Monthly Archives: September 2008

How to use over 200GB of bandwidth per month without P2P

If you don’t care about backups, you can stop reading here. And good luck with that approach! I have, along with many others I’m sure, long been wondering what to do about backups. Naturally I want a secure backup with … Continue reading

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Remind me again how “safe” Finland is

Finns have long thought and many continue to think – delusionally, I might add – that this is a safe country with little or no violence. This is true even in the face of all statistics which have consistently said … Continue reading

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Nokia Ovi synchronizes contacts … almost

I thought it was about time I tried Nokia’s Ovi-service which supposedly does many cool things. After all, having your contacts backed up on the network is a very good thing and this is one of the services I was … Continue reading

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Review: The Wisdom of Crowds

As is nearly always the case, my to-read list is progressing slower than I would hope. But at least it’s getting somewhere, this time with James Surowiecki’s The Wisdom of Crowds: Why the Many Are Smarter Than the Few being … Continue reading

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How to tell when investment bankers are having a bad day?

You glance at the Finviz World Heat Map for the day. If it’s reddish, they’re having a bad day. Let’s take a look at it from today: And as you have by now noticed (unless you live under a rock … Continue reading

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