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Jul 26 / 9:54am

It's about time that hockey is being played down here in Europe

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Jul 18 / 11:30am

The internet is open, decentralised and totally neutral ..

.. let's keep it that way.

(via trm)

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Jul 16 / 2:02am

Pandora's box has been opened

The experiment survived two early comments this morning. Yet at 10.35am a friend posted "[...] Just clicking like is simply not enough [...]". And since it's usually that time of the day where lots of my friends are online (or awake for that matter) everyone who has liked the status was informed about the comment. It was exactly what I was afraid of (see point three of negative effects). Since then already eight people commented on the status, within the last 15 minutes.

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Jul 15 / 3:46pm

My social media experiment

Birthdays are a great way to see how much you're connected to your friends. Today is mine and I'm taking the chance. I'm currently running a small social media experiment on facebook. I know from some friends that people believe it's your birthday if facebook tells them. I remember them putting a wrong birthday on purpose on their pages to fool the others. And it works. But let's see how far you can go with it.

What always bothered me is that most of the people simply put a "happy birthday" on the walls. I didn't want to have this. So I chose to make it as simple as possible for others to share their wishes with me without them having to be creative. I closed my wall for messages and I've just updated my status to:

It's allowing my friends on facebook to be part of my birthday with a minimal effort. One click! From other online campaigns I learnt that such a 1-Click-Committment is the most you can get out of people anyway.

The experiment will be running now for the next 24 hours. And I know that there are some risks. (I haven't done a swot analysis, though.)

Positive effects may include:

  • Getting a lot of birthday wishes more than I would do normally without my friends having to care.
  • If I get many "likes" it'll appear prominently on other's facebook streams.
  • In the end I could easily send a thank you, to all at once :) (In recent years I took the time to thank each an everyone on their walls.)

Negative effects may include:

  • People feel bewildered, might not be ready for such a thing.
  • People might not want to be just a "like" among others.
  • Since I closed the wall for today, their action may only involve sending me a real message or comment on the status. By doing the latter they would of course annoy everyone else who just "like" me having birthday. Also if one person starts commenting others might follow and then we're screwed. ;)

All the other effects I will experience over the day. And I'm excited .. hey, it's my birthday after all. :-)

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Jul 9 / 3:21pm

How did I miss that?

Itt van a gumimaci, a nevem Gummy Gummy. Én vagyok gumi cumi cili cuci gumimaci. Oh engem nyalni lehet mint a gumi cumit. Én vagyok Gummy nyami cili culi gumimaci.

Én vagyok a gumimaci. Gyere már gyere velem. Gyere táncolj már kérlek. Get the party pop. Én vagyok a gumicummi. Cicci meg a kodile a mambó csoda. Pápé gyere már és táncolj party pop.

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Jul 7 / 4:41pm

67-es út

Nagy esők jönnek és elindulok, elmegyek innen messze,
A 67-es úton várhatsz rám dideregve,
Nyáréjszakán, ha nem jövök, esik az eső és mennydörög,
A csillagokkal, ha szédülök, esik az eső és nem találsz rám.

Csillagok, csillagok mondjátok el nekem,
Merre jár, hol lehet most a kedvesem,
Veszélyes út, amin jársz, veszélyes út, amin járok,
Egyszer te is hazatalálsz, egyszer én is hazatalálok.

Nagy esők jönnek és itt maradok, itt maradok örökre,
A 67-es út mellett, az árokparton ülve
Nyáréjszakán, ha nem jövök, esik az eső és mennydörög,
A csillagokkal, ha szédülök, esik az eső és nem találsz rám.

Csillagok, csillagok mondjátok el nekem,
Merre jár, hol lehet most a kedvesem,
Veszélyes út, amin jársz, veszélyes út, amin járok,
Egyszer te is hazatalálsz, egyszer én is hazatalálok.

Nagy esők jönnek és elindulok, elmegyek innen messze,
A 67-es úton várhatsz rám dideregve
Nyáréjszakán, ha nem jövök, esik az eső és mennydörög,
A csillagokkal, ha szédülök, esik az eső és nem találsz rám.

Csillagok, csillagok mondjátok el nekem,
Merre jár, hol lehet most a kedvesem,
Veszélyes út, amin jársz, veszélyes út, amin járok,
Egyszer te is hazatalálsz, egyszer én is hazatalálok.

Csillagok, csillagok mondjátok el nekem,
Merre jár, hol lehet most a kedvesem,
Veszélyes út, amin jársz, veszélyes út, amin járok,
Egyszer te is hazatalálsz, egyszer én is hazatalálok.

Csillagok, csillagok mondjátok el nekem,
Merre jár, hol lehet most a kedvesem,
Veszélyes út, amin jársz, veszélyes út, amin járok,
Egyszer te is hazatalálsz, egyszer én is...
hazatalálok.

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Apr 23 / 1:18am

How to Opt Out of Facebook’s Instant Personalization

(via EFF)

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Apr 19 / 12:19pm

Eight armed robbery

(via gizmodo)

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Mar 25 / 11:07am

Behold, the Empress of Nerds!

Balancing 15 books on her head, reciting π to the 100th digit, and solving a rubik's cube. At once.

(via ekelias & jot*be)

I say it's a great effort but she's got it wrong. Please, Professor Frink, will you explain her?

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Mar 24 / 4:05pm

Witchcraft or magic? Photoshop's new content-aware fills.


(via @pudo)
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