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Wii!

So, finally, after close to 25 years of not owning a video game console (the previous one was a Philips Videopac G7000 system from the early 1980s), we finally took the plunge and got ourselves a Nintendo Wii system. It … Continue reading

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Biannual update

Wow, I really suck at this blogging business, don’t I? Anyway, here is today’s random selection of brain lint. On new year’s eve I proposed to Linda, and the crazy wench accepted! We’re doomed! Aaah!! (I’m joking, dear. Ow. Stop. … Continue reading

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Random musings…

So, I guess I have some catching up to do… Marte is growing. No surprise there, really, but it happens much faster than you would think when you’re smack in the middle of her doing so. She can smile (occasionally), … Continue reading

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Who do I vote for?

The more I listen to our beloved politicians, the more convinced I am that I have to chose between the Black Plague, cholera, cancer, tuberculosis and several unpleasant sexually transmitted diseases. Before, unless my memory is playing tricks on me, … Continue reading

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Quirky connection blues

Following the trend of general breakage, my ADSL-connection flatlined on me this morning. You really don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone, I tell you. Oh, the withdrawals! Anyway, I phoned my provider’s support hotline, and got through within … Continue reading

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Dodgy Disk Day 2005

(Yes, I know this event spans several days, but the name was too catchy to pass up on.) Time to fire up ye olde backup scripts, people. It’s that time of the year again. First, one of my 80 GB … Continue reading

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