Monthly Archives: May 2010

Tackling spam.

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Kalle

Let’s face it: the spammers are so sophisticated these days it’s only a matter of years before they’re identically copying “real” people, “real” content. One of the simplest ways of doing this is to simply scan for identical blog entries, … Continue reading →

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Presents for my fiancé’s family.

Posted on May 7, 2010 by Kalle

My fiancé’s Japanese, and as such, presents (or “omiyage” (お土産)) are extremely important. So important in fact that the following conversation occurred yesterday between me and my fiancé: – her: by the way! – me: yep? – her: when you … Continue reading →

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Organisms and software. And space travel!

Posted on May 6, 2010 by Kalle

Earlier today I saw two unrelated posts that somehow lead back to human engineering being compared to evolutionary engineering. The first one is a slightly naïve (but nonetheless interesting) post on Discover Magazine called “Linux versus E. coli” which brings … Continue reading →

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Redefining privacy.

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Kalle

It’s Choose Privacy Week, whatever that is (not even Wikipedia knows!). First time I’ve heard of it anyway, but 20K Films made a movie or two about it, and they say: “The first-ever Choose Privacy Week will take place May … Continue reading →

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