Technology in the age of the Internet

Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • May 4th, International Day Against DRM

    International Day Against DRM -  While DRM has largely been defeated in downloaded music, it is a growing problem in the area of ebooks, where people have had their books restricted so they can’t freely loan, re-sell or donate them, read them without being tracked, or move them to a new device without re-purchasing all of them.…

  • Richard M. Stallman in Ljubljana

    On Saturday 21th of April, Richard M. Stallman, the founder of Free Software Foundation visited Slovenia and held an excellent lecture about “Copyright versus Community in the Age of Computer Networks” (videorecording here) at the Museum of Modern Art. I admire/respect the work that he has done over so many years in promoting and battling for the Free…

  • RIPE 64

    I have attended the RIPE 64 conference in Ljubljana, which was held at the Grand Hotel Union. The conference was really well organised, so all the best to the organisation team. Beside the very good lectures, they also organised the journey into Postojnska cave, which is one of the longest caves in the world (if…

  • AS50763 on AMS-IX

    AS50763 has become a peering member of the worlds biggest Internet Exchange AMS-IX.

  • RIPE Atlas

    I received the RIPE dongle for participating in their project RIPE Atlas network measurement. It will produce a collection of live Internet maps with unprecedented detail. The goal is to deploy thousands of active probes primarily in the RIPE NCC service region and measure the Internet infrastructure in real time. As a sponsor I will help to achieve…

  • Mia Žnidarič concert

    I was on Mia Žnidarič‘s great concert in the city centre and had a drink with famous sculptor Jakov Brdar who also showed me his sculptures on the new bridge accross Ljubljanica river near the city market. It was an amazing evening !

  • Žižek Vs. Assange

    There was a debate between Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek and Wikileaks’ fouder Julian Assange hosted by Frontline Club Exclusive, moderated by Democracy Now!’s Amy Goodman. The article contains the video, which lasts 2 hours.

  • Route servers

    I compiled a list of open route servers, you can view it here. You can also test our open route server, just telnet to route-server.as50763.net .

  • Looking glass new version

    Robert has made a nice new version of the looking glass. You can check it here.

  • Moving the blog

    I have (successfully ?) moved my WordPress blog from one server to another. There was a longer period of the blog not working, due to an old server, which has now been replaced.

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