I wrote this on the Ello.co, spontaneous piece, but as writing something on a platform that has no reach (yet) is a bit senseless, it’s blog post time. One thing I really Really miss about modern day social networks is the social aspect of meeting new people. Most of the tools SUCK for that. ICQContinue reading “A bit on Ello & making friends”
Category Archives: Interwebs
A quick bit on Ello
There’s a new kid on the social media block and it’s called ello. Its minimalistic by design aesthetic and looks very smooth. Others say it looks clinical, and it’s been called the start of the Miserable Web. There’s a new kid on the block and the writers smell blood. Everyone is putting in their 2Continue reading “A quick bit on Ello”
Yestedays’ tweet that was not sent
Listening to music yesterday, inspired by “MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – CAN’T HOLD US”, I tweeted Video: Mixed feelings. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – CAN’T HOLD US Hot beat, great tempo, really picks you up….. http://t.co/2FVmuQ7Bu2 — Gert 🍑 (@g3n) August 28, 2013 the entire tumbrl text: Mixed feelings. MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS – CAN’T HOLDContinue reading “Yestedays’ tweet that was not sent”
I was NOT promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia. What About The Flying Cars?!
Yearly reminder: unless you're over 60, you weren't promised flying cars. You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia. Here you go. — Kyle Marquis (@Moochava) July 10, 2013 FUCK NO! “unless you’re over 60, you weren’t promised flying cars. You were promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia.” I’m 31 and I grew up with The Jetsons, thoseContinue reading “I was NOT promised an oppressive cyberpunk dystopia. What About The Flying Cars?!”
Why I shop Google Music
I like buying music. I bought a lot of CDs and contrary to some people I have a wad of CDs. Nothing out of the usual though, a few shelves. But I grew tired of buying disks, rippint them to digital and never touching them again. I only listen to digital files, I don’t haveContinue reading “Why I shop Google Music”
Big brother is no longer relevant. From my recent tor article.
A paragraph from the new tor article. If not using tor, at least realize this The big fear of big brother watching you is no longer really relevant, we give away our data to what has affectionately been called “little sister”. She woes you with pretty images, convenience and a voyeuristic view on the livesContinue reading “Big brother is no longer relevant. From my recent tor article.”
Newznab – Adentures in indexing
With the recent closing of Newzbin and then a few days later NZBMatrix, the heat is obviously on for Usenet indexers. The funny thing is though that these are, as any search engine, just aggregating meta data. The internet climate has obviously gotten extremely poisonous lately, where the mechanisms that the law provides (DMCA takedowns,Continue reading “Newznab – Adentures in indexing”
On being knowledgeable about life versus living
A quote from “Trust Me, I’m Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator”. Quote by Paul Lazarsfeld and Robert Merton : The interested and informed citizen can congratulate himself on his lofty state of interest and information and neglect to see that he has abstained from decision and action. In short, he takes his secondaryContinue reading “On being knowledgeable about life versus living”
Conversations: Trying to give money for digital content
I was talking to a nice person in publishing when he asked me the following question. I might have given him more of an answer than he bargained for.. A third in the conversation series (because I am SO interesting!) Just out of curiosity, Where do you typically buy your ebooks? Buying anything digital theseContinue reading “Conversations: Trying to give money for digital content”
Switched Mobile WordPress plugin
As I mentioned yesterday, I installed a dreaded Mobile plugin. I first installed the WordPress Mobile Pack and while that worked, it didnt entirely do what I needed it to do. It was very very extensive but it wanted to create an m.blog.cone.be for the mobi version and that just wasnt what I had inContinue reading “Switched Mobile WordPress plugin”
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