Category Archives: Hyperlinks

Coffee good. PDF bad.

Posted on September 18, 2006 by Arthur

CBC has an interesting article about coffee and fats, which appears to have been based on the US version of a report with the same title (you can find it by clicking here). Surprisingly, the Canadian version cannot be found … Continue reading →

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Hello, CNN

Posted on September 16, 2006 by Arthur

For the first time in months, I decided to watch CNN’s Paula Zahn to discover that CNN has hired many new reporters. Oh Noes! The first one I didn’t recognize was Melissa Long who’s job was to present the top … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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Might. Not.

Posted on August 26, 2006 by Arthur

I got “X3: Reunion” the other day, which is why I’m generally doing other things than what other things I used to do. But I did follow the news and even had time to do some reading around: First, I … Continue reading →

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Yo Grep this.

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Arthur

A couple of weeks ago, I ran into this article at InformationWeek, titled ‘The Best Software Ever Written’. It read as one of those novels that have a true climax at the end: So there you have it: The single … Continue reading →

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Hi Tech

Posted on August 19, 2006 by Arthur

I‘m shocked to find out the latest Hi-Tech in webdevelopment: apparently it’s possible to take some site’s RSS and convert it back to plain HTML so that it can be read on Windows Mobile Devices! This is such an achievement … Continue reading →

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Explorers and Navigators

Posted on August 17, 2006 by Arthur

I‘ve been sporadically following the discussion about IE 7 and the issues around compliance and that. Paul “Master Programmer” Thurrott weighs in, once again (Besides using CTRL F in Firefox, you can also use the vi command ‘/’ to start … Continue reading →

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Browse Happy

Posted on August 13, 2006 by Arthur

I downloaded Internet Explorer 7 (Beta 3) today, just to see what the buzz is all about. Comparing it with Opera and Firefox, the only difference I see is that (out of the box) IE uses ‘ClearType’ to render the … Continue reading →

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Holy Cows!

Posted on August 11, 2006 by Arthur

Tomorrow (for you Europeans that is today), it’s the 25th anniversary of the IBM PC. Some people and companies may celebrate that event, but for some kind of reason, I was silently hoping that IBM would be leading the pack. … Continue reading →

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Dark. Huh?

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Arthur

I read that there was a major power outage (Dutch) in the southern portion of The Netherlands. Nu.nl has some weird pictures with the ‘Fair’ of Eindhoven just milling about like if there was no power outage. Obviously some people … Continue reading →

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