Monthly Archives: December 2003

Where did the Wind go?

Windless… On the way to finalising the shopping for New Year’s…

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Who visits the Cinema on Christmas?

Had a reasonably relaxed Christmas. Went to see “Return of the King” today with my father and sister. Liked it, but I’ll probably prefer the extended DVD version as I did with all the other films.

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Pop

Yoko Kanno — Be Human (Stand Alone Complex 2nd OST) Nitin Sawhney — Human Nelly Furtado — Powerless Seal — Love’s Divine

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Making Progress

Now the only thing that keeps us (Alex and me) from completing “1080° Avalanche” is the Extreme cup and the tricks section (of which we don’t have the slightest idea of how to make enough points… ). Collecting the coins … Continue reading

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SF (re-)done well for a change

I just watched the new “Battlestar Galactica” mini-series, and thought it was really good. Very good effects and plenty of suspense / drama. If they get a decent budget and the same principal actors, I’m all for a new TV-series!

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Fighting spare time

Although I’m always complaining that I don’t seem to have any time, I finished “DeusEx: Invisible War” and “Prince of Persia – Sands of Time”.DE:IW is a good game, again with many conflicting choices – but this time around most … Continue reading

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Anfänger-Schnee

This is (if I remember correctly) the first proper snow in Hannover. It is still quite warm though (> 0°C) and the snow is thus more reminiscent of a “slush puppy” than anything else. Melts quite quickly, too…

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Read or Die TV

Read or Die TV really kicks ass. It does have a few slow (but never boring) moments, but when they do action, they do it right (e.g. episode 13)!! Great music, nicely drawn animation.

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Ouch!

That is what happens when you have to help your parents refurbish some flat. And on the third day, he managed roll 3 spikes into / through his finger and nail… So the damage is actually on the other side.

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Once in a blue moon

Creative has published new Audigy drivers. Maybe these manage not to crash in TetriNet…

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This or a Reinstall

Upgraded my RAM to 1gig. System feels much more responsive (and it’s at about 1/3 the price I paid for my original 512mb).

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Language Jewels

Did a little scripting in Ruby, and it is a really neat language (with a huge amount of nifty bindings), although embedding it is next to impossible. I also think that my Ruby-”style” leaves a lot to be desired, I … Continue reading

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