Monthly Archives: June 2006

The old new

Posted on June 29, 2006 by Arthur

Way earlier, Alfons reminded that some old video clips can now be found at YouTube. Particularly the ones I remember when I was -uh- young (my life as a former B-Boy). Right. And other stuff, you don’t want to hear … Continue reading →

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The rise of the homo sapiens

Posted on June 25, 2006 by Arthur

The CBC will be broadcasting ‘Homo Sapiens: the rise of our species’ at 7:00 PM (EDT), as part of David Suzuki’s show ‘The Nature of Things’. According to the show’s description, ‘Homo Sapiens’, a part drama/part documentary, was produced by … Continue reading →

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36 and integers

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Arthur

Yesterday, CBC’s “Information Morning” celebrated its 36 anniversary, which you can tell from this page 1. Look at the tiny pictures! While plenty of people complain about the local CBC station and its programme, I prefer it above the other … Continue reading →

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H-umor

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Arthur

Over at the Old Grande Lady of Paperworks, The Times that is, an interview with phenomenon Ze Frank from the Ze Frank Show, a show that you either like or don’t like. That said, the following quote from Clay Shirky … Continue reading →

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8 MM

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier this day, I decided to watch the movie ‘8MM’ (1999) again. The movie (directed by Joel Schumacher) stars Nicholas Cage and a whole set of other known actors, but the DVD credits fail to mention actress Amy Morton (who … Continue reading →

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Something Google

Posted on June 18, 2006 by Arthur

I like Google’s approach on the World Cup soccer: you may have noticed the adsense link on the top that adds the right ‘worldcup soccer block’ to your ‘personalized Google page’ (click this link). Something I noticed the other day … Continue reading →

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FIFA tally

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Arthur

Over at the FIFA site (Courtesy of Yahoo) a schedule of the World cup soccer, which you can fill out. You may want to keep the group standings page handy. I uploaded both my predictions (you can click the image … Continue reading →

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Henry writes a letter to Ann

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Arthur

Via Sadly No’s (‘Abstinence-only raps’), I found the link to a video named ‘Henry Rollins letter to Ann Coulter’. It’s hilarious (might not be safe for work, contains nasty language). Henry Rollins is naturally the front man of the ‘Henry … Continue reading →

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The Soccer will not be televisionized

Posted on June 15, 2006 by Arthur

Ad ergo: my value pack does not include the broadcasting of any soccer or that. So, you might just as well enjoy the soccer thyself, while I’ll read the headlines from the sites around. So, the Dutch play Ivory Coast … Continue reading →

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More cookies

Posted on June 13, 2006 by Arthur

Some local news: Salmon River is now hockeyville 2006. I found out Sunday after loud horns and fireworks, but then went back to my Civ 4 game. The exhibition game? According to the local paper, it’s going to be held … Continue reading →

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Radio and Cast

Posted on June 11, 2006 by Arthur

Circumstances forced me to listen to the Dutch Radio 1 broadcast of the soccer game Netherlands vs. Serbia-Montenegro (1-0). It happens to be a Windows Media stream, which you generally will find around this location. That said, I kept Yahoo’s … Continue reading →

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canucket

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

canucketn 1. A typical, unique (or specific) Canadian thing, object, trait, custom or behaviour. Ex. John is holding a canucket in his hand. Origin: Canucket is a mashup of the words ‘canuck’ and ‘nugget’ and directly implies something specifically Canadian. … Continue reading →

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Eood

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

Once again, I missed the World Cup Soccer games: England vs. Paraguay(1-0), Argentina vs. Ivorycoast 2-1 and Trinidad vs. Sweden 0-0. Early this morning I found out that my TSN channel wasn’t in my cable package anymore, something I reported … Continue reading →

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