Internet

cencorship

Flickr's in hot water again

Yesterday Flickr released localization for their service in German, Spanish, French and a few other languages. Which would be a good thing, if they wouldn’t in return censor search results for certain users of these localizations. Images that are flagged by Flickr as

barcamp

And so that was Barcamp...

… and it was fun! Our presentation of Medienschelte.at went down quite well with the crowd, and the ensuing discussion was actually quite a bit more vibrant than I had

Books

On projects

Well, so we didn’t win the 2007 Lulu Blooker Prize with the Messages from the Lost Continent. It still was great to be shortlisted. Congratulations to the winners. On another note, I’ve started a new project with a friend. It’s called

fluff

Breaking News - Internet is offensive

I could write a long post about why this is ridiculous, but it’d be just too damn easy. Too fucking easy, actually. Just a note: having major news outlets release stories about the alleged offensiveness of the web on the basis of a

Internet

King of the Internet

Alright, I know it’s the easy way out to just post content someone else made, but what can I say? After watching this video you too will want to show it to everyone else you know. Trust me!

Internet

The World according to...

Haha

allofmp3

Russia under fire - for illegal downloads

From the Results of Bilateral Negotiations on Russia’s Accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), November 19th: The United States and Russia have agreed on a binding blueprint for actions that Russia will take to address piracy and counterfeiting and improve protection and

blogging

In which I announce my going to a blogging event

Since I’m too cheap (or rather “frugal”) to pay the 100€ for Blogtalk Reloaded here in Vienna, I will attend another blogging event today that’s probably quite as much fun as above mentioned 2-day event. Why? Because it probably won’t be

craigslist

What makes me hate the Internet

I love the Internet. I especially like the services that let me connect, share and compare my ideas, my ideals and my interests with others. But there’s a dirty underbelly to that wonderful creation, and that’s the fact that there are thousands

fun

My Pollock

That’s my Pollock (no, not the fish, silly). Or, rather, that’s one of them. I think I spent two hours on this website trying to imitate something like this, but gave up and settled for the one above. Try it, it’s

flickr

Valleyschwag is here

I didn’t actually expect it to ever arrive, but lo and behold, it is here. It arrived with yesterday’s mail, and as always, the Austrian postal service did a fantastic job of delaying an already delayed parcel. Go here to look at

Internet

Fluxiom and Box.net

I’ve been wanting to write a little bit about Fluxiom, Vienna based file storage and sharing app for a few days now. I was always too busy, and now Michael Arrington from TechCrunch is stealing my thunder. Read his review and you’ll

activism

Maturity-challenged

There’s a story making the rounds about a Chinese blogger notorious for his criticism of the Chinese government, and the problems he’s facing getting his word out. His blog, hosted on MSN Spaces, was taken down recently. Here’s the whole scoop.

Internet

Diigo - the annotating heaven

It’s the new year, and I’ll introduce it by introducing another great bookmarking service I’ve been made aware of lately. The pretty thing is called Diigo, and despite it’s rather clunky naming, I’ve fallen in love with it already.

fiction

The big picture...

…has emerged, eventually. To chime in with Mig, thanks Horst for letting me participate. It really was quite something.

Internet

Gervais in sound

Just in case you haven’t heard about it yet (you probably have), Ricky Gervais of “The Office” fame has got his own podcast now. Now, I actually wanted to say that Gervais’ podcast is the funniest one out there, but that wouldn’t

activism

Starbucks Challenge update

So, the Starbucks Challenge 2.0 has ended, and sure enough, results were worse than after the initial challenge. Oh well, what a surprise. Green LA girl is still at it with a vengeance (after having moved to this new location), and has put

del.icio.us

Simpy's the new delicious

Now that del.icio.us has been bought by Yahoo, thereby thrown from obscurity into the mainstream, it’s time to openly promulgate: Simpy is the new del.icio.us. Mark my words.

boltfolio

Waiting for Google calendar

Well, I feel like a total nerd because I waited all day on the 6th, expecting a message on Digg or Slashdot that Google Calendar had launched. Sure as hell, that message never appeared. Now, I’m still waiting for this calendar thing to

Internet

N.A.D.D.

Uh oh, after reading this article on 43 Folders, I think I may be suffering from N.A.D.D. Not good, not good.

Internet

Netvibes

I just stumbled upon Netvibes. It’s very similar to Google’s personalized homepage or myYahoo (you know, personalized news, email, search, etc.). I just quickly scanned what it has to offer, and from what I see, I think it would be the perfect

Google_Analytics

Another Google Week

Well, it looks like it’s another Google shipping week. Monday they announced Google Analytics, which is what they made out of Urchin, an acquired company doing web-statistics. It’s completely free for sites below a certain number of page hits (and it’s

blogsearch

Sphere Beta

A while back I signed up for a beta account for Sphere , which, in its “about” section, defines itself like this: Sphere is a new kind of blog search engine that uses an advanced algorithm to discover high-quality, relevant, and timely blog posts. Well,

Internet

What's in a name?

When I checked my website stats yesterday, I stumbled upon this gem of network nomenclature: I had to resize the image, otherwise it wouldn’t have fit on this very page. Click to see it full-sized and unblurred.

austria

First Austrian podcasting platform - NOT

In yesterday’s [Daily Source Code](Daily Source Code), Adam Curry said something to the effect that podcasting was created because people were fed up with what mainstream radio had to offer them. Incidentally, today I saw a commercial for something the overexcited voice