Thanks to the Icelandic volcano, I could experience a very special phenomenon yesterday: Clear and quiet sky. One would expect something opposite in relation to volcanic activity, but while there was no visually noticeable dust in the air (sunset was absolutely clear here without any colorful effects), air traffic over most of Europe was closed. […]

I thought I should stop writing about stupid behavior on this weblog for a while but I can’t resist. I’ve recently read an interesting article What DNS Is Not by Paul Vixie. It’s about misusing the Domain Name System in ways that may look useful at the first glance but are actually harmful because their […]

We’ve got a daughter!

It’s very common: Someone claims and discusses a fact and makes conclusions from it without checking the fact first and without knowing its context. Even when it is easy to check and to get to understand. And with false facts one can prove anything, especially what he likes to prove. Well, we all do mistakes. […]

There are people, creatures, objects, ideas, etc. we like and there are people, creatures, objects, ideas, etc. we don’t like so much. There is basically nothing wrong with it. Those luckier of us can choose whether they prefer rice or potatoes for dinner today and that’s fine. The problem appears when we make and present […]

I’ve always wondered how it is possible that Americans elected GWB president, even twice. I start to understand it after the recent elections in our country. Combination of irrational arguments, misleading promises, fear and odd faces makes the trick. Apparently it works everywhere.

Two years ago I filed a complaint against one of the worst Czech spammers, “Hotel u Lípy”. Then nothing happened and I didn’t expect too much, reading stories that those spammers exploit a loophole in Czech antispam law. To my surprise I’ve received an answer from The Office for Personal Data Protection today. They notify […]

Enough is enough. Telefónica O2 has lost another customer and I hope this hasn’t been the last one. The company has annoyed me with their marketing practices for several years. Their dealers bother us at our home with offers we didn’t ask for nor are interested in. Moreover those people are often just stupidly assertive […]

I decided to buy some chess books for the first time after many years. I’m going to start playing chess again, after several years long break. I think it might be a good step towards my mental recovery. I’ve been being busy with many dull activities last years and I haven’t got much opportunity to […]

I’ve recently read an article from The Economist newspaper (reprinted in a Czech newspaper) about global positive changes of the world. Let’s look at some arguments presented in the beginning of the article. They say that number of people with income of one dollar per day or less has strongly decreased in China during the […]