I admit, I am a strange cookie. Sometimes I can remember the details about something that happened years ago. Very often I know where exactly on a page I read a particular sentence in a book. In the same way, I remember I decided to finally switch to Linux from Windows four years ago during my daughter's football training. I was fed up with technical issues I was having with Windows 10, but also Microsoft's increasing telemetry and constantly activating “features” on Windows, even though I deactivated it. I remember there was a heavy rain, and luckily I even have a short video recording of it. For some reason, I always like documenting an interesting meteorological condition.
Read more…I am having this website for about twenty-one years. A few days ago I used Wayback Machine to check out previous versions of avdibeg.dk, and, boy, did it change. The earliest version they keep of my website is the one from November 22, 2002, and it looked something like this.
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Na mom radnom stolu, i na poslu i u domu, stoji samoljepljiva cjeduljica prikačena za monitor sa četiri riječi koje me povremeno podsjete šta je ono što bi nas trebalo činiti dobrim ljudima i činiti naše živote ispravnim i moralno korektnim. Te četiri riječi potiču iz antičke Grčke, i mislim da su više nego relevantne i dan-danas, iako se savremeno društvo i civilizacija u velikoj mjeri razlikuju od drevne Atine i drugih grčkih polisa. Nekada su samo muškarci određene starosne dobi i društvenog statusa mogli odlučivati o sudbini cijelog društva, a danas imamo sreću što živimo u vremenu kada je ljudska civilizacija dostigla svoj zasad najveći stepen razvijenosti i blagostanja, uprkos svim postojećim izazovima i nedaćama koje nam još uvijek stoje na putu. Kao što mnogi s pravom pretpostavljaju, nalazimo se na pragu nove paradigme, koja bi potencijalno mogla uputiti cijelo čovječanstvo na jedan drugi stepen razvoja i u drugačiju civilizacijsku putanju od ove dosadašnje, u kojoj smo ovisili isključivo od ljudske dosjetljivosti, kreativnosti i snalažljivosti. Put od sada bi mogao biti korigovan i upravljan čak i od nekih drugih faktora koji još uvijek nisu dio ljudskog korpusa. Naravno, govorim o autonomnim mašinama, robotima, kiborzima, dronovima, digitalnoj besmrtnosti i najzad onom što će biti nova materija koja će povezivati pomenute subjekte i mnogo drugih elemenata u našem društvu - umjetna inteligencija.
Read more…A couple of weeks ago, I posted a beautiful image I shot while taking a late evening walk. I don't know why I really enjoy looking at sunsets, sky and clouds in general, but I took another one. And it's from the exactly same spot as previously.
Sunset in Vejle.
Amra har skrevet nogle digte de sidste år og vil gerne lave en digtsamling. I den sammenhæng har jeg lavet et par forslag til bogens omslag.
Jeg startede det første forslag med noget mere minimalistisk stil, hvid baggrund og lignende, men endte med grøn baggrund og et flot AI-genereret billede af en hjerte lavet af blomster. Symmetrien og proportioner var der, men der manglede dynamik og wow-effekt.
Read more…Jeg kan huske, da man kunne læse, at man skulle gå mindst 15.000 skridt, hvis man ville være sund, og at 10.000 skridt bestemt ikke var nok. Så kom der nyhedsartikler, der påstod, at nu var 10.000 nok, ikke mindst fordi det styrkede knogler.
Read more…A few days ago, I finally watched Woody Allen's Another Woman (1988) that was on my list for years. It's one of Allen's more serious movies, and it all begins with a statement by the female protagonist, Marion: "If someone had asked me, when I reached my fifties, to assess my life, I'd have said I'd reached a decent level of fulfillment, personally and professionally." Then, she goes on describing the current state of her life, her professional career and her marriage. Marion has taken a hiatus from her work in order to write a book. She rents an apartment next to a psychiatrist's office, and one day she eavesdrops his conversation with his patient, a pregnant woman. Marion gets drawn to the woman, who's seemingly not happy with her life.
Marion is eavesdropping on a conversation between a psychiatrist and his patient.
This is a great example of how two different generations of Homo sapiens apparently don't understand each other.
The girl is filming a video in a park, updating her fans on social media about her running routine. Then a middle-aged man comes in the picture and sits down on a bench right behind her. The girl doesn't like that, so she asks him to move to another bench, but the man refuses.
Read more…Ever since I entered the realm of computers, the art of organizing digital files has held a profound fascination for me. Time and again, this pursuit has transcended mere interest and, at times, almost evolved into an obsession. In essence, I find myself in a constant quest to discover the ultimate digital organizing system, the one that suits my use case. I must confess, this journey has never been without its challenges.
Throughout all these years I've tried countless paths, experimenting with a myriad of methods, watching countless relevant videos, and immersing myself in articles devoted to mastering the art of organizing one's digital life. However, despite my endeavors, I couldn't shake the feeling that the optimization of my file structuring remained somewhat incomplete and inadequate. Allow me to illustrate: until recently, this was the approach I employed to organize my files.
My previous first-level structuring of the files
I love sunsets. I got this one during my late afternoon walk. It's magical.
Sunset in Vejle.
Efter mere end tolv år med den trofaste Kindle, som bare ville ikke vågne igen (og jeg har prøvet forskellige tricks - uden held), var der endelig tid til at finde en ny læseven. Da Amazon er ret aggressiv med reklamer på de nye Kindle-versioner, har jeg været på udkig på en ny e-bogslæser. Jeg kiggede på forskellige e-bogslæsere, nogle var billigere, andre dyrere, men det blev Kobo Clara 2E, da jeg læste nogle positive anmeldelser.
E-bogslæser Kobo Clara 2E
Nakon možda više od par decenija, ponovo sam pogledao romantičnu komediju Only You (1994). Ovaj put sa Amrom. Trenutno, vjerovatno zato što sam na godišnjem odmoru, razmišljam o filmovima iz djetinjstva i mladosti. Only You je film iz mladosti, jer sam ga gledao tamo negdje krajem 1994. ili vjerovatnije u 1995. godini. I eto, ostao mi je u vrlo lijepom sjećanju. Vjerovatno nostalgija dodatno utječe na to.
Čovjek iz snova, Damon Bradley, na liniji.