Monthly Archives: September 2006

Norton, is that you?

Posted on September 15, 2006 by Arthur

With 2006 coming to a close, anti-virus companies have stepped up their efforts to fill your harddrive. One of them is Symantec, which you probably know as the virus scanner that causes too many other problems that you’ll end up … Continue reading →

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Space: the 13 billion light years frontier

Posted on September 14, 2006 by Arthur

The most interesting (scientific) news was that a team of astronomers discovered the most distant galaxy, which is 12-point-something billion lightyears away from us. This is interesting, because obviously, that particular galaxy is one of the first ones created after … Continue reading →

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Not even close

Posted on September 12, 2006 by Arthur

A second hurricane that flies off the coast of Nova Scotia (Florence), heading right for Newfoundland. Tomorrow that is. I think the weather office reported rain for us all day, which didn’t turn out to be quite that right: it … Continue reading →

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You asked: Are Crystal and Joyce twins?

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Arthur

The last question for today: ‘Are Crystal and Joyce twins?’. I’m pretty sure you weren’t joking when you typed that question into Google, and since I treat all your questions with the same logic I apply to programming projects, here’s … Continue reading →

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You asked: Civ 4 and 82855 chips

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Arthur

The other question I see a lot in the logs is if Civilization 4 runs on the Intel GMA/GME chips (notably the 82855 chipsets). Yes, it does. Well, frankly, since Patch version 1.09 it does (my configuration). It works perfectly … Continue reading →

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You asked: Satellite P100 SD3 review

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Arthur

Yes a brandnew category at xsamplex: you ask, we deliver! I’ve been working on a Toshiba Satellite P100 SD3 (action picture) for a while now and I generally like it OK. It’s priced fairly well (it’s currently available at Staples … Continue reading →

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Automated

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Arthur

While I can’t stand telemarketeers, the worst kind of telemarketing types are the ‘automated ones’: you know the one that starts with telling you ‘how sorry they are calling at this inconvenient time’ and then tell you to ‘press 1 … Continue reading →

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Let the music play (1983)

Posted on September 10, 2006 by Arthur

I was going to add a bunch of other entries to the ‘Past the Bridge’ category, but decided to postpone anything after I discovered Shannon’s ‘Let the music play’ video at YouTube. If you feel so obliged, a sample can … Continue reading →

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City of the nets

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Arthur

Way too early in the morning, I decided to watch ‘Mahagonny’. Today’s link-bunch is brought to you by Jim Mahoney, so to say. The biggest buzz on the Internet is still (and you can’t have missed it): ABC’s docudrama ‘Path … Continue reading →

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Ca Plane Pour Moi (1977)

Posted on September 9, 2006 by Arthur

Then, earlier I was listening to my MP3 collection, when Sonic Youth’s cover of ‘Ca Plane Pour Moi’ (sample, 500K+ sample)comes up. I’m not sure if Thurston Moore is just improvising, but it sounds like it. Pardon his French, so … Continue reading →

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Food for thought

Posted on September 8, 2006 by Arthur

A week ago, I made ‘boerenkool’. I discussed Boerenkool a long while ago too, when a prepared the same meal for our guest from Holland. My wife actually wanted me to make it since it was that long ago, so … Continue reading →

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Amsterdamned !!?

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Arthur

For no particular reason, I was reminded of the movie ‘Amsterdamned’ (1988, IMDB description), a fine Dutch thriller / horror about a scuba diver with a large blade. Or something like that. I can’t really remember the details except for … Continue reading →

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News Archives

Posted on September 6, 2006 by Arthur

You can tell the difference between people in how they use tools. For example, when Google released their Google News Archives (“Google Opens Up 200 years of news”, BBC), some people decide to ‘ego search’. Talking about ‘historical relevance’. I … Continue reading →

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