Monthly Archives: October 2005

Civilization 4 (IV)

Posted on October 31, 2005 by Arthur

Yesterday, I ‘har-harred’ about ‘Edelweiss’, the oh-so-pretty-sugar-song1 from ‘The Sound of Music’, which I thought I recognized in Civilization. Guess what, it’s a music theme triggered when the player enters the ‘Industrial Age’. This had me go promptly back to … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (III)

Posted on October 30, 2005 by Arthur

Playing the second rounds of CivIV, this time trying to stick to a religion and spread it, I ended up founding not 1, not 2, but 3 (three) religions, meaning I was generally ahead of my competitors in Warlord level … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (II)

Posted on October 29, 2005 by Arthur

Finishing one game of Civ4, I did another try and ended up with an ‘endless’ black map. I gave up at 1200 AD: the blackness, it hurts. What the heck: it’s a bug. Over at Apolyton some are convinced that … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (I)

Posted on October 28, 2005 by Arthur

Managed to get ‘Civilization 4’, the long expected successor of (ha, you guessed it) ‘Civilization 3’. According to EB Games, the game came just in today. Short overview: I had a hard time at the start after installing the game: … Continue reading →

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With Halloween approaching,

Posted on October 26, 2005 by Arthur

This Yahoo item has me thinking: “Although Halloween has become increasingly popular across Europe — complete with carved pumpkins, witches on broomsticks, makeshift houses of horror and costumed children rushing door to door for candy — it’s begun to breed … Continue reading →

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Old Tech in Science Fiction

Posted on October 25, 2005 by Arthur

It’s hard to make science fiction. Picture this: it’s 1980. You’re directing an episode of the Original Battlestar Galactica (which was then known as ‘Battlestar Galactica’ without the ‘Original’). Your main star is about to destroy a Cylon base. He … Continue reading →

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Wilma and other news

Posted on October 24, 2005 by Arthur

The third weather warning issued this year for Nova Scotia: Wilma (now a ‘extra-tropical’ storm) is slowly going northbound, disrupting existing cold fronts in the Northern part of the Atlantic. All media cautiously issued warnings: effects will start to become … Continue reading →

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Sign of the lights

Posted on October 23, 2005 by Arthur

It’s a sign of the times when a telemarketer calls you on a Sunday afternoon. Just an hour ago, we had a single lightning strike the ground somewhere, trembling the neighbourhood. A bit odd. I always associate thunder and lightning … Continue reading →

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The office of Fitzgerald website

Posted on October 22, 2005 by Arthur

The most anticipated website is coming from the Office of The Special Council Fitzgerald. If you haven’t heard of the name Fitzgerald yet, you must have been living in a different shadow world. Or maybe you just don’t read the … Continue reading →

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X-Files

Posted on October 21, 2005 by Arthur

I noticed that Walmart has all the X-Files seasons1 on sale for (and around) 89.99 dollars (tax included), which I thought was an expensive proposition if you think about it that there are 10 seasons. You do the math. On … Continue reading →

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A most -uh- day

Posted on October 20, 2005 by Arthur

Yesterday, I concluded my search for some code and (particularly) database schemas and gave in to the fears that it was a lost cause. A couple of years ago, I started a PHP framework for a game that I don’t … Continue reading →

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There’s a black guy on your porch

Posted on October 16, 2005 by Arthur

Funny stuff from Bill Maher’s show when highlighting Bush’s speech about a possible avian flu pandemic and the dangers that ‘threaten mankind’. You can watch the video cut at OneGoodMove.

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To Gel Or Not To Gel

Posted on October 15, 2005 by Arthur

Earlier, we dropped in at the local computer grocery chain to look for that (fairly priced) LCD monitor I wanted to buy for the Wife. We were looking at an Acer 17 inch one, to discover that the display showed … Continue reading →

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