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Horrors and other news stories

Posted on December 16, 2012 by Arthur

Back when I was a youngling studying civil engineering in the Netherlands, the question of a direct railway connection between the cities Zwolle and Lelystad (“Hanzelijn”) was a popular discussion subject. If you’re not familiar with the topography of the … Continue reading →

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Ostensibly, a president

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Arthur

So, it looks like Obama indeed won the presidency, much to the world’s delight or fright, depending on your political views. As posted earlier, I only slightly followed the elections. At ‘Election Night’, I turned off the TV the moment … Continue reading →

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Sandy

Posted on November 3, 2012 by Arthur

Earlier, I was under the impression that this year’s hurricane season would end up fairly, unremarkable. Luckily, I’m far from being a meteorologist: Just last week, Oct 29th, hurricane Sandy made landfall in NJ, USA, causing major outages and damage … Continue reading →

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Triple A

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Arthur

You have probably read about the downgrading of the US credit rating by S&P late (last) Friday night (news). The SF Gate duly notes that: Standard & Poor’s historic downgrade of the U.S. credit rating caused the capital to erupt … Continue reading →

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Boardwalk

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Arthur

Over a week ago, Norway was rocked by twin terror attacks that killed 77 people, most of them youngster attending a Labour Youth Summer camp on an island called Utoya. The BBC has an excellent recap of the events that … Continue reading →

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From bridge to evolution

Posted on November 28, 2010 by Arthur

A bunch of links, collected from the Internet: The prime-minister was in Saint John last Friday and gave away a freebie for the people of Saint John: The toll booths on the Saint John Harbour bridge will disappear. I’m not … Continue reading →

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A President

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Arthur

One surprise this week was the appointment of a European president (EU announcement), which went to a former Belgian prime-minister, Van Rompey. It appears he’s a pragmatic politician, who has been quoted the following words: The universal values which are … Continue reading →

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The reds, whites and blues

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Arthur

I slightly follow US politics now: even after a historic change of presidency, my general impression is that it’s just politics as usual and that is not really of interest. The other day, I noticed that Fox News is spearheading … Continue reading →

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Links go here

Posted on February 6, 2009 by Arthur

I was playing with Mono last night, only after I found out that it supports static compilation which makes Mono a lot more compelling for going cross-platform. Much to my surprise, I found out that some of my (personal) applications … Continue reading →

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This Year In What

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Arthur

Earlier, I lightly remarked on a couple of top ten lists (see here, opens in new window). Personal observations: Science: The most remarkable scientific breakthrough I thought happened a month ago, when astronomers made the first photo of an exoplanet. … Continue reading →

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This Year In Blog

Posted on December 29, 2008 by Arthur

Top ten lists of 2008 tire me out: Some of them are interesting but most of them are generally not. A summary here: Eurogamer Reader’s Top 50 games: Eurogamer currently runs the Editor’s Top 50 games of the year, which … Continue reading →

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On. I think.

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Arthur

Meteorites collectors, astronomers and researchers are trying to pinpoint the track of the meteor that lit the Prairies’ sky, last week. According to the latest calculations (Newtonian, hahaha), the meteor had a mass of 10 tons. I say, it was … Continue reading →

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Someuropean.

Posted on November 9, 2008 by Arthur

I read an interview with Mitt Romney, who says that now that Obama has won the presidency, he should: …forget entirely about reelection and focus solely on helping the nation at a critical time. He should dismiss the people who … Continue reading →

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