Monthly Archives: August 2003

Bird tests positive for West Nile

Posted on August 31, 2003 by Arthur

A dead bluejay tested positive for the West Nile virus. The bird was found in Kings county, NS, and is the first known bird to have died from the virus this year. On a positive note, researchers expect that the … Continue reading →

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From revolution to reconstruction

Posted on August 31, 2003 by Arthur

Interesting set of pages covering American history, surprisingly hosted and created by people from the Dutch RUG (Rijks universiteit Groningen). Covers presidents and their most important speeches, biographies of historical persons and more stuff you won’t find at your local … Continue reading →

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Gas consumers turn to web

Posted on August 30, 2003 by Arthur

The Herald carries an article that suggests that car owners flock to the web to find ways to cut their gas bills. Sites like Gasbuddy.com and NewBrunswickGasPrices.com have seen the number of visitors rise after the Great Blackout. Says one … Continue reading →

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That SO.Big virus

Posted on August 29, 2003 by Arthur

Earlier this night, I dissected an SO.Big virus a couple times, the last time in front of my collegue-professionals, which went without real ‘accidents’.

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2001: A Space Odyssey

Posted on August 28, 2003 by Arthur

Is it good? Is it bad? Apparantly the movie was less popular when it was just released in 1968, but during the years it has claimed its little corner in photograpic history. Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space Odyssee” is definitely … Continue reading →

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120 years of electronic music

Posted on August 28, 2003 by Arthur

Via J-Walk’s, 120 years of electronic music1: Starting with Elisha Grey’s Musical Telegraph to nowadays synthesizers. Includes Raymond Scott’s revolutionary Clavivox2, which inspired Bob Moog to start his own (famous) synthesizer company. 1Nov 13, 2012: changed the main url to … Continue reading →

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How to present a presentation (and slam yourself)

Posted on August 28, 2003 by Arthur

While finishing off the slides, I was still in doubt if I was going to use one of the virus samples for the presentation. I think it’s going to depend on the number of people and if they’re interested in … Continue reading →

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Virus! Virus! Alert! Wake Up! Hurry!

Posted on August 28, 2003 by Arthur

I‘m doing a presentation about virusses today, but I have not really made progress with the actual presentation. Sure, I finished the keywords but I’m still ‘in dubio’ about making slides or about providing additional documentation for the people. Not … Continue reading →

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Have your picture taken

Posted on August 27, 2003 by Arthur

The government of Canada has issued new specifications for future-to-be passport holders: when making those passport photos, you’re not supposed to be smiling anymore. To be more precise, a neutral expression and mouth closed as the images clearly demonstrate at … Continue reading →

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Re: Am I out there???

Posted on August 27, 2003 by Arthur

Recovered from the Internet, the first communication between me and my (later to be) wife. That was 1995 and I had been on-line for a couple of months. Gayle had been tinkering with BBS-es too and decided to try the … Continue reading →

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Dike burst

Posted on August 26, 2003 by Arthur

Alfons notes that there was a serious dike burst in the centre part of the Netherlands (link to RNW). 2,000 people were evacutated and luckily nobody was injured. However, Alfons notes something weird in a national newspaper:    “and one of … Continue reading →

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Tabs and categories

Posted on August 26, 2003 by Arthur

A couple of tips on what I did with the tabs and the Movie entries (as shown above/on top of this page). Naturally, the idea is to categorize the entries you want to show as a tab, or in case … Continue reading →

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Hitchcock

Posted on August 26, 2003 by Arthur

Yesterday, for a change, Larry King had an interesting panel discussing an interesting person, Alfred Hitchcock (link to transcript). Pat Hitchcock (his daughter), Janet Leigh, Tippi Hedren and Eva Marie Saint reminisced on the legendary director. Also, I find it … Continue reading →

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