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OpenIDs for bank accounts 1 Mar 2008 | 11:06 pm
Even though we have e-banking, we cannot use the bank accounts we manage via e-banking to purchase anything in an online shop. We have to use a credit card instead. That’s a bit strange in the web age...
The postman as waste paper collector 17 Feb 2008 | 10:48 pm
In my previous article I thought about using the letter boxes also for outgoing mail. An additional function of a letter box could be to act as a container for waste paper. So we would have a nice cy...
Why don’t we use the letter box for outgoing mail? 14 Feb 2008 | 10:41 pm
Every house and every flat has its own letter box — or “inbox” in geek slang — which gets filled (almost) daily by the postman. So the letter box acts as a container for incoming stuff. But what is w...
The barking dogs of the dog trainer 4 Jan 2008 | 10:22 pm
When I do my daily round with the bike I drive past the house of a dog trainer. He has three dogs. When they are outside, they act like crazy when I drive past them. They bark. They run along the fenc...
What can I do to make it a happy new year for you? 2 Jan 2008 | 08:16 pm
With the start of the new year you often hear the phrase “I wish you a Happy New Year”. That’s nice. On the other hand it is strange for me to hear it in person from people who don’t even know me (and...
An Advent calendar is not an Ad calendar 3 Dec 2007 | 05:45 am
As I was a child the Advent time was something magic to me. Part of this magic was the Advent calendar, filled with candies or small gifts. Every morning, the first thing I did was to open a door of t...
We are looking for the best 21 Jun 2007 | 06:51 pm
Some years ago I placed my resume on one of the big job platforms to see who responds. In the meantime I forgot about it… Today, I received an email via this platform from a company (Deutscher Sparka...
Using urls as real-world addresses II 20 Jun 2007 | 09:12 pm
In my previous article “Using urls as real-world addresses” I introduced the idea of using urls in the real-world. An advantage of using urls as addresses would be that you could have as many address...
Using urls as real-world addresses 20 Jun 2007 | 01:42 am
Almost everyone has an address in the real world. It is either the place where you live or a post office box. Unfortunately, such addresses are only valid as long as you live there. If you move, they...
Would you send your close relatives to war? 13 Jun 2007 | 01:00 am
Just read that the world military expenditure increased by 37 per cent since 1997 to about $1200 billion in 2006. A really huge number… Somehow that made me think whether there is a “simple” way to a...
