a double batch of oliebollen (recipe) for the sake of self-amusement (or rather, our lunch packages for next week: naturally we take healthy stuff with us too, but so once in a while you want … Continue reading →

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Oliebollen

Posted on January 11, 2004 by Arthur

A tried and tested recipe, recovered from Me Olde Weblog: Oliebollen are a Dutch treat, generally served at New Year’s Eve. Naturally, that shouldn’t hold you back in making these things for your lunch package. The recipe beneath makes a … Continue reading →

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Pandas again

Posted on January 10, 2004 by Arthur

The Gothamist had an item on grammar, punctuation and pandabears. Plus that ‘Eats, shoots, Leaves’, joke. Last year, that particular joke ended up in the list of most appreciated jokes of Canadians, as I dutifully noticed (see also here for … Continue reading →

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