Welcome to moonmind.net

moonmind.net was meant to be dedicated to the use and abuse of computers, networks and communication technology in general, but about other subjects I'm interested in. However, since I don't have the time to maintain it, it's just a sort of stub.

Thoughts

The key purpose was to collect, document and discuss concepts, experiences and trends in computer and network use by individuals as well as corporate and institutional entities.

Our world and our societies are changing at a rapid pace, and apart from economical and environmental considerations, the way in which we handle information (personal or public) is the most significant driving force of those changes. Social media have changed the online landscape and experience entirely.

In a very policital sense of the word, access to and distribution of information has become key - in fact, it always was throughout human history, as we learn from ancient texts and artifacts; but it has never been so easy to gather, use, misuse and manipulate information, especially about people.

The WWW is an open place where you can put pratically all kinds of information. The sharing of personal, even private information has become common and widespreads very quickly. Secrets are considered to be something to share, not to keep. Why this should be the case and if it is sensible (or even reasonable) is a completely different question - but a lot of people simply don't bother. I still do.

I'm also an outspoken advocat of Free Software and take part in the development of a small GNU/Linux distribution, Debris Linux that is in the process of being reactivated, albeit in a different way than before.

Forum

For communication, there's a forum, but in order to use it, you'll have to get in touch with my in some way (due to overflowing spam bot registrations, I decided to only add users on precise demand). I'm an active member of several easily accessible internet communities; use those to contact me.

Sections

There's not much to find here - if this changes in the future remains to be seen.

Hardware

Hardware's never been something I was really interested in - except for one concept: I'm for using everything until it fails - totally. I'm not into the latest and newest hardware, but rather into using old stuff till it breaks. One result of that frame of mind is the Zoo.

A personal note

moonmind.net used to be
  • my personal website, powered by a blog;
  • a starting point for various online tools and offerings.
Obviously, this has changed considerably. When I first made plans for this site, I wanted it to be a place for people to meet and get hold of some common yet useful web services, like forums and blogs, even a blog host. Most of those ideas proved interesting, yet never found the right audience, so I decided to pull the whole thing and start over. Some of you may have landed here using dead links - use the forum to let me know what you need.

There are also personal concerns behind the move. I still enjoy blogging a lot, but frankly, I'm fed up with senseless people mistaking my blog as a place where they can put out against me. This site's new concept is also a reaction to a lot of brainless and stupid behaviour from their side. So, to all visitors: If you simply don't like me or what I'm doing, bugger off. I mean it. I don't mind criticism, but I do hate morons with no sense of (self) respect. To all others: My hearty welcome to this site, and I hope you will find some of the content useful.

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