Monthly Archives: January 2009

Utopia – Creating the Perfect World

By Peter Backx | Published: January 30, 2009
There have been many attempts at creating an ideal world and there have been many more at thinking up how that perfect world should look like. Ayn Rand attacks the problem from the inside out. Starting with the perfect man. Via Scott Young’s blog, I found out about Ayn Rand and her books. Last month I [...]
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What Type of Twitter User are You?

By Peter Backx | Published: January 27, 2009
One of my 2009 goals was to get to the bottom of Twitter and its users. What makes them tick? And why the hell is a service that only gives you 140 characters to express yourself so popular? I’ve been experimenting a bit with Twitter myself. I am starting to understand the power, but I still [...]
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A Short History of Digital Me

By Peter Backx | Published: January 23, 2009
Today marks my 6 year blogging anniversary. I usually don’t mention those kind of birthdays much, but what the heck … lets be nostalgic for once. My first blog was hosted at Radio Userland and, against all odds, is still somehow online. Userland used to be true pioneers, but it looks like they forgot to innovate. [...]
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Bits are meant to be free – the Creative Commons Licenses

By Peter Backx | Published: January 20, 2009
As of now, all content on this blog is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License. In simple terms: you can do whatever you want with all text I write, you just have to leave a little attribution. The Creative Commons license is meant to solve a few issues with media distribution. The cost of [...]
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Web Design Articles and Inspiration: the List of Lists of Lists

By Peter Backx | Published: January 16, 2009
If there’s one post that is certain to draw attention, it’s a list of resources. Especially things related to website design and creation. And now, we’re seeing the appearance of lists of lists: A summary of the best list posts. To continue this “meta” trend, I was going to do a list of lists of [...]
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WordPress as a Content Management System: How to Display a Post from Every Category

By Peter Backx | Published: January 13, 2009
I’ve been reading a lot about using WordPress as a Content Management System (CMS), so I started researching a bit more. A CMS fits perfectly with my idea to change the frontpage to make it a bit more interesting for my visitors. I’m pretty happy with the way it turned out, go take a look [...]
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The Coolest Visual Effects of 2008: Tilt-Shift & Time-Lapse Photography

By Peter Backx | Published: January 9, 2009
While we are still reminiscing last year, why not bring up a cool trick that you really shouldn’t have missed: Tilt Shift photography. And especially the one of the fake kind. photo credit: Tom Lin :3= Originally, the lenses of the tilt-shift variety where constructed to avoid distortion and to highlight specific areas or objects by [...]
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Music You Should Know: Quadran & Philippe Van Mullem and a Beautiful CD Booklet

By Peter Backx | Published: January 6, 2009
I don’t think I’ve ever mentioned Quadran or Philippe Van Mullem on the Streamhead blog. Which is a real shame. So for my second post of the new year, I’m going to invite you to collect as much of his music as possible. The Internet has made it basic, to get an overview of the man’s [...]
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Resolutions for 2009 and a Happy New Year to You Too

By Peter Backx | Published: January 2, 2009
A happy new year to all of you. Here’s to another interesting year filled with exciting challenges. In spite of all the economic, environmental and political issues in 2008, I think it was a thrilling year. I hope, and it seems pretty likely, that 2009 will be the year of change. The people need it [...]
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