Between Evolution and Involution

History When i was young i learned in school about humans and the Darwin’s theory. At that time the implications of this theory together with what i learned about natural selection and later about genes and the genetic material meant little to me. Yet i was intrigued by one idea that my anthropology teacher presented […]

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Facebook account Legal Disclaimer aka Social Legal Disclaimer

Last modified on 2012.02.14 – version 1 It occurred to me today that there is a genuine need for normal people to protect their interests and online life.  Nowadays when copyright has become more like a weapon than a tool, when our social internet is threatened with extinction I believe that is a good idea for […]

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We don’t need ACTA, we need copyright reform! Current copyright laws are outdated !

The international landscape is getting darker with the introduction of a bunch of copyright treaties and laws designed to protect obsolete business models and kill the freedom we all enjoyed on the internet, including freedom of speech and expression. In response to recent developments i tried to think of what can be done in the […]

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The evolution of the Internet and articles only good at combating their own rhetoric

One of the most popular stories today on Forbes.com was  “Google’s Big Problem They Don’t Want You To Know About”  written by Forbes’s contributor Eric Jackson. The story – While in the first part the Forbes contributor is not happy at Google’s almost script like way to talk to the media, we finally are exposed to […]

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Misinterpreting a TED Talk – How to make choosing easier = How to increase sales = How to destroy earth faster

Recently i have come across this TED Talk – Sheena Iyengar: How to make choosing easier. While the informations presented are no doubt valuable and can be put to use in a good manner this TED Talk is also misleading people to think that choosing the easy way is better for them. Overall this TED Talk is […]

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Linking errors in Visual Studio 2010 MFC – updated

In Visual Studio 2010 MFC, when linking to a library (.lib) gets you the horrible ‘error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol’ message and you are 100% sure the library and the current project has the same compile time parameters check if you did not used the ‘using namespace’ directive prior to the unresolved external symbol thing. […]

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STOP SOPA, PIPA and any other censorship laws out there !

If i would be in America i would surely participate in all rallies against censorship! I know what censorship is because i live in China and i can understand that the laws like SOPA and PIPA are in a way much worse than what Chinese are doing with their great firewall. China it is mainly […]

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The garden of tomorrow – LED grow light panels

Here is something i do for a living. I produce and sell LED grow lights. What are LED grow lights ? LED grow lights are special panels that contain LED diodes and can be used to promote the growth of plants without the presence of the sun. Why are LED grow light panels so useful […]

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China Mobile & Passports

I have just come back to China and, because of bad storage during my trip, my China Mobile simcard got broken somehow. I went to the closest China Mobile store and asked for a replacement since i am a  “Go Tone” subscriber.  There after waiting for my number ( you have to take a number […]

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Protect yourself against fraud & identity theft on Facebook – More scripts!

Due to the increased interest people have in this matter and to the fact that the JavaScript/Facebook scams are becoming way to common, i feel compelled to follow up and present another script used to … steal your Facebook informations, impersonate you and everything you can think of … For those of you unfamiliar with […]

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