Gemini* and Gopher

• Personal/Opinions

  • 🔤SpellBinding: DLNOYUR Wordo: BREVE

• Politics and World Events

  • “Are you an anarchist?”

    My most resounding yes is “Do you think we live in an economic system which is stupid and unfair?”, the other ones are a way bigger stretch for me to answer yes to.

    But don’t worry: if the questionnaire was true, no one would be an anarchist since the questionnaire is not internally consistent since it asks you to answer no to “Do you believe that human beings are fundamentally corrupt and evil” but yes to “Do you believe that most politicians are selfish, egotistical swine who don’t really care about the public interest?” 🤦🏻‍♀️

    I should dig up the old Bookchin book that Ursula K. Le Guin based her “Odonianism” on because there’s a lot I like there. Putting the organize back into “don’t mourn, organize!”.

• Technology and Free Software

  • Palm Addict

    A few weeks ago I took a Palm from my collection and charged it up, and it has been my PIM (Personal Information Manager) ever since. It didn't take long for me to become a Palm addict again.

    Actually I'm an old school Palm addict: I first got a IIIc here in Tokyo back in 2001. I've had a number of Palms through the years and although my addiction has been dormant for certain stretches, it always resurfaces.

    I think it's sad that most people don't give PDAs a second look in this day and age, and that they're seen as useless and obsolete. They are anything but.

  • Real experts may seem old-fashioned

    Real experts in any field may seem old-fashioned to hype-chasing non-experts. That's true of IT, project management, and many other fields.

    Hype-chasing non-experts get overly excited about the latest trend and try to replace everything older with it. This causes two problems: