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Category Archives: Hyperlinks
Hockey is played with a…
A painting in the National Gallery of Washington appears to depict a couple of Dutch people playing a game of hockey. So, who have invented hockey? The Canadians or Americans? Was it Windsor, Montreal, Great Bear Lake, Halifax or Houghton. … Continue reading
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Freecommander
I decided to try the Freelancer demo (Digital Anvil / Microsoft). I wasn’t really impressed. It’s a 2003 game, yes. And although it looks and feels like Elite, Freelancer is not exciting. Rumours has it that the game designer (Chris … Continue reading
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Spanish elections
As noted earlier (see ‘Elsewhere links’), the current Spanish government lost the elections and this has been noted in specific circles of ‘warbloggers’. Says the most famous of them (Instapundit): “Eric Olsen has more thoughts on what is, I’m afraid, … Continue reading
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Gross, right
Via Marshall Brain’s, ‘Keyboards are dirtier than toilets’, an article from the Australian ABC. “When someone is infected with a cold or flu bug, the surfaces they touch during the day become germ transfer points because some cold and flu … Continue reading
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And the Xth planet will be called…
Brace yourself for tomorrow’s announcement of the 10th planet circulation our Sun. But, is it really a planet? And of course the planet needs a name too: it has been given the name Sedna, the Innuit Goddess of the Sea, … Continue reading
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Doubtful
Alfons’ computer, the computer running this blog, made it into Google’s image database. That is, prominently, between pretty images of Doubtful Sound, New Zealand. I wonder what that means (via Alfons).
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Roll up the rim 2004
Just last night I (casually) predicted to my wife that the Tim Hortons’ ‘Roll Up the Rim’ contest was about to start. Today it actually started, as one can tell from the Horton site. Long time readers will also remember … Continue reading
Alien vs. Predator
Browsing through the movie trailers at Apple, I noticed the ones for ‘Alien vs. Predator’. There’s this one (the trailer) and that one (featurette) and both made me laugh out loudly. I wonder why people would be interested to see … Continue reading
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Adverse Drugs reaction database
Underreported in the media, but the CBC acquired the Adverse Drugs reaction database from Health Canada, using the federal Access to Information act. The CBC reported about the evolution of the database on February 17th. CBC’s version of the database … Continue reading
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Crap (once again)
For the company I’m working for I have been thinking of writing software that grabs currency rates from the Bank of Canada. I’m truly impressed with the openness of the national bank, however, I do not agree with their concept … Continue reading
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Korean War
While looking for historic references to the start of the Korean War, I ran into an interesting FAQ which details the Chinese point of view: “China’s objective was to keep the hostile American forces away from the Yalu river to … Continue reading
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Do not pick up virusses!
Via Paul Beard’s, free posters (“as in beer”) from Microsoft to help people ‘protect their stuff’. My favourite one is the one with the ‘Do not pick up virusses’ slogan. Where do I pick up these virusses, you said? Quote: … Continue reading
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Shared source arrangements
EPIC managed to get access to the agreement between the National Institute of Standards and Technology and Microsoft. The agreement allows the institute to gain access to Microsoft sourcecode. The Microsoft presentation is here and portions of the contract here. … Continue reading
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