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-== About this web site ==
+== About codewiz.org ==

 
 

-This web site is powered by my own minimalistic wiki engine called [[GeekiGeeki]].
-Anonymous changes are allowed, you can edit this page by clicking on the EditPage
-button in the navbar.
+This website hosts my personal [[http://codewiz.org/ | wiki]], my [[pictures | photos]] and my [[BrainDump | blog]].
+
+=== About this wiki ===

 
 

-I host here my personal [[pictures | photos]] and my [[BrainDump | blog]].
+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.

 
 

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


@@ -16,13 +21,15 @@ much as possible. Call me a fundamentalist, but I find it very disturbing to giv
 online identity to services whose conditions are established and changed unilaterally.
 
 The [[http://opendefinition.org/ | definition of open knowledge]] is still a subject of
 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 generally boycot any online web services that make it
+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.
 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]].
+Examples of such badly behaving sites are [[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and
+[[http://flickr.com | Flickr]]: both have been created by us, but try downloading
+substantial portions of their data, if you can.

 
 My current personal policy is to use these services in read-only mode, without
 
 My current personal policy is to use these services in read-only mode, without

-helping them collect even more information.
+helping them collect even more information. The Wikipedia, on the other hand,
+provides an interface to dump the entire database, including the history of edits.

 
 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?
 
 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?