Thursday, January 26, 2012
I never got the craze for the zombie this and zombie that. I saw the premise as thinner than vampire storyline which in my book only had a good day with Buffy franchise. But then I got Kindle and run out of stuff to read and decided to pick up something less lively and more [...]
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Iepriekšējā postā es aprakstīju kāpēc e-lietu ministrija piedzīvoja neveiksmi. Šajā postā es aprakstīšu ideālu IT ministriju Latvijas apstākļiem, kā līdz tam nonākt praktiski un kāpēc tādu strukturālo IT pārvaldes reformu vispār vajadzētu darīt, it īpaši tagad. IT ir tāda ļoti savāda industrijas nozare. Informāciju tehnoloģijas kā tādas neko neražo un pat nesniedz nekādus reālus pakalpojumus. [...]
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Šajā postā es pamēģināšu ieskicēt manas personīgās domas par to, kāpēc izgāzās e-lietu ministrija. Pēc tam nākošajā postā es skicēšu manas domas par to kādai būtu jābūt ideālai IT ministrijai un kā līdz tai nokļūt mūsu praktiskajā pasaulē. Sāksim ar atskatu pagātnē – mums jau bija kaut kas ar līdzīgu nosaukumu – E-pārvaldes sekretariāts, ko [...]
A scandal has been brewing in Latvia over the last half year and yesterday the activity spiked shocking the media and some IT people in the country. I’ll go back and explain what happened first, what is happening now and why this could have a heavy impact on IT and journalists in Latvia. At the [...]
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
I finally made myself read a classic sci-fi book and the choice fell on The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein. I missed this writer somehow while I was growing up and reading all the books I could find left and right. I sure will seek out and read more of his [...]
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
In light of Ted’s post on copyright, it is clear that we are bogged down by a hostile terminology. Copyright infringement is not piracy – gunmen on seas killing people, looting ships and holding hostages is piracy. Copyright infringement is not theft. When my bike was stolen, I no longer had it. Stealing a bicycle [...]
Monday, September 22, 2008
Lately following the US elections (and lately the finance collapse) is an interesting thing, I have been watching the following (in the order of importance): NBC Nightly News NBC Meet the Press NBC Countdown The Daily Show/The Colbert Report Additionally, if you watch it in this order, the fear and maybe even panic that sets [...]
Saturday, August 30, 2008
According to the Slashdot article and the StopSoftwarePatents.org website itself and on Digg, the anti-software-patent activists are attempting a world-wide event on the 24th of September as a world-wide day against software patents. USA has them via a weird court ruling, Japan has them as well (not sure why), there have been efforts to force [...]
… I find that I am actually respecting her after this.
“… Today is the first day in office for President Barack Obama … In other news, Hillary Clinton is still on the campaign trail and is not giving up …” – best ever joke about the current US election. I think it was from The Daily Show, but I cannot be certain.
