Daily Archives: August 6, 2006

And Titan begat Callisto

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Arthur

Reformatting and reinstalling XP on a Toshiba (“Titan”) A40 was actually easier than expected: Back-up data. Reset computer to boot from CD-drive first (Reminder: the default is set to ‘HDD’). On your Toshiba laptop, just start the ConfigFree application and … Continue reading →

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Civilization, Part 11.

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Arthur

After many moons of playing Civ 4 (all posts on xsamplex), I finally found out who sings that brilliant opening tune: It’s the Talisman a cappella, a group of a cappella1 singers and students operating from Stansford University. The song … Continue reading →

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Good News!

Posted on August 6, 2006 by Arthur

If I say there’s good news, then there is good news: I have finally started to appreciate The Gimp! This is because there was always one reason why I pertinently refused to use it: plugins. Everytime the program opened, it … Continue reading →

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