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A new side to Bill Gates

I don’t know why, but I really liked to read this post by Bill Gates. In an odd way it was heart warming :-) Three Things I’ve Learned From Warren Buffett Maybe I should start reading Bill Gates blog as…

NSA back door

This is geek humor at it’s best, and is one of the funniest reactions to PRISM I have seen. Here is a screenshot from the github project flask-nsa The project description simply goes: “Give the NSA free backdoor access to…

The new Google Maps: Explorers delight!

Being interested in maps in general, and specifically vector data, of course I had to take the new Google Maps for a spin. Vector data aside, what fascinated me most was the option to display photos of the current location…

The stuff of spy movies #2

The spy-files Hadn’t heard about The Wikileaks Spy Files before today. This post is a follow up on the previous post on surveillance software. Who knows, maybe I have some of that on my computer as I’m typing this. Better…

The stuff of spy movies #1

Reporters without borders (RSF) have a website on topic: surveillance.rsf.org The topic being malware that can be used to spy on you through your own computer. It is frightening and intriguing at the same time.

Thank you Scott!

I just read this blog post by Scott Hanselman (I’m a phony. Are you?), and it was a bit of a group therapy moment. It’s nice to know that you’re not alone in something!

How I use Mendeley in my studies

This is how I use the Mendeley system for managing my phd. Mendeley has the ability to full-text search downloaded academic papers, and features for adding notes, tags, keywords and more. The advantage is that I can quickly retrieve a…