== 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 self-host a wiki, blog and photo sharing when there are dozens of
free-beer alternatives online?

It's a matter of being reasonably [[http://autonomo.us/about/ | autonomous]] from online services. 
Relying on services whose terms of use are changed unilaterally makes me uncomfortable.

The [[http://opendefinition.org/ | definition of open knowledge]] is still a subject of
debate. At this time, I avoid web services that disallow
bulk access to data created collaboratively by their users.
Examples of such badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and
[[http://flickr.com | Flickr]]: both have been created by us users, but try downloading
substantial portions of their data... On the other end of the spectrum,
[[http://wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]] provides an interface to dump the
entire database, including the edit history. This is what we should demand
from any online resource built collaboratively.

My current personal policy is to use those non-reciprocal services in read-only
mode, thus avoiding to grow their information base with my help.

Promoting users' autonomy is in the long-term interest of a free Internet.