A long day has past

Hi Everybody,

A long day has past and I won the fight. Wordpress and some really useful widgets are now installed the "open source" company website.

May the games begin.

Just visit the "open source" company website and start commenting. For now, we're looking for a big one right from the get go:

a name.

So, if you are trying to take the credit for that one, shoot me a comment with your suggestions for a name.

Thanx.

The "open source" company

A little bit of self promotion. I've just a new company... not so exciting in itself, but this one has a twist. It does not have a name yet, it does not have a logo, just an empty shell web presence at this point.

The company will be making wooden kids toys in responsible ways, with proper (FSC) wood, paints that are not dangerous to the health and from power from 100% renewable sources.

This company is open source, not the software kind of open source, it's open source because anyone can contribute and is asked to contribute to the company. Have an idea for a name? Logo? Slogans? etc... you can contribute them. In a sense, YOU CAN BE MY BOSS!

Rethinking the desktop

Do you think it's time to reinvent the desktop on your computer? Maybe not the highest priority on your list of things to change, but there's a company that is trying to make handling files on your desktop more real life analog to how we deal with files and documents on our real desk. Check it out, it's really neat.

Alternatives to TV

Have you ever been annoyed at TV? As for me, I really dislike that fact that TV really is just a giant stream of advertisement. I'm sick of advertisement. With the amount of ads, shouldn't TV be free? I'm exaggerating a bit, but the TV stations are getting money from the customer and from the companies advertising on their channels. Does that sound iffy to you?

Well. But there is alternatives.

First, I'd like to tell you about Joost. It is like TV on your computer streamed using torrent technology. You can watch the shows at your own time, pause and fast forward them, similar to TiVo. It's free, and more and more channels are jumping on with them. Joost has just switched from an invite only beta testing to an open service. Please check it out, you will be amazed.

Second, this is just an example, more than an alternative. Tom Green (please don't roll your eyes...) has been broadcasting his own show from his living room. Unlike his previous goof shows, his show is really positive talk show and fun to watch, no advertisement break, and of course free of charge. He's had his ups and downs with some amazing and some boring guests, but this is an example of how we could have TV streaming over the internet in the future, bypassing expensive and useless technology (what are all those satellite dishes for?).

I'm excited to see what will come in the future. I'm sure there's lots more to come.

We are all loosers in the election

Hi,

I'm not a big politics kind of guy, because I don't trust it (and I think there's much more effective ways do influence politics other than voting). For all those not in Ontario/Canada, we had an election yesterday. I wouldn't be mentioning it here, if it wasn't for the referendum. One was the regular election, the other one a referendum. Ontarians had the chance to get a new voting system which in my eyes makes a lot more sense and is much more democratic than what we have. This country is so "un-progressive" it makes me sick. Canada has no backbone!!!!. The new proposed system would have been more fair for actually representing the people of this country. I'm not quite sure why the newer system (MMP) didn't win. It upsets me though, because I can't vote (because I'm a German Citizen). And in that matter all I'll say is:

IHR SEID DOCH ALLE FLASCHEN!!!

Finally Bullfrog Powered

I just received the email saying that our house is now running entirely of green low impact power. It's a wonderfull feeling to know that we are not responsible for polluting the environment through coal and nuclear generated power.

I encourage everyone to check into it. The difference in price is almost neglectable (in our case a max. of $20/ month more).

Please click on the link below to find out more and join the many private houses and companies that are already bullfrog powered. Together, we can make coal and nuclear power plants reduntant.

Click here to become bullfrog powered.

Green Music

Did you ever think about the fact that iTunes actually sells much greener music than your local record store? By buying music online, you are cutting down on emmissions for transportation and manufacturing of packaging.

There's also many other companies that sell mp3's that are well worth checking out.


Klicktrack offers DRM free music with much better compression rates than iTunes and Klicktrack is working toward compression free quality (full CD quality). Please check them out.