Monthly Archives: July 2006

Sapm

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Arthur

I have been watching my e-mail accounts closely and I noticed that I’ve been receiving a lot more sapm per day since July 1st. Most of them target my domain registration E-mail’s address. However, noticably, I’ve been receiving e-mails from … Continue reading →

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Hot. Damn.

Posted on July 18, 2006 by Arthur

You know, you’d think that the latest world craze is heat waves. It’s everywhere. US, check. Canada, check. Europe, check. The Netherlands. What? Oh dear. You may have noticed that xsamplex has a hard time keeping up the last couple … Continue reading →

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5.5

Posted on July 16, 2006 by Arthur

Reading games reviews on the Internet reminds me of the days (way back) when I literally ate car reviews for breakfast. Numbers, average ratings, I was obsessed with averages. However, reviews based on average (numerical) ratings don’t work: take for … Continue reading →

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This week in short

Posted on July 14, 2006 by Arthur

Surreal. Objects really look closer in mirror, particularly if they drive fast, zoom past to come at a standstill after hitting a pole. Add to that in front of the place you live in. On a serious note, I’ve been … Continue reading →

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Adventures on the Wheels

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Arthur

A couple of unrelated remarks: We saw Terry Gilliams‘The Grimm Brothers’ this weekend, which I summarized and described to my egaa as ‘remarkably painful to watch’. The premise (‘Let Brothers Grimm experience their tales themselves’) is good and brilliant: the … Continue reading →

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Oh NOES!

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Arthur

You know when the world is close to an end when twins take office. For the first time evar in politics (Metafilter-style), there’s a good chance that a twins are going to be holding the posts for President and Prime … Continue reading →

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Somebody plug my harddrive

Posted on July 9, 2006 by Arthur

My harddrive is ‘leaking’1. Earlier, I noticed that I had only 100 MB left, after which I decided to clear off some of the not so important files like a movie that happened to end on my PC after I … Continue reading →

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More stuff

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Arthur

Yesterday, I mentioned the logs that I imported into a Postgres database: today some minor cleanup and indexing/reindexing. The full monty: The hardest hit day was on September 7th of 2004: 86803 hits in 2 hours only. I’m still collecting … Continue reading →

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Hits and bits

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Arthur

After months of being too busy, I finally managed to finish up the program that imports ZoneAlarm logs into a Postgres database (trust me, you need a tank to deal with this kind of data): I’ve been using ZoneAlarm, literally, … Continue reading →

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World Twin Day

Posted on July 3, 2006 by Arthur

Before I turn my brains to more important matters, I noticed that (according to the BBC) today it’s ‘World Twin Day’. And guess what, searching at Google for anything about this day doesn’t help a lot. Only 5 links at … Continue reading →

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Jade Empire

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier this week, I finished the game ‘Jade Empire’ in a total time of 12 hours. The game is a (fantasy) RPG, set in ancient China and is powered by the oh-so familiar Bioware engine. If you’ve played Knights of … Continue reading →

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A SpaceShuttle

Posted on July 1, 2006 by Arthur

Today, the space shuttle Discovery is about to be launched, the first space shuttle launch after the Columbia’s doomed re-entry in 2003. You may have heard about the discussion about flying or not flying: Early in June, NASA’s management decided … Continue reading →

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One Percent Redux

Posted on July 1, 2006 by Arthur

If you weren’t aware of it: it’s Canada Day today and it’s also the day new tax changes will take effect, courtesy of the Government of Canada. A whopping one percent. I predict spending sprees when the long holiday is … Continue reading →

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