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Adding to Rick Falkvinge’s "Balls of Steel" Awards

Yesterday, I happened to glance at Rick Falkvinge‘s site again, looking for an article I had stumbled into at some point, but instead my eyes fell on a recent post titled “Three Reasons Possession of Child Porn Must Be Re-Legalized in the Coming Decade” and I went on to read that, being increasingly surprised that […]

Free Kiva Loans

It was just brought to my attention that Kiva sponsors are currently giving away $25 to loan out for free to anyone who joins after being invited by an existing user, plus a similar bonus, if more limited in how it may be used, to the user who successfully invited them. So, well, as annoying […]

Julian Assange’s Asylum and Statement

Watched Julian Assange’s statement from the balcony of the Ecuadorian embassy and, while it was still an important moment after two months spent practically in hiding, I have to say that I was hoping for something more. I wasn’t exactly expecting more, so I can’t say that I’m disappointed, but I was hoping for some […]

Social Networking and Protests: Many Will Know, Few Will Attend

I’m writing this post after participating in the second scheduled protest against ACTA, which was attended by roughly 150 people, though over 3000 said on Facebook that they were going. In itself, the ratio was exactly the expected one, as two weeks ago some 40000 said that they’ll go to the first protest and only […]

New World Economy: Resource-Based – I

The concept of a resource-based economy has been most notably promoted over the past few years by the Zeitgeist Movement and I find myself largely agreeing with it despite having issues, occasionally big ones, with the other concepts they promote. However, while the Zeitgeist movies helped me iron out some details, I have been thinking […]