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My Blogroll

Friday, August 15th, 2008

As I found myself asking for the author’s blogroll over at rc3.org I realized that I had never put up such a thing on my site. A blogroll — for you non-techies out there — is a list of other blogs that a blogger reads regularly. Luckily this is very easy to accomplish in Google [...]

John McCain: Dazed and Confused

Thursday, August 14th, 2008

YouTube – TPMtv: Dazed and Confused. John Sidney McCain III, born August 29, 1936, is 71 years old. Are we seeing the first signs of dementia? Judge for yourself… Update: More fun… YouTube – John McCain Bonus Nonsense.

Software Doesn’t Work, Company Goes Bankrupt

Friday, February 15th, 2008

This is just a quick note to all those of you who subscribe to the “software is a commodity, so it doesn’t matter” idea. Sure, IT systems are as commonplace today as running water or electricity. But then again, imagine running your business without running water and electricity. This seems to be pretty much what [...]

s t r a y m a t t e r

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Most of you will know that I enjoy both reading and photography immensely. I closely follow a number of “photoblogs” — both for pure enjoyment and for inspiration. One of these, though, stands out. Stray Matter is an astounding piece of art — not just for its photography but also for its incredible combination of [...]

Spam

Monday, July 9th, 2007

Spam has become a fundamental problem of the Internet. Without the extremely efficient spam filters available these days (such as the excellent service provided by Gmail), email would have become completely unusable a long time ago. As sad as it is, though, everybody has simply gotten used to email spam. What fascinates me, though, is [...]

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