Douwe Osinga's Blog: August 2005

Wednesday, August 31, 2005

US$ 197 or the ecosystem of mobile software

These smart phones have the drawback that they can do everything and have many options, but then after a while you find yourself using only...

Thursday, August 25, 2005

How to end terrorism. Part II

As promised my other plan to end terrorism. I think this one is better than the last one , but I don't expect a lot of support for it, s...

Tuesday, August 23, 2005

How to end terrorism. Part I

I thought of two ways to end terrorism. Neither will be popular I'm afraid. The second one will require heroism. The first one, discusse...

Friday, August 19, 2005

Trees with USB Connectors

The more we go wireless, the more we need wires to charge all those gadgets. It is really a drawback. Let's say I'd wanted to put a ...

Wednesday, August 10, 2005

On not decaying in the cold clay

I sometimes worry about the Netherlands. It's a great country with a long tradition of tolerance and pragmatism, but lately with all the...

Thursday, August 4, 2005

At the wikimania

So I'm at the Wikimania . When I first heard about it, I did ask to be a speaker; always seems to be a good way to get to know people. U...