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Re: PoP!

Nap Fisker — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:31:43 -0000

That the same video as was on YouTube? Because now it seems that's gone.

Oh well, I fully intend to watch the film. Something tells me I shouldn't but will eventually. I suppose that's what Grant-Barrymore can do to you.

Re: PoP!

Cas — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 13:16:08 -0000

That video was funny, but I promise you, the video in the film is priceless. I have never laughed so loud in a cinema as when saw that.

But now I have PoP! in my head now... Grrr.

Re: Exile

Nap Fisker — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 04:10:34 -0000

Heh, I seem to like the third type best as well.

You know, you should write that post of course. Obviously, I know these are generalisations, but they're fun and there always is some truth about them.

Re: Exile

aatw — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:23:31 -0000

I seem to like the third type.

I'm wondering if I should write a post along these lines on the different types of westerners one comes across in India (eg. The spiritualist who's here to achieve "enlightenment", the businessman who appeared on the scene with the call centres, the academic who's obsessed with Indian culture and Ayurveda and can speak [insert Indian language] better than me, etc.). :D

Re: Pink

Nap Fisker — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:48:45 -0000

Yeah, it is really, really pink eh? Thanks for dropping by.

Re: Pink

pelf — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:43:52 -0000

WOW.. This is soooo pink, cool :D
Yeah, I love your RSS button too!

Re: Pink

Nap Fisker — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:21:27 -0000

Thx, got it from here. 4th in the list - though the others look great too.

Re: Pink

Frits — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 20:35:41 -0000

Nice RSS button.

Re: Are we in the cloud yet?

aatw — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:45:42 -0000

Nah, I'm too lazy. :P

Re: Are we in the cloud yet?

Nap Fisker — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:37:29 -0000

Ah, yeah, somehow I can't seem to remember why we were all so excited over IMAP coming to Gmail back then. I remember I must have checked my Gmail page every 15 minutes to see if the feature had been rolled out for my account yet. I suppose POP is indeed better when it comes to a web based service - one that you don't run yourself that is.

And yup, I wasn't sure whether to do it (go pink) but I just changed some colours for now, and that of course does the trick a bit already. Still have to do a post about it and perhaps see if I can create some themed header later. You joining in this year? I remember it was such a cool big thing back when we were in 9rules. These days that just seems like a lame place to hang out...

Re: Are we in the cloud yet?

aatw — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:27:01 -0000

I set up Gmail IMAP in Mail.app and just dragged all the 18,000+ emails from "All Mail" to a mailbox on my Mac. Took three days. I couldn't get the chat messages off, sadly, and deleted them.

Now I'm using Gmail POP and I've set it up so that my emails are deleted when they're accessed via POP.

I see you've gone pink for October once again!

Re: Are we in the cloud yet?

Nap Fisker — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:06:57 -0000

I wasn't so much concerned with identity theft, not at first at least, because to me it seems our data is more locked in with these services than anything else. Of course, if one of these companies does go evil, there's no telling what'll happen to our data, and that is worrying.

So, what's that downloading you're doing? You're actually physically getting your mails off of the Google servers? Is that a standard option or some plugin/hack you needed?

Re: Are we in the cloud yet?

aatw — Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:30:06 -0000

It's Google (or any other company—Facebook, for one) "going evil" that worries me most. They store so much of our personal information that identity theft could become unimaginably easy for a person who has access to it. With my photos, videos, likes, dislikes and status updates, you could replicate me and successfully prove that I'm the clone. :D

As I type this, all my email is being downloaded off Gmail onto my computer. The downside is that I won't be able to easily access it from anywhere, but it's a precaution I'm willing to take.

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Nap Fisker — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:52:12 -0000

Exactly, and the fact that the threading is linked to your Disqus account also helps in tracking and subscribing to comments that you made on separate comment and threads and even different blogs.

I think ;)

At least I know what you were saying.

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Adem — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:13:09 -0000

The DISQUS system looks quite good, although it did confuse me first as they are ordered in chronological order or the last comment on the thread, which is very different from bog standard commenting. This does make it easier to keep up with a comment thread instead of having to read through a whole comment section to find out what the new comment relates to.... phew.... that sentance got away from me a bit there, but at least I know what I'm talking about!

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Nap Fisker — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:06:26 -0000

Hi Tom, how kind of you. I hope I won't disappoint. Self-hosted means I have my own domain, and have installed the blogging software myself on a bit of server space I rent and pay for myself. A blog on Blogger or Wordpress.com is free, but hosted on the servers of those companies. It means you are limited in making modifications etc. Self-hosted also means that when things break, it's probably my fault and I have to fix it. That's not so nice.

Blogs will certainly be around, but their form will no doubt change - I'm convinced of that. But now it seems as if I want to get out of making that bet, so okay, deal: I say blogs are gone within two years ;)

Disqus is a service that makes for better commenting. One of the things you can see is the indenting and the threads: people can now reply to comments and track those responses more easily. All comments on this blog can also be found at http://dotcomslashblog.disq... and if you're registered (that's what the second button is for) you can track all the Disqus comments you made on other blogs that use the service (which is what the third button is for). Do read up on http://disqus.com if you like.

In any case, again, thanks for your comment and I hope this explains some. Cheers!

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Tom — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:42:32 -0000

Nils... I love your blog. Congrats on the move. If self-hosting means what I think it means, I agree with everyone who commented; it's the way to go.

Despite what you say though, I don't believe blogs will ever go out. Time will tell of course. How's about we make a deal to see which of us is right. Loser buys beer?

And what are these advanced buttons I see here "unclaimed" "register" "login DISQUS". Why do you do this to us simpletons Nils?

Re: Dotcomslashblog

aatw — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 10:43:57 -0000

Mustn't forget Simran. :P

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Nap Fisker — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:08:55 -0000

Yeah, All Along the Watchtower, Smaran, Koregaonpark, Smaran.in... If anyone knows about multiple identities/online presences it must be you indeed ;)

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Nap Fisker — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:05:05 -0000

Indeed, Napfisk was an old nick. I switched to my real name and identity a while ago. Then came No Dependencies, NDNL and now this.

Yay for more posts. And more comments :)

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Nap Fisker — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:03:38 -0000

Thank you, yes, self-hosting is the way. I'm preparing a post as we speak how self-hosting fits into cloud computing btw. So, yes, expect more posts soon. No stress. No stress dammit!

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Nap Fisker — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 09:02:03 -0000

Hey Adem, thanks for popping round. Yeah, lots of things happened along the way. I hope I won't disappoint you and try to share interesting stuff with you. Do comment, I see the new Disqus commenting system is doing its job well already.

Re: Dotcomslashblog

aatw — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:45:28 -0000

Ah. I doubt it has anything to do with your age. Nils isn't the only one that used to be known by another name. :)

Re: Dotcomslashblog

Adem — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 08:08:02 -0000

Hmmm, maybe I'm getting old and confused Smaran, and probably meant that Napfisk changed into Nils sometime along the way....

*waking up* Anyway... yes, more posts are good!

Re: Dotcomslashblog

aatw — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 06:38:58 -0000

Congrats on the new blog! Self-hosted is the way to go. My blog was also hosted on wordpress.com till I moved it off.

No Dependencies No Logo used to be called Napfisk? I thought that was just your alias online.

Post more — it's good for you. Or at least that's what I read somewhere. Blogging helps relieve stress. I don't think the researchers who did that study realise it can also be a cause for stress for some of us.