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Computers and that

Hits and bits

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Arthur

After months of being too busy, I finally managed to finish up the program that imports ZoneAlarm logs into a Postgres database (trust me, you need a tank to deal with this kind of data): I’ve been using ZoneAlarm, literally, … Continue reading →

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Jade Empire

Posted on July 2, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier this week, I finished the game ‘Jade Empire’ in a total time of 12 hours. The game is a (fantasy) RPG, set in ancient China and is powered by the oh-so familiar Bioware engine. If you’ve played Knights of … Continue reading →

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36 and integers

Posted on June 24, 2006 by Arthur

Yesterday, CBC’s “Information Morning” celebrated its 36 anniversary, which you can tell from this page 1. Look at the tiny pictures! While plenty of people complain about the local CBC station and its programme, I prefer it above the other … Continue reading →

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H-umor

Posted on June 19, 2006 by Arthur

Over at the Old Grande Lady of Paperworks, The Times that is, an interview with phenomenon Ze Frank from the Ze Frank Show, a show that you either like or don’t like. That said, the following quote from Clay Shirky … Continue reading →

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Eood

Posted on June 10, 2006 by Arthur

Once again, I missed the World Cup Soccer games: England vs. Paraguay(1-0), Argentina vs. Ivorycoast 2-1 and Trinidad vs. Sweden 0-0. Early this morning I found out that my TSN channel wasn’t in my cable package anymore, something I reported … Continue reading →

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Galactic Civilizations 2

Posted on May 27, 2006 by Arthur

I decided to look for GalCiv2 at the local EB Games franchise, which I found eventually. StarDock’s 4X game had so much praise, that I thought it might be interesting to add this one to my (already bulky) HD. The … Continue reading →

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Civilization, part X

Posted on May 21, 2006 by Arthur

Earlier today, I decided to update my Civ 4 version (1.09) to the latest patch, which is 1.61 (earlier). And yes, this is true (from the readme notes): “v1.52 is a major upgrade to Civ IV and includes numerous optimizations … Continue reading →

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Pro Evolution!!

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Arthur

Actually, this is not going to be a pro-rant about evolution, rather a posting in praise of Konami’s Pro Evolution Soccer, or (as we know it in North America) Winning Eleven 9. Previously, I used to play FIFA Soccer, which … Continue reading →

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Civilization 4 (IX)

Posted on May 9, 2006 by Arthur

After playing a couple of quick rounds of Civ4, I noticed that the latest patch had been released last month: version 1.61, which you can grab from the 2K Games site (maps can also be downloaded separately, Europe, US, Asia, … Continue reading →

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Doom 3 recap

Posted on April 18, 2006 by Arthur

Today, I decided to finish off Doom 3 and beat the ‘boss monster’, which I apparently did in a shorter time than beating the one from the level (appropriately) called ‘Hell’. It was that level that had me wonder why … Continue reading →

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Back to that BIOS

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Arthur

Following up on the BIOS story: Yesterday, before installing the ATI card, I went into the BIOS to disable the primary (onboard) SiS video adapter to find out that the Primary Video Card setting was already set to PCI [instead … Continue reading →

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Bloody huh

Posted on March 25, 2006 by Arthur

While ‘Doom 3’ (XBOX) is absolutely a great game from a graphical point of view, I have plenty of criticism on the gameflow, or rather, the single-mindedness of it: “KILL-YAAAAAARGHH”. There are situations where I had the impression that the … Continue reading →

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And uh.. once again

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Arthur

Once again, I decided to do a WordPress update. This time I was actually prepared and created a simple shell script that should get me going next time. No mention what was actually updated, exept for some information at the … Continue reading →

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