Monthly Archives: October 2010

One world One voice

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Arthur

In 1990, the BBC broadcast the ‘One World One Voice’ documentary, a documentary to raise awareness of environmental issues. It was followed by an almost hour long chain of music, initially started as a tape by Kevin Godley (“10CC”) which … Continue reading →

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Walkmans

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Arthur

Sony has shipped the last cassette tape Walkmans to vendors (Crunchgear), according to multiple media outlets. It’s surprising that the Walkman was produced for this long: the very first Sony Walkman appeared in 1979 and was an instant hit. In … Continue reading →

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It’s a plane…

Posted on October 23, 2010 by Arthur

It’s a plane, it’s a bird, no, it’s a new Canadian citizen. So on October 20th of 2010 (20-10-2010, which is a highly remarkable set of numbers if I might say so), I became a Canadian citizen after having been … Continue reading →

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Mandelbrot

Posted on October 17, 2010 by Arthur

Last Friday, Benoit Mandelbrot died, which was widely published around on the Internet. Generally adored by nerds, Mandelbrot, while respected, was a fairly controversial figure in the mathematics world. Mandelbrot doesn’t spend months or years proving what he has observed,” … Continue reading →

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A silver lining

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Arthur

This Saturday, we ended up in Uptown SJ to look at the cruiseship, Silver Whisper (Silversea Cruises). Compared to ships that normally sail in, the Silver Whisper is a small ship and appears to be a fairly luxury cruise-liner. From … Continue reading →

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Round here

Posted on October 2, 2010 by Arthur

The last 48 hours it was storming so much that at times it reminded me of Hurricane Juan back in 2003. This morning I found out that apparently the wind was so strong that it had blown the BBQ upside … Continue reading →

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