Monthly Archives: October 2005

The Big M

Posted on October 14, 2005 by Arthur

Today’s the first anniversary of the death of my mother, an event that did not pass by without that thought about that early morning when the phone rang. It was too short. As a matter of fact, upon returning to … Continue reading →

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Huh?

Posted on October 12, 2005 by Arthur

Huh? A classical Winer-diatribe perfectly illustrating that he’s not on top of the issues nowadays. It reads chaotic too: does he mean that he’s pro-Microsoft and he doesn’t care about open formats (XML at that!)? (Note the unusual incoherent reasoning … Continue reading →

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Hey. VINCE!

Posted on October 12, 2005 by Arthur

Vince (The Hurricane) hit Europe earlier today, probably the first cyclone that actually hit and ‘exploded’ on the European continent. Get used to it! I’d be interested to see if the hurricane actually affected (and disturbed) weather patterns in Europe: … Continue reading →

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Hurricane Vince?

Posted on October 10, 2005 by Arthur

While we are hammered by rain since Friday, I noticed that an Atlantic hurricane decided to take a turn east instead of going to the west. Yesterday, a weather woman (for some kind of reason I keep hearing the theme … Continue reading →

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What would Google do?

Posted on October 9, 2005 by Arthur

An interesting read about the Plame affair: a story at Newsweek that brings some context in Rove’s next grand jury appearance. It is all about a missing e-mail! I quote: Why didn’t the Rove e-mail surface earlier? The lawyer says … Continue reading →

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A list of lists

Posted on October 8, 2005 by Arthur

Not playing any major game recently (besides the occasional Fifa Soccer 05), I wondered which games define the current state of the gaming industry. Obviously, it’s ID’s Quake series that mark what can (and cannot) be done on the latest … Continue reading →

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Political Punditry

Posted on October 4, 2005 by Arthur

Sometimes, political blogs remind me of a game of chess, analyzed (live, naturally) by a grandmaster with an ELO rating less than 1000 points. I keep imagining the following screen. Mark the double exclamation: update: If you didn’t get it, … Continue reading →

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WordPerfect

Posted on October 4, 2005 by Arthur

A couple of items drew my attention: first of all Niels‘ link to an article that tells “it’s official to call Windows ‘broken’” and details the struggle of Microsoft’s executives with the problems ahead for its Windows operating system: “It’s … Continue reading →

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Bundling

Posted on October 2, 2005 by Arthur

An article over at the Independent about a forthcoming book (link to Independent) that will (most likely) attract language lovers in the world: ‘The meaning of Tingo’ from Adam Jacot de Boinod. The article over at the Independent lists the … Continue reading →

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Couple-O-Tips

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Arthur

A couple of tips and ‘hacks’ to make ‘big bucks’ fast in VegaStrike: Buy up Regen Tanks at Atlantis (+/- 612 CR) and sell them off at either Serenity or the Radio base (+/- 742 CR). I believe one tip … Continue reading →

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Paradox redux

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Arthur

A posting over at Sadly, No summarizes a certain paradoxal reasoning of the political right in the US, where bloggers literally prefer to believe the news coming from the Defense department above the ones coming from the ‘disgusting’ mainstream media. … Continue reading →

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Railroad troubles

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Arthur
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