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-== About this web site ==
+== About codewiz.org ==
 
-Why do I run my own website and my own wiki when there are dozens of free-beer alternatives?
+This website hosts my personal [[http://codewiz.org/ | wiki]], my [[pictures | photos]] and my [[BrainDump | blog]].
 
-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.
+=== About this wiki ===
 
-I care about my virtual self :-)
+You're welcome to edit these pages! Practice in the [[WikiSandBox]] and read the [[EditingTips]] to get started.
+Editing requires authentication.  If you don't have an account, you can login as **Anonymous****Coward**
+with empty password.  Your IP will be logged in the edit history.
+
+=== About self-hosting your online identity ===
+
+This site is powered by my minimalist wiki engine, [[GeekiGeeki]].
+
+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. An examples of such badly behaved site is
+[[http://www.imdb.com | IMDB]] and [[http://flickr.com | Flickr]]: both have been
+created with data provided by users, but access to this data is only possible through
+the service, and bulk downloading is not allowed. 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.
+
+When choosing where to host your data, take into account this important freedom.
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