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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]].
+
+=== 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.
 
-I care about my virtual self :-)
+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 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. On the other end of the spectrum,
+the [[http://wikipedia.org | Wikipedia]] provides an interface to dump the
+entire database, including the history of edits. 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, avoiding to help them collect even more information from me.
+
+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?