Category Archives: Truro NS

So McAfee just finished scanning: over 100,000 files, almost 2 hours and 2 restarts later. About these restarts later, but first its catch, because that’s what you’re all curious about: I mean, me, the guy who laughs about the panic … Continue reading →

It’s one of those days I can’t fall asleep and guess what: it’s Canada Day too. How appropriate. Canada Day? There will be celebrations around town too, but we haven’t made up our mind yet about what to do: well, … Continue reading →

Cleaning up from aft to night, moving furniture around, I ended up crawling around on the floor because hubs, modem and routers needed to be rewired. Guestroom needs lots of cleaning and I need to to test how far the … Continue reading →

For a small home improvement project, we decided to buy some lumber: On the spot I decided to afford myself a genuine jigsaw. Since Black & Deckers were out of stock, I was offered the Skil (shown above) jigsaw. While … Continue reading →

Watching the Dutch weather unfold, which seems to hit extraordinary heights with temperatures over 25 degrees for 5 days), I noticed we are in for a hot day too: it’s going to top 34 degrees Celsius tomorrow. A local radiostation … Continue reading →

My old cell phone’s (Motorola) battery died [not holding its charge], so I ended up getting an LG 4015 instead (“Cha-ching! you have 85 dollars less on your account! Great doing business!”). It has the capability of showing 65,000 colours, … Continue reading →

Coming from a family that typically does not celebrate Father’s Day (maybe I should say that Dutch people generally don’t celebrate Father’s Day), we decided to spend some time preparing the garden for a bunch of veggies and small flowers. … Continue reading →

When I was young at age, I experienced one of the heaviest allergy attacks: small itchy bumps appeared on my skin. Scratching made matters worse and within an hour my skin was dead-red. Everywhere. My parents quickly determined I suffered … Continue reading →

Am I the only person in the world who thinks that Forza Motorsport is a ridiculous name for a car racing game? It could have been a name for a political party that propagates … car racing, car racing and … Continue reading →

Earlier today I reminisced about the implications of getting older. When I was 15 years old, I would have never thought that in say, 20 years or so, I’d be living half a world away. That’s another year for the … Continue reading →

Happy Birthday too. Thanks. I’m in a rush.

Noticed today: the change from extremely wet to hot weather seems to have helped (and sped) the growth of dandelions. Out in rural areas, I was surprised to see the massive amount of yellow flowers on the (normally) grass green … Continue reading →

I keep asking myself this frequently: it’s the end of May and it has still been rainy with temperatures between 8 and 14 degrees. If I remember correctly, 5 years ago, it was most likely hot overhere, something like the … Continue reading →