Monthly Archives: February 2004

Right-there.

Posted on February 19, 2004 by Arthur

It is storming out there. Earlier in the morning I hoped the storm had blown over, but (as the picture) shows, it is still picking up and supposed to be getting worse. I hear that the government of NS issued … Continue reading →

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Stormwatch

Posted on February 18, 2004 by Arthur

The Canadian weather office has issued a weather warning for Nova Scotia, with winds gusting up to 100 km/h and snowfall between 20 to 50 cm. Blizzard warning the Weather Channel says. With luck the snow may turn into rain, … Continue reading →

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Canadian politics

Posted on February 16, 2004 by Arthur

With the latest Liberal scandals, there’s an interesting discussion going on about changing Canada’s current electoral system into a proportional representation system. There’s more on proportional systems over at the PRWeb site. Douglas Amy summarized the pros and cons over … Continue reading →

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Doodaa

Posted on February 15, 2004 by Arthur

I decided to forego CTV’s feature presentation ‘Shrek’ (I’ve never seen the movie before) and did some coding for the company. I ended up with an ‘autoupdate’ feature and some other small improvements. Earlier this day, ABC had speed skating … Continue reading →

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Acropolis

Posted on February 14, 2004 by Arthur

Apparently they get plenty of snow in Greece, which is beyond normal so to say. Greece literally came to a standstill because of snow blizzards and temperatures below minus 5 degrees (Celsius). The country’s national weather service expected the temperatures … Continue reading →

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Busy. Busy.

Posted on February 13, 2004 by Arthur

I have been busy the last couple of days at work: son once in a while my collegues could here me yelling ‘Why Do They Hate Us’ repeatedly. Also the weather seems to be working along: it was cold last … Continue reading →

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Crap.

Posted on February 10, 2004 by Arthur

As you probably noticed this blog was found by a comment-spammer, which means that (for now) the comments and trackbacks are closed until I’ve found and installed better ways to keep up with this kind of vermin. Thanks for making … Continue reading →

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Korean War

Posted on February 8, 2004 by Arthur

While looking for historic references to the start of the Korean War, I ran into an interesting FAQ which details the Chinese point of view: “China’s objective was to keep the hostile American forces away from the Yalu river to … Continue reading →

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All the politics and ice

Posted on February 7, 2004 by Arthur

Belinda Stronach was in Truro. Yes, you heard that right and naturally you can’t find it on the web (link to boring Halifax presency piece). Of course, she was speaking to invited people at a hastily arranged Chamber of Commerce … Continue reading →

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Genetically modified Dream Puffs

Posted on February 6, 2004 by Arthur

While sharing some interaction with other bloggers (argh. the word. the word.), I noticed that the Dream Puffs I’m eating are actually on the Greenpeace list of ‘likely to contain genetically modified ingredients‘ products. (If you’re Dutch, Dream Puffs look … Continue reading →

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Do not pick up virusses!

Posted on February 4, 2004 by Arthur

Via Paul Beard’s, free posters (“as in beer”) from Microsoft to help people ‘protect their stuff’. My favourite one is the one with the ‘Do not pick up virusses’ slogan. Where do I pick up these virusses, you said? Quote: … Continue reading →

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Arson and Chretien

Posted on February 3, 2004 by Arthur

Utterly confusing headline over at the CBC: ‘Arson damages hotel linked to Chrétien’. And here I am, thinking that Chrétien (Canada’s former prime minister) was behind the fire. Apparently I was reading the headline like this: ‘(Arson Damage) linked to … Continue reading →

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Shared source arrangements

Posted on February 2, 2004 by Arthur

EPIC managed to get access to the agreement between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Microsoft. The agreement allows the institute to gain access to Microsoft sourcecode. The Microsoft presentation is here and portions of the contract here. … Continue reading →

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