Monthly Archives: January 2005

Languages

Posted on January 14, 2005 by Arthur

I have something with languages. When a foreigner is speaking English, I can tell right away where he or she’s from. I have no idea if that’s so special, but I know it can lead to weird conversations and funny … Continue reading →

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Remember that snow?

Posted on January 14, 2005 by Arthur

Remember that snowstorm? That left us with about 20 cm’s of snow? It’s gone! The last couple of days, the temperatures have gone way up above the 0 degrees Celsius. Actually, rumour has it, it’s supposed to top the 10 … Continue reading →

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Carrot cake

Posted on January 12, 2005 by Arthur

The first time I was offered a slice of carrot cake here in Canada, I thought I was being set up or that somebody was trying to pull a trick on me. You see, there’s a Dutch joke about a … Continue reading →

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Random != Random

Posted on January 11, 2005 by Arthur

The name for Apple’s new iPod, iPod Shuffle reminds me of the very first Sony MD player I bought . If I’m not wrong, I was one of the first people to actually have one. (I think it was that … Continue reading →

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XBox, games and repeat.

Posted on January 10, 2005 by Arthur

I started this year crabby, so if you’re not getting used to it, tough luck… I have been playing (and finishing) a couple of games since we bought our XBox. While I’m impressed with some of the graphics shown in … Continue reading →

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Good news!

Posted on January 9, 2005 by Arthur

The last RC4 of Postgres 8.0 is running on (yes, you heard that right) the Playstation 2! From the Postgres-General mailing-list:  Hi, I’ve tested RC4 on Linux on the PlayStation 2 again (compare http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-08/msg01339.php). With –disable-spinlocks everything but the two … Continue reading →

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Sion and the water

Posted on January 9, 2005 by Arthur

Back in the days, our parents used to take us kids out picknicking. I remember a couple of locations that we frequently visited and settled down: one was a spot we called ‘The Bunkers’ (and you guessed it, there were … Continue reading →

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Google groups

Posted on January 3, 2005 by Arthur

As a frequent user of UseNet (still), I must say that the latest beta of Google Groups totally sucks. I think it’s the layout. Check for example the initial layout when going to a group (or in UseNet lingo ‘newsgroup’). … Continue reading →

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Aceh and that

Posted on January 2, 2005 by Arthur

The most tragic thing about the Tsunami disaster is that the Aceh region seems to be the hardest hit area. Reports mention that 40,000 of the 120,000 residents may have been killed. In a region marked by conflict and the … Continue reading →

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You

Posted on January 1, 2005 by Arthur

YOU ARE WRONG! Arthur

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Happy New Stuff and all that

Posted on January 1, 2005 by Arthur

The first thing that grabbed my attention was this movie showing the path of the Dec 26 Tsunami wave over at CBC’s. The movie comes from the Pacific Marine Environment Labaratory. The PMEL has quite some information about that tsunami. … Continue reading →

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