October 2005


November 2005 2005-11-1 (0 words)

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Happy birthday, little one 2005-10-29 (57 words)

A very happy birthday to my little one: Feline Rita Aurelia spernau is one year of age today (29th of October 2005)!

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another spread 2005-10-18 (174 words)

You might have read that between the lines: I'm in a state of flux, of uncertainty. New things coming - ready or not.

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because you deserve to know 2005-10-26 (122 words)

All that content output recently and then I go quiet again. What's up?

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my return to coding 2005-10-18 (251 words)

It seems I am on the verge of seriously returning to coding. After a break of almost one year.

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DLA thoughts 2005-10-17 (375 words)

I have been digging into the 'Digital Lifestyle Aggregators' (DLAs) concept these last days. I'm not sure if have it straight already, but here's some prelimiary thoughts:

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global microbrand and naming 2005-10-16 (109 words)

Two posts just came together for me: gapingvoid: the global microbrand rant and Seth's Blog: The new rules of naming

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The ETP exodus is almost complete 2005-10-13 (29 words)

Is anyone of the first-hour blogger of the EditThisPage.com bunch still on that platform? Andrea was about the last one I knew of. Now she's moved also...

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reverse bookmarking 2005-10-19 (74 words)

Ok, somehow I'm sure this has been done:

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Tinderbox and Proofreading 2005-10-27 (34 words)

I hate to be so "me too", but what Mark Bernstein describes in Tinderbox And Proofreading is (almost) exactly the process I use for my writing! Ask Elin, she's seen my "exports with metadata" :)

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spidering hacks gone AJAX 2005-10-20 (60 words)

This explanation of the way the MySpace worm was coded reminded me very much of the "Spidering Hacks" I recently coded for a client...

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dreaming while awake 2005-10-20 (486 words)

A human being dreams about every 90 minutes during sleep. If those dream (REM) phases are disrupted, the human becomes ill very soon. But what happens during the day?

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why Squidoo is better than DMOZ or Wikipedia 2005-10-19 (301 words)

Comparing DMOZ, Wikipedia and Squidoo? First, let me explain why and how I think those three are comparable at all.

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no instruction manual 2005-10-19 (25 words)

Just a quick link: Steve Pavlina has a very good post about Manifesting Intentions. I also very much like his metaphor of "no instruction manual"...

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structured blogging and microformats 2005-10-19 (205 words)

Ok, I've been catching up on current developments a little.

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the problem with logic and arguments 2005-10-16 (121 words)

There are people that make very logical arguments in discussions and appear by all means to be logical persons - but with who you simply can't argue. Why is that?

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blogging will not teach you to write 2005-10-13 (134 words)

Blogging is a good writing exercise. But it lacks (constructive) feedback.

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do I need more time? 2005-10-21 (264 words)

The thoughts about polyphasic sleep got me thinking. What would I do with all that extra time?

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more packing thougths 2005-10-21 (220 words)

I've been packaging old memories again. A lot of "valuable" stuff.

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one failed first impression 2005-10-14 (166 words)

So the demo went good, and bad.

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Another textual toy 2005-10-17 (29 words)

I seem to be in the mood for textual games lately. This is a variation of an ancient PHP based toy I did around '02. Got play qirh ObfusKate!

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(10+2)*5 2005-10-21 (112 words)

43 Folders has a nice procrastination hack: “(10+2)*5”. This might be a good start for my "use the time better" thingie.

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thinking like a genious 2005-10-24 (114 words)

A very nice article names "Thinking like a Genius" offers some thinking strategies I will summarize here:

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Do I write Like A Pro? Textual Vanity by traumwind.de 2005-10-12 (122 words)

"Great - please send some D HTML sexy Ajaxy stuff - if you have any." He said. And I didn't - have any. But I made some.

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Tools for Inspiration 2005-10-20 (247 words)

I was musing about what kind of tech I actually am passionate enough about. My one constantly re-occuring tech topic is what started as "similar entries" and which I now prefer to call "associative text".

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How the Bright Idea Deck came to be 2005-10-2 (1257 words)

Having illustrated my own use of the Bright Idea Deck and my own work at creating a specialized Tarot deck I was very curious about how the Bright Idea Deck was created. So I simply went and asked if Mark McElroy might agree to an eMail interview. And he actually did!

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a time of utter chaos 2005-10-27 (57 words)

The upcoming days and nights will be almost utter chaos. We're moving ASAP, and that means I'm typing on the top of a pile of boxes. I need to hope the boxes won't be moved while I'm on them :) See you in a few days time once the dust settles down and I have net access again.

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Do I have a name? 2005-10-17 (70 words)

I posted about the 'global microbrand' earlier. So, what is my personal 'brand' anyway?

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what have I left - and what am I returning to? 2005-10-18 (381 words)

It all seems to have started somewhere around the time Dave Winer released Frontier 5 for Windows.

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What is a DLA? 2005-10-24 (190 words)

What is a "Digital Lifestyle Aggregator"? In the spirit of "Thinking like a Genius" I wanted to shed light on my question from as many angela as I could.

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Polyphasic Sleep 2005-10-20 (105 words)

Another interesting post by Steve Pavlina, here he talks about "Polyphasic Sleep".

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packing and sorting 2005-10-20 (312 words)

We're getting ready to move home again. After less than one year. We came here with the intention to stay.

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FeedTree 2005-10-19 (94 words)

This sounds like a very good idea. With the rising popularity of RSS something has to be done to optimize the aging delivery system...

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Tarot storytelling 2005-10-4 (158 words)

Here's an article dealing with Tarot storytelling, in a very tarot-ish way. You may gloss over the spiritual mumbojumbo all you like, but it has some very useful concepts in there:

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digital-lifestyle aggregation or digital lifestyle-aggregation? 2005-10-17 (45 words)

So, what are DLAs about?

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October 2005 2005-10-4 (0 words)

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