Monthly Archives: March 2004

Hypercard

Posted on March 26, 2004 by Arthur

A couple of eulogies to Apple’s Hypercard. A hundred of years ago, I remember buying a DOS based ‘Hypercard’ clone, ‘Hyperpad’. Fun, but at the end the concept of ‘stack of cards’ is pretty limited if you want to do … Continue reading →

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Tobacco treaty

Posted on March 25, 2004 by Arthur

There’s a pressrelease over at the WHO regarding the Tobacco treaty. With the signatures of Congo and Ecuador, 100 countries have ‘underscored the intention to protect their citizens from tobacco related diseases’. Remarkably, the list of countries does not include … Continue reading →

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Do you StarWars?

Posted on March 23, 2004 by Arthur

Americans call it the factor that broke up the Eastern Front. The Star Wars program, and apparently today (23rd) it’s the day that former President Reagan announced his SDI program. I’ll leave it to the experts, but as a kid … Continue reading →

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Totally *awesome* Energy Quiz

Posted on March 21, 2004 by Arthur

For some kind of reason I think the Globe and Mail is too heavily involved with advertizers. If you’re a frequent visitor of the paper’s website, you may have noticed the Canadian Nuclear Association advertisements. The latest add beats everything … Continue reading →

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Queen’s mom

Posted on March 21, 2004 by Arthur

The Dutch queen’s mom died yesterday morning, and the first thing I did was go to the Dutch broadcasting corporation and view the news streams. I noticed that most people, when asked for the opinion, told that they regarded queen … Continue reading →

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InterActual crap

Posted on March 20, 2004 by Arthur

Have I already mentioned that I think that the InterActual Player is actually InterActual Crap? Want to see the extra features on that new DVD? ‘Well, make sure to install the InterActual player’. Only available for Windows and Mac. Naturally. … Continue reading →

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Talking about Postgres

Posted on March 20, 2004 by Arthur

It looks like the Windows port of that database server is getting closer to completion. There are a couple of reasons why I’m following this. First of all, working on Postgres databases on both Linux and Windows platforms, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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On Select Go Slow

Posted on March 20, 2004 by Arthur

At work, I rolled out a crucial test for the Postgres database: Originally the Invoicing program was never meant to work in a real multi-user environment. This is particularly due to a couple of statements used to generate a unique … Continue reading →

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The great country of Oslo

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Arthur

Via MetaFilter, this Yahoo news item made me laugh on the floor: A terrorist group who claims links with Al-Qaida said it was calling a truce in its operations, to see if the new Spanish government would withdraw its troops. … Continue reading →

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Hockey is played with a…

Posted on March 17, 2004 by Arthur

A painting in the National Gallery of Washington appears to depict a couple of Dutch people playing a game of hockey. So, who have invented hockey? The Canadians or Americans? Was it Windsor, Montreal, Great Bear Lake, Halifax or Houghton. … Continue reading →

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Freecommander

Posted on March 15, 2004 by Arthur

I decided to try the Freelancer demo (Digital Anvil / Microsoft). I wasn’t really impressed. It’s a 2003 game, yes. And although it looks and feels like Elite, Freelancer is not exciting. Rumours has it that the game designer (Chris … Continue reading →

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Concertgebouw

Posted on March 14, 2004 by Arthur

Alfons

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Spanish elections

Posted on March 14, 2004 by Arthur

As noted earlier (see ‘Elsewhere links’), the current Spanish government lost the elections and this has been noted in specific circles of ‘warbloggers’. Says the most famous of them (Instapundit):    “Eric Olsen has more thoughts on what is, I’m afraid, … Continue reading →

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