Category Archives: Hyperlinks

I noticed the Privateer Remake on both Slashdot (thread) and MetaFilter (thread). I’m not going to play or even try it for the reason that, although playing the original game was extremely fun (and frustating at times), I cannot see … Continue reading →

Years ago, when I was living on the Other Side of the ocean, we (brother and friends) used to go out to Amsterdam and have (literally) ‘dine and discuss’ days. All of us were programmers, well-paid in most cases, so … Continue reading →

Besides continuously patting yourself on the shoulder, how you were at the forefront of the PodCasting/RSS/YourSelfInducedInventionHere rage, here over at XSamplex we’re proud to present a unique way to make your site (weblog or pages) a prominent place on the … Continue reading →

In the light of everybody trying to figure out the latest browser stats (Firefox vs. Internet Exporer), I decided to look up the same stats on this server for this weblog:     Firefox 1.0 (Windows XP|Canada): 98%   Firefox 1.x (Linux-i386|Netherlands): … Continue reading →

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By now, you must have heard about the bomb that’s called ‘Alone in the Dark’. The movie, starring Christian “Young Guns” Slater and Tara “Who the hell is that?” Reid, is that bad that it will probably beat ‘Gigli’ in … Continue reading →

Earlier, I marvelled about CBCRadio 3’s concert recordings archive. Most of the artists are pretty unknown, for me at least. But Sonic Youth? Blonde Redhead? Interesting. How do you record streaming music? Audacity, naturally. Audacity has a range of professional … Continue reading →

Earlier this week, Alan noted a quote from an ‘expert’ speaking at a Blog conference (which happened to be co-organized by Robert Scoble): “if you talk about something long enough, you will become an authority on the topic.” Earlier this … Continue reading →

In the comments of the previous post, Alan notices my weird use of the word ‘sookies’:    “…but I think that one is a “sook” or, worse, sookie-baby but either “sooks” or “sookie-babies”. I have never heard the “sookie” as plural.” … Continue reading →

The name for Apple’s new iPod, iPod Shuffle reminds me of the very first Sony MD player I bought . If I’m not wrong, I was one of the first people to actually have one. (I think it was that … Continue reading →

The last RC4 of Postgres 8.0 is running on (yes, you heard that right) the Playstation 2! From the Postgres-General mailing-list:  Hi, I’ve tested RC4 on Linux on the PlayStation 2 again (compare http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-hackers/2004-08/msg01339.php). With –disable-spinlocks everything but the two … Continue reading →

As a frequent user of UseNet (still), I must say that the latest beta of Google Groups totally sucks. I think it’s the layout. Check for example the initial layout when going to a group (or in UseNet lingo ‘newsgroup’). … Continue reading →

The first thing that grabbed my attention was this movie showing the path of the Dec 26 Tsunami wave over at CBC’s. The movie comes from the Pacific Marine Environment Labaratory. The PMEL has quite some information about that tsunami. … Continue reading →