== About codewiz.org ==

This website hosts my personal [[http://codewiz.org/ | wiki]], my [[pictures | photos]] and my [[BrainDump | blog]].

=== About this wiki ===

You're invited to edit these pages! Make practice in the WikiSandBox.
You may want to read the EditingTips to get started.
Editing requires authentication.  If you don't have a real account, you can
login as **Anonymous****Coward** with empty password.

=== About the software powering this website ===

This web site is powered by my own minimalistic wiki engine called [[GeekiGeeki]].

Why would someone host my own wiki, blog and photo sharing when there are dozens of
free-beer alternatives online?

It's a matter of remaining [[http://autonomo.us/about/ | autonomous]] from online services as
much as possible. Call me a fundamentalist, but I find it very disturbing to give up my
online identity to services whose conditions are established and changed unilaterally.

The [[http://opendefinition.org/ | definition of open knowledge]] is still a subject of
discussion. At this time, I tend to boycot those online web services that make it
intentionally hard bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users.
Examples of badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and
[[http://flickr.com | Flickr]].

My current personal policy is to use these services in read-only mode, without
helping them collect even more information.

Call me a fundamentalist for going through these hoops, but I believe I'm acting in
my best personal interest. I //do// care about my meta-self, and you?