Monthly Archives: March 2005

The Bridge too far

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Arthur

Playing the last years/rounds in a CivIII game, I noticed how close the opponent was. If one could only make bridges to cross channels like the one shown in the picture. A waste of time to build transports. Also, notable … Continue reading →

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A note of nothingness

Posted on March 31, 2005 by Arthur

Hi. You have heard from me because I maintain this weblog. I have something I need to share with you: I didn’t do it. Better yet, I wasn’t informed about this. Mucho better, you’ll find out that I’m not even … Continue reading →

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What the Oops

Posted on March 30, 2005 by Arthur

I don’t curse but I doze off for a minute while watching CNN: there was some kind of commercial from the ‘Concerned citizens of whatever’ with a typical political spiel (in this case Republican). Yadda-yadda-Social-Security. A second later, when I … Continue reading →

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Uh.

Posted on March 30, 2005 by Arthur

I use MSN Messenger for work-only purposes. I don’t chat with others, except for when I need to. I think something terrible has happened over at MSN. Weird errors and that. Has the world come to a standstill yet? Is … Continue reading →

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Cancer

Posted on March 30, 2005 by Arthur

Notable differences of approach in the fight against cancer on different continents. The fight overhere seems to be focused on survival, while across the ocean it’s… I don’t know. I’m a pessimist, I gather, as in that there should be … Continue reading →

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Postgres stuff #1

Posted on March 28, 2005 by Arthur

Technical stuff: I have finally some time to break into some specific Postgres stuff and do something for this database as many others have always done for MySQL. Nothing earth-shattering. Here’s the first finding: my personal Postgres (debian) is a … Continue reading →

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More of this, please

Posted on March 27, 2005 by Arthur

Recapping the news, the following tidbits were interesting (and apparently) less highlighted: In the Schiavo case: Agents of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement told the police in Pinellas Park that they were on their way to get Terri to … Continue reading →

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More observations

Posted on March 26, 2005 by Arthur

More observations on Halifax after a brief phone discussion with the homefront. There’s a couple of things Halifax is famous for (Keiths), but the real attraction is actually the Citadel (and environs). It’s a kind of a shame that one … Continue reading →

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Despite of

Posted on March 24, 2005 by Arthur

Things I found out while staying in Halifax: Despite drinking more Hortons coffees in 3 days, the chances of winning a GMC Envoy in the Nova Scotian capital are about as slim as anywhere in the country. If you look … Continue reading →

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Faustus and other music

Posted on March 20, 2005 by Arthur

Cleaning up stuff, I found a couple of CD-Rs which I thought were lost. Actually, I thought these disks were supposed

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Staples and the state of tech.

Posted on March 20, 2005 by Arthur

Walking through the local Staples store today, I mesmerized about the current state of computer technology. I happened to run into an HP Mediacenter PC, a Windows PC heavily focussed on digital media (as you may tell from that picture). … Continue reading →

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Let and let die

Posted on March 20, 2005 by Arthur

It looks like the Senate has reached a compromise on a bill that’s aimed at restoring the feeding tube of a severely brain-damaged Florida woman. Bipartisan support, too. Looking around on Metafilter, I ended up over at Abstract Appeal, which … Continue reading →

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Nike vs. Adidas

Posted on March 18, 2005 by Arthur

Via Marshall Brain’s, I ended up comparing the sites of the two mentioned sportswear producers, Nike and Adidas. Both producers use advanced Flash stuff to try to sell their warez to us and… I was suprised to find that Nike’s … Continue reading →

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