Monthly Archives: July 2005

Lunenburg vs. Grand Pre. Who wins?

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Arthur

Hey, I never said Lunenburg sucked. While expensive, it’s actually better than I expected. It’s literally a tourist attraction too: you never know who you run into. For example, while enjoying food in a restaurant at the Lunenburg waterfront, I … Continue reading →

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Tides and NS trip

Posted on July 22, 2005 by Arthur

We just returned from a ‘half-round’ Nova Scotia roundtrip: Lunenburg-Middleton-Grand Pre-Brooklyn-Walton-Maitland, a trip we decided to do over 3 days just so we could stay overnight in a couple of hotels. More about them later. On our way back to … Continue reading →

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Planet or not?

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Arthur

Last year, I mentioned about the tenth planet, which was nicknamed ‘Sedna’ by astronomers. It was announced as a major find (BBC): a new planet, Number X, Nemesis, nee, Sedna. Um… It’s status still appears to be in doubt. JPL-ers … Continue reading →

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Rove and the Half-Blood Prince

Posted on July 19, 2005 by Arthur

With the release of the new Harry Potter book, I’ve been looking around, curious for the major clue in that book: JK Rowling killed off a main character of the series. I haven’t read any of the books. I have … Continue reading →

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Mirror mirror on the car

Posted on July 17, 2005 by Arthur

As you can probably guess from the picture beneath this one, we were around Halifax today. It was an overly hot day too: I’ve been wondering if I should buy a kilt myself sooner or later. That is if the … Continue reading →

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The Yay Appendix

Posted on July 17, 2005 by Arthur

Earlier today, I received an e-mail from an old friend (Hey Niels! Hey Jacob!) who was actually looking for my brother. I don’t normally check my e-mail address on this domain. Not even frequently. Note that I haven’t published my … Continue reading →

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White Lines

Posted on July 16, 2005 by Arthur

For a small absurd movie, I decided to use a section of the Hip-Hop classic ‘White Lines’, originally performed by Melle Mel (and his Furious Five) and released in 1983. There’s a long story behind the history of Grandmaster Flash, … Continue reading →

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Karl Rove, Whistleblower

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Arthur

While I hate to be too much involved into American politics, I find the comments in defense of Rove hilarious. For example, Fox’s news anchor John Gibson claimed the following (on why Rove should get a medal):   Why should she … Continue reading →

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Cruyff, Johan

Posted on July 12, 2005 by Arthur

I decided to download VLC, so I could watch a movie I got from Alfons: a documentary about ordinary people from Barcelona talking about the football legend Johan Cruyff (‘En un Momento Dado’). It was actually a fun movie to … Continue reading →

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Halifax Airport fog issues

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Arthur

With amazement I’ve been following Halifax Airport’s fog problem. I don’t understand (hey kids, spot the truck in that picture!): First of all, the airport decided to start construction to one of its runways in the busiest portion of the … Continue reading →

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From Dutch To English and Back

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Arthur

As the designated translator Dutch-English-Dutch, I noticed something the other day: it breaks me-own English. For example, the other day, when walking into Subways, I had a terrible hard time to get a sandwich ordered. I talked (and thought) in … Continue reading →

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Weather

Posted on July 7, 2005 by Arthur

Since we all need a bit of humour so once in a while, here’s something I discovered and liked to share with you. Canadian weather does follow a pattern. I’m not kidding you. I sampled 2 years of data and … Continue reading →

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Mandatory fields

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Arthur

Looking for more information on today’s find in my old home town, a genuine +800 BC late Roman melting oven (Dutch only), I decided to take a look at the Deventer Dagblad, nowadays called ‘De Stentor’. (I have no idea … Continue reading →

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