Monthly Archives: May 2005

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Posted on May 31, 2005 by Arthur

There are so many silly popup messages in Windows XP that it sometimes drives me crazy. Messages when your desktop is too ‘cluttered’ (hey man, it’s my desktop). The one that appeared a couple of days ago, shown above (or … Continue reading →

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What’s up with the weather?

Posted on May 27, 2005 by Arthur

I keep asking myself this frequently: it’s the end of May and it has still been rainy with temperatures between 8 and 14 degrees. If I remember correctly, 5 years ago, it was most likely hot overhere, something like the … Continue reading →

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Star Wars 4, 5, 6

Posted on May 26, 2005 by Arthur

I watched the three Star Wars movies (New Hope, Empire Strikes and Return of the Jedi), scrutinizing the scripts and looking for inconsistencies. Watching them, I find it amazing how the elder Jedi masters consistently talk around the subject when … Continue reading →

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A message to Dutch readers

Posted on May 26, 2005 by Arthur

You have probably heard of the phenomenon that is Paris Hilton. Guess what, fellow citizens: there’s a movie out starring the same particular person. It is showing in your nearest ‘film theater’ (heh, I speak Dutch very good). DO NOT … Continue reading →

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Coincidence

Posted on May 26, 2005 by Arthur

Earlier this week, Slashdot featured two posts side by side (on the same day, the 25th). There was one about the XBox 360 (its embedded OS running on a PowerPC platform). The other one was about the letterless (blank) keyboard … Continue reading →

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Nikes Rock the House

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Arthur

Via Kottke, I hyperjumped to Nike’s iD site which is asking bloggers to design Nike shoes (or something to that order). There was a set of pre-designed Nikes there too, and while I mindlessly browsed through all of them I … Continue reading →

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The Fish Through

Posted on May 23, 2005 by Arthur

I decided to step through the frames of the movie ‘The Core’ (2003). Somewhere in one of the extra features, the director (Jon Amiel) mentions a specific ‘easter egg’. You’ll find that fish somewhere in chapter II, in the scene … Continue reading →

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I won!

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Arthur

In the mother of all bets, a couple of previous entries down below, I said that the Eurovision Songcontest winner was going to be ‘female with a song about nothing’. I was right! And this time I didn’t even have … Continue reading →

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane…

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Arthur

And it’s also a birthday! Happy Birthday, Gayle!

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It’s a bird, it’s a plane

Posted on May 22, 2005 by Arthur

It’s a Walkman. While watching ‘The Mosquito Coast’ last night, we noticed that ms. Plimpton was carrying the ultimate device of the Eighties, a genuine Sony Walkman. The one and only, and available in one size: Mega. As in big. … Continue reading →

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Milk and Honey, huh.

Posted on May 21, 2005 by Arthur

Note: today’s the Eurovision songfestival finals, as I promptly announced in my Elsewhere links the other day (Dutch are out, horrors!). Apparently you can follow it online too, but prepare for clogged up Ethernet lines when millions of Europeans and … Continue reading →

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Cry Freedom

Posted on May 21, 2005 by Arthur

Attenborough’s ‘Cry Freedom‘ made a lasting impression on me: the movie tells the (true) story of Stephen Biko, a black politician who was brutally murdered by South African security police in the mid Seventies. Despite photographic proof showing that Biko … Continue reading →

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Dogs and Video Games.

Posted on May 20, 2005 by Arthur

With he dust settling at Parliament Hill, that is after the crucial voting yesterday, there were plenty of interviews with politicians, analysts, experts and others today. Before I go over to today’s stuff, there was one weird moment during last … Continue reading →

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