Monthly Archives: May 2006
Catalan translator
As far as I know, this is the first online translator that supports all the native languages spoken in Spain (Castellano, Catalan, Galician and Basque). And don’t forget that (should you feel the need) you can always conjugate your Catalan … Continue reading
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(No) SMOKIN’!
Starting today Montreal is a non-smoking city (the ban applies throughout Quebec). No smoking, not even in bars — a big change for the culture. Predictably, people went out with one last immense puff of glory last night… I’m still … Continue reading
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Lovely spam, wonderful spam
Well, the blog has started getting bombarded by spam comments — recently I’ve had to moderate (aka delete) about 30 every day — so I’ve turned back on the “feature” that requires users to log in before posting comments. Since … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Travel
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What a welcome!
Yesterday (Wednesday) I arrived in Barcelona, and what a welcome I received! The weather was beautiful (compared to the grey raininess of Montreal of the past week) — ah, the joys of life with doors and windows open at all … Continue reading
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We’re all searching for…
…something. On Google, that is. But for what? And who is doing all this searching, and from where? Of course, Canada is practically the only country searching for Tim Hortons, and also first place in Hockey. Predictable. Seems Americans are … Continue reading
Posted in Just...life!
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Irritating springtime sexual activity
…that’s what bugs me and many other people this time of year — the sexual activity of trees. They’re cranking out pollen and doing what “comes naturally” in order to procreate, but it sure makes the lives of many humans … Continue reading
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Zoom, zoom, zoom
I gave in to temptation this week and bought myself a little regalo. It’s one of my weaknesses: cameras. I’ve always wanted a long-zoom camera with full manual control, and in fact my first digital camera was a Minolta Dimage … Continue reading
Posted in Hardware, Montreal
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Been away…can you ‘sense us’?
I was off to Manitoba last week, visiting with family and (generally) enjoying friendly small-town life. They do have the Internet in small-town Manitoba but I didn’t really have access (or interest) while I was away. The weather wasn’t great … Continue reading
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