Monthly Archives: May 2006

Public Domain

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Arthur

Reading about all these issues people have with Wikipedia the main point of why Wikipedia is ‘good’, is that it is a valuable public domain resource. I’ve seen Dave Winer hammer about this-and-that, but I bet the main problem he … Continue reading →

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Digest-this

Posted on May 31, 2006 by Arthur

The best part of going to an endoscopic clinic is that after the ‘procedure’ I was tickled to refresh my brains how the digestive system works. If I’m not wrong, the digestive system was part of the biology classes during … Continue reading →

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Spin that, Doc

Posted on May 29, 2006 by Arthur

In preparation for the day before, the following emergency plan to keep me as ‘fasting’ as possible: I’m not allowed to eat anything before 6 PM because after that it’s PicoSalax time. Hey, what can be worse than trying to … Continue reading →

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Galactic Civilizations 2

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Arthur

I decided to look for GalCiv2 at the local EB Games franchise, which I found eventually. StarDock’s 4X game had so much praise, that I thought it might be interesting to add this one to my (already bulky) HD. The … Continue reading →

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LIGO

Posted on May 24, 2006 by Arthur

The CBC radio reported about the LIGO project, The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory. I’m not sure who the CBC (science) reporter is on the local CBC station, but he’s obviously engaged in everything that matters in science (he also … Continue reading →

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Phis-hing

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Arthur

I‘ve noticed a flood of phishing attempts and there are actually some good ones in the set, noticably the ones that purport to come from e-bay. GMail provides good protection against accidently clicking any of the links in those mails. … Continue reading →

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Hey. You!

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Arthur

A couple of movies we’ve watched (links go to IMDB): Flightplan – Foster tries to find missing daughter and fights hijacker. There were a couple of scenes where I balked at the screen: the scene where Foster leaves the plane … Continue reading →

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Civilization, part X

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier today, I decided to update my Civ 4 version (1.09) to the latest patch, which is 1.61 (earlier). And yes, this is true (from the readme notes): “v1.52 is a major upgrade to Civ IV and includes numerous optimizations … Continue reading →

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Lobsters, huh?

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Arthur
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DaDutch

Posted on May 20, 2006 by Arthur

I‘ve been following the ‘Dutch Immigration’ debate via the regular channels (which is at the ‘uitzending gemist’ site [Dutch]). The embracing of Hirshi Ali by the blogosphere’s ‘right’ is, so to say stunning. Anyways, I see that laws can be … Continue reading →

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The Next Tech Revolution

Posted on May 19, 2006 by Arthur

Soon you can buy these 8 MP cameras with built-in GSM capable phones: why do you want to have a crappy 1.2 MP fuzzy-camera-phone, while the real-deal is just around the corner. Soon available with keyboard and extra wireless mouse. … Continue reading →

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A seamless stream of

Posted on May 17, 2006 by Arthur

Most likely not related: The McCartney’s split after they were unable to save the poor Canadian seals (earlier). Why I’d mention it here? For some kind of reason, I’ve been humming ‘Mull of Kintyre’ the last couple of days. Dreck? … Continue reading →

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Ahead of the head

Posted on May 14, 2006 by Arthur

This week, will mark the official release of the ‘DaVinci Code’ movie (worldwide release). Religious people may avoid it, conspiracy fans will love it. I says ‘meh’. Meh. I still think of the lousy ‘puzzles’ in the book. Hey, I’m … Continue reading →

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