eve andersson: "diary of a start-up – this is a story about a company. a company that was profitable from day 1. a company that built products that were useful to many other companies. a company that had ethics, that treated the breadwinners (programmers) with respect, a company that could afford to help people and give away software and training, while still having enough left over to grow and save a few $million in the bank. that is, until the venture capitalists arrived on the scene".
talkin' 'bout ars digita.
"oh yes, i'm sure my life was well within it's usual frame the day before you came." – abba, “the day before you came”.
btw. tanita tikaram made a pretty cool cover version of this song...
it's time for my first visit to prague.
prag city server: "regarding 'drink', the czech republic is aeons ahead of the rest of us. the beer is exquisite, the girls are lovely, sorry, the wine from s. moravia is lovely, the vodka comes in a million different tastes, bottles and prices (a bit like whisky) and the sub-culture that surrounds the entire subject of alcohol is rich beyond mere words. i rather believe that if it wasn't for the fact that I hate becoming 'tired and emotional' (or drunk, as the state is otherwise known) i think i would probably be a dead man by now".
frank zappa and the prague underground.
das parlament: "klischees prägten lange zeit das bild vom jeweiligen nachbarn. die annäherung zwischen tschechen und deutschen – auch zwischen den einstigen sozialistischen 'bruderstaaten' cssr und ddr – verlief langsamer, als offiziell propagiert".
oh, the central european review suspends publication "so that the cer team can devote itself fully to securing its future"... hopefully.
"much of what is being written, said or, done about database management is irrelevant, misleading, or outright wrong." – fabian pascal, "practical issues in database management".
although the author breaks with all my beloved ideals and conceptions of "cookbook" approaches to gain programming knowledge, i think it is good to listen to such dogmatic and militant words of a person with expertise from time to time.
thanks to mr tinytalk for this book recommendation.
from my referrers: abbe normal, "a wiki-weblog for our time".
i like the weblog turing test banner.
"with regard to the software and repository that you obtain for the contest, you agree to the license terms as stated in files you download or receive. with regard to an entry you submit as part of the contest, you grant google a worldwide, perpetual, fully paid-up, non-exclusive license to make, sell, or use the technology related thereto, including but not limited to the software, algorithms, techniques, concepts, etc., associated with the entry."
"if you don't like it, you are free to go to some different place. finish."
yeah, right, you damn bloody communists!
ooh, lovely lessons in applied discourse.
if i just could remember where i know klaus theweleit from...?
tripod.de: "das neue und verbesserte tripod wird voraussichtlich am mittwoch, dem 13. februar 2002, wieder erreichbar sein."
haha. heheheh. wuahahahahah!
what's a week compared to eternity? (still laughing my pants off).
monochrom: mouse over matter. ouch!
this is great. although already from last october. but this is the usual timespan it takes for me to finally get myself involved in a public netbase project. today i can look at all this with far less prejudices (as long as there is no other t0 mumbo-jumbo acute at the time).
tuesday 29 may 2001: "got no nose hair but want to experience the pain of plucking them out, too?"
markkula center for applied ethics: who owns the moon?
association of autonomous astronauts: who owns outer space?
q: are we not progressive? a: we are lunatics.
heise.de: "web-inhalte: verschoben ist nicht gelöscht – samuel althof, sprecher der vereinigung aktion kinder des holocaust, hat eine strafanzeige gegen die verantwortlichen von switzerland.indymedia.org bei der schweizer polizei wegen antisemitischer veröffentlichungen gestellt. auf der website des linken infoportals würden sich antisemitische beiträge häufen, die verantwortlichen 'moderatorinnen + redakteurinnen' würden diese aber nicht entfernen, sondern nur mit einem kommentar in den 'zensurkübel' verschieben. dort seien sie nicht nur weiter einsehbar, der zensurkübel enthalte auch durch 'die ansammlung 'gelöschter' beiträge eine bewusst gewollte attraktivität'".
oy, sometimes a great idea can cause more trouble than doing it the usual way. i always liked to see ugly postings rather to be moved to a special place than simply being deleted. but it seems i have to reconsider this concept a little bit...
heise's telepolis has some information about the issue, too.