Monthly Archives: January 2004

Oh, technology!

Posted on January 9, 2004 by Arthur

You connect a VIC-20 to a TV with every spare cable you have and you end up with CNN. Technology sucks. (I ended up with two Y connectors that had to be connected to VHF screws on a TV. Apparently … Continue reading →

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‘Bout time

Posted on January 8, 2004 by Arthur

Over at the BBC an article discussing Sony’s latest attempt to push the MiniDisc: the successor is called Hi-MD. The new format for the disks allows for storage of over 45 hours of music. Sony finally got the clue too … Continue reading →

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Bitter cold

Posted on January 8, 2004 by Arthur

It is bittercold in NS. It snowed too. Not much, but enough to make the roads slippery. Roads weren’t plowed either. Not in the morning: too cold to use salt too.    “Colchester and Cumberland counties will have the dubious distinction … Continue reading →

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Bring manned spaceflight to Canada now!

Posted on January 7, 2004 by Arthur

Apparently Transport Canada has agreed with Russian authorities to provide an emergency landing site for Soyuz rescue pods. Saskatchewan. I agree with the authorities (Canadian / Russian) that Saskatchewan is the perfect place to land those space vehicles. It’s just … Continue reading →

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Fame and the Bank of Canada

Posted on January 6, 2004 by Arthur

While doing some research for my employer, I had to look up some things on the Bank Of Canada site. Particularly I was thinking of making an interface between the the bank’s currency convertor and (our inhouse made) ordering and … Continue reading →

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PR stuff

Posted on January 5, 2004 by Arthur

I may have been the first Permanent Resident in NS that received that famous Permanent Resident card. Quite a coincidence: the card arrived in my mailbox the same day my twin flew in (he actually arrived the 23rd). I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Filesystems

Posted on January 5, 2004 by Arthur

Weird question that shows how the rise of the graphical user interface is confusing many beginning computer users: How can I use Windows’ file system as a photo database. ‘How about categorizing images by storing them in folders with recognizable … Continue reading →

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The spirit of spirit-frenzy

Posted on January 5, 2004 by Arthur

The media frenzy and circus around the latest Mars Rover has reached its climax: apparently NASA wants people to download images like these (opens in a separate window [Original location]). Distributing tile-like images is nice. But thinking that they can … Continue reading →

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