Monthly Archives: November 2005

Yikes

Posted on November 17, 2005 by Arthur

Look! It’s a 21st century disaster movie1 wrecking havoc in Nova Scotia! Wait. Are those palm trees? The Day After Tomorrow (2004) (Frame around 00:43:41 ) 1 Reference to the 70s Hollywood disaster movies.

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Tourism down: Arthur revving up campaign

Posted on November 15, 2005 by Arthur

Right in time for a thorough op-ed here at xsamplex: Nova Scotia’s tourism is down. Apparently, it’s gasoline and the Iraq war to blame. Like -uh-:  [The Tourism minister, MacDonald] says the province will concentrate on attracting new visitors from … Continue reading →

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Posting from Ubuntu’s LiveCD

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Arthur

I wouldn’t be a computer freak, if I didn’t try that Ubuntu LiveCD. I’m posting from Ubuntu right now, as you probably figured out. See? Nothing wrong with Linux. A couple of years ago, Alfons brought in my first ever … Continue reading →

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Ha!

Posted on November 14, 2005 by Arthur

Har! I got meself a free copy of Ubuntu Linux. A not-named store in the center of the town had them in a small carton display/box. I made sure to ask if they were for free, which they were: one … Continue reading →

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To upgrade or not to…

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Arthur

For a couple of weeks I’ve been toying with the idea to upgrade to the latest WordPress version or to move to a different blogging platform. I’ve been playing with NucleusCMS. Actually, I’ve been making ‘plug-ins’ for that one. Anyways, … Continue reading →

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Yoekels!

Posted on November 13, 2005 by Arthur

Talking about upgrading: I’ve been promoted to the status of ‘ouwe zeurkous’ (link goes to Dutch only site). That’s because I prefer that people not hotlink to my images, rather that they host it theirselves. Niels (appears to be down … Continue reading →

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All evil people go to NS

Posted on November 12, 2005 by Arthur

Just so you know: Evil people who do naughty things in New York always first go to Nova Scotia. I can think of many reasons why that is so: It’s in Canada It sounds like an exotic place It’d be … Continue reading →

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Eats, leaves

Posted on November 12, 2005 by Arthur

We cleaned up the leafs in the frontyard. One of the maple trees finally decided to let go and fill our driveway with bright yellow coloured celluloid. Great timing too. Last year, it happened also on a Saturday morning.

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Xenotaph

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Arthur

The most often heard word this week was ‘cenotaph’. A word I thought was supposed to be spelled as xenotaph: I already associated the word cenotaph with a monument for the unknown soldier. Hence the xeno. Misheard that one. Other … Continue reading →

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A low point

Posted on November 11, 2005 by Arthur

I‘m probably the only person in the world who thinks Bush’s purely political speech on Veterans Day was another low in American politics. “Some Democrats and anti-war critics are now claiming we manipulated the intelligence and misled the American people … Continue reading →

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Yoo-hoo.

Posted on November 10, 2005 by Arthur

I was surprised to find out that most people I know are not familiar with the ‘cuckoo’ – bird. While everybody is aware of the word itself (and its negative meaning), it’s the bird’s behaviour that’s of interest: female cuckoos … Continue reading →

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Dover

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Arthur

Last Friday, attorneys of the ACLU and the Dover School board district had their closing arguments in the Kitzmiller vs. DASD case. For people not familiar with the case, it’s probably one of the more important cases in the science … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (VI)

Posted on November 6, 2005 by Arthur

I thought this was pretty significant: most of the visitors finding xsamplex are looking for the Civ IV T&L problems described on this site. It’s awfully quiet over at the Firaxis developer blog.

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