October 2005
November 2005 2005-11-1 (0 words)
more...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)!
... more...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.
... more...because you deserve to know 2005-10-26 (122 words)
All that content output recently and then I go quiet again. What's up?
... more...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.
... more...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:
... more...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
... more...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...
more...reverse bookmarking 2005-10-19 (74 words)
Ok, somehow I'm sure this has been done:
... more...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" :)
more...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...
... more...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?
... more...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.
... more...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"...
more...structured blogging and microformats 2005-10-19 (205 words)
Ok, I've been catching up on current developments a little.
... more...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?
... more...blogging will not teach you to write 2005-10-13 (134 words)
Blogging is a good writing exercise. But it lacks (constructive) feedback.
... more...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?
... more...more packing thougths 2005-10-21 (220 words)
I've been packaging old memories again. A lot of "valuable" stuff.
... more...one failed first impression 2005-10-14 (166 words)
So the demo went good, and bad.
... more...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!
more...(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.
... more...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:
... more...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.
... more...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".
... more...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!
... more...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.
more...Do I have a name? 2005-10-17 (70 words)
I posted about the 'global microbrand' earlier. So, what is my personal 'brand' anyway?
... more...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.
... more...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.
... more...Polyphasic Sleep 2005-10-20 (105 words)
Another interesting post by Steve Pavlina, here he talks about "Polyphasic Sleep".
... more...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.
... more...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...
... more...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:
... more...digital-lifestyle aggregation or digital lifestyle-aggregation? 2005-10-17 (45 words)
So, what are DLAs about?
... more...October 2005 2005-10-4 (0 words)
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