Monthly Archives: February 2007

Cold and photos

Posted on February 11, 2007 by Arthur

I read that it is going to be cold for a while: temperatures have been sticking between the -15 and lower for the last days, nee, weeks. With these kind of temperatures, making pictures puts a toll on the charge … Continue reading →

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A lobster and a drive

Posted on February 7, 2007 by Arthur

Yesterday, I found some older pictures of my dad on one of my computers: they appeared to be still pictures taken (downloaded?) from a camcorder. Both of them showed him with that lobster: a smile or rather a grin on … Continue reading →

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A closer look

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Arthur

Someone was curious about the current (running) statistics of this domain, and particularly, this blog. I’ll let you do the math. Some side comments: about the majority of traffic comes from search engines, as you could have told from the … Continue reading →

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Strange as it does

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Arthur

There were a couple of items in the news that caught my eyes, that is not including the frigid temperatures over here: Astronaut and the love triangle that went wrong: An astronaut (and a successful one at that), a lover … Continue reading →

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So, -snow

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Arthur

I just peeked out the window and saw that it was snowing alright again. It has been going on and off all day, actually. It appeared to be worse yesterday, basically because of the sudden drop of temperature in the … Continue reading →

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Slashdot and then that

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Arthur

Today, I noticed that the much linked-to and (generally) well-liked ‘Slashdot Subculture’ Wikipedia page was deleted: the page now redirects to the more generic Slashdot page (as you can tell from clicking this link). I’m not the first person to … Continue reading →

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Not another groundhog day

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Arthur

This is the future speaking: Shubenacadie Sam predicted that Spring will come early this year. Live from the Shubenacadie Wildlife Park. Oh wait, they don’t do frequent updates I guess. Their loss. Cuteness at the local newspaper’s website. The premier … Continue reading →

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