Monthly Archives: January 2003

Performance Monitor (PDH) again

When you’ve added a counter to a query whose instance does not exist yet, then you get an PDH_STATUS_NO_INSTANCE error (or something like it). But you still get that same error after the instance has been created; even if you … Continue reading

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The Transporter

I went to see “The Transporter” on the weekend (mainly because it was (partly) produced by Luc Besson). Very entertaining, but not perfect… Like most action-films a bit stupid / sassy at times, but overall well worth watching…

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More ABe

And after having finished the project, I watched the rest (i.e. episodes 09-13) of “Haibane-Renmei” (Charcoal Feathers Federation) and they managed to pull it off very nicely! Kudos to Yoshitoshi Abe and Tokoro Tomokazu for an excellent series (which not … Continue reading

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Uni and Hobby Projects

2nd CTM (Computing Techniques and Methods) done! Maybe now I can get a bit of work done on the USB-controller app…?

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Getting old

“Star Trek – Nemesis” is crap (IMO). It just felt like going through the motions. And it copied from all over the place:<SPOILERS>Buggy = “Final Fantasy” Costume = “Batman” Data Download = “The Matrix” Falling Loser = “Star Wars III” … Continue reading

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PerfMon Troubles

Finished writing a (self-installing) WinNT/2K/XP Performance Monitor Extension DLL. What a pain… But now it seems to be working.

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Singing Eggs

I managed to finish “RahXephon”. I’m not quite sure what I think of it yet, but it is a good series (with some parallels to “Neon Genesis / Shin Seiki Evangelion”, but oddly enough they’re not the ones which seem … Continue reading

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Bicycle Delivery

You can safely start watching “Witch Hunter Robin” at episode #11 and not miss any of the story (well… watch eps #01-02, too – for the introduction). But the story seems to be worth it… As an aside: Why has … Continue reading

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no more exams for last term

(…for better or worse…)

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Love-Hate

“Hajime no Ippo” is strangely addictive (much like “Initial D”). And that although it’s a sports anime about boxing, which I detest…

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Disillusioned

“Gatekeepers 21″ is surprisingly good. In fact, it’s excellent (in contrast to the TV series). It’s set 30 years later, still has the “obligatory” schoolgirls, but is much darker and gloomy in feel and concentrates on a much smaller cast … Continue reading

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next exam on wednesday… :(

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