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For the past few years, I have been an iPhone user. At first I was jailbreaking, that got frustrating pretty soon, so I forgot about phone freedom, which for me means I…

There was an interview with me on a Slovak web about money and I decided to translate it to English (and do a few minor edits). Enjoy! Is Bitcoin a pyramid scheme?…

If you have an intellectual minute, read Avoid news by Rolf Dobelli I highly agree. I have not watched TV for years now (we don’t have a subscription and I did not…

The evocative video made by conference organizer tried to convince the audience that the hacker campgrounds are a Dutch tradition – as well as tulips, windmills, Gouda cheese and wooden shoes. Since…

A few days ago I was sending my friend a payment of 1.2 BTC. My account had only slightly more than this amount available, not even enough for recommended transaction fee. Instead…

When I discussed the loss of American liberties with people here in Europe few years ago, my position was simple – we get the same draconian regulations without any opposition or fanfare…

I am widely known for listening to darker genres of music. It makes some people feel I am a complete weirdo (which is true). A few weeks ago I was sitting in…

My AsicMiner Block Erupter USB miners arrived a few days ago thanks to Andreas and people from Bitcoin Austria who processed the order and the chief Bitcoin economist Peter Šurda who drove…

Server idnes.cz published an interview with Josef Šlerka, an expert on new media (translation by Google Translate). He warns that we can become slaves to algorithms that we do not understand. This…

ZRTP is very important project for securing your voice communication. I started playing with Jitsi, Acrobits Softphone and FreeSWITCH. What I found out after initial configuration of ZRTP for FreeSwitch is that…