http://smari.yaxic.org/blag digital fabrication, sustainable technology, small scale democracy and speculative fiction Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:29:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Kjarninn í bankakrísunni hérlendis er að greiðsluþrot bættist ofan á ofvogun á fjármálamarkaði, sem er mjög algengt vandamál þegar litlar þjóðir taka stór stökk. Það sem úr verður er lausafjárskreppa þar sem ekki eru til nægir gjaldeyrisforðar til að greiða fyrir það sem þarf að ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/12/01/hugbuna%c3%b0ur-a-rettu-ver%c3%b0i/ On Saturday a week ago protesters raided police headquarters at Hlemmur in Reykjavík. The purpose of the invasion was to liberate Haukur Hilmarsson, the protester who famously raised the Bónus flag on the flagpole of Alþingi two weeks previously. Haukur had been arrested the previous evening. He had been convicted ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/12/01/the-central-bank-raid/ I got a great reply to a post that I think I'll use as an entry point into discussing something I've been avoiding. The Icelandic financial crisis is just a small and fairly insignificant part of the global financial meltdown if counted in pure dollars and cents, but yet for ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/11/29/the-icelandic-financial-crisis/ As I type, the parliament is voting on a zero-confidence motion against the government. I would be watching it live on TV, but the government-run TV station just cut to commercials. And now I'm seeing on a different TV station that the vote is over, but I don't know the ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/11/24/zero-confidence-lets-cut-to-commercials/ I've often said that "capitalism will eat itself," referring to how capitalistic progress will inevitably lead to self-defeat, which I hope will lead to a post-scarcity economy and greater personal freedoms for everybody. I never thought much about the wording, but now I've realized it was oddly prophetic, and I have ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/11/19/being-silly/ A project of mine got a mention on Boing Boing today. Whee! Instant fame.I have some three hundred slides that I'll be pushing online soon, along with a lot of other data. Looking forward to getting it out in the open... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/11/17/boing-boing/ I haven't blogged for months. To say that I've been busy would be an understatement... I'd love to summarize what's been going on but I'm sure I'd miss something important. A few points though. I've been up to my eyeballs in running the Fab Lab in Vestmannaeyjar, we're making excellent progress ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/11/16/back/ I'm normally not a bad cook. I rather like cooking and take great pleasure in accomplishing a good meal. Tonight was not my night though, despite the utter simplicity of the meal at hand. I managed to not boil the potatoes, underboil the rice, burn my hand on scalding water ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/08/12/swedish-meatballs/ Sveiki! Aš rašyti tai blog lietuviškai nes aš mokausi lietuviškai. Aš kalbu lietuviškai nelabai gerai, bet aš mokytis labai tvirtas. Raminta ir Jack turi šaunu blog kaip kalba oro Lithuanian Out Loud ... su tyrimas o mokytis aš ga kalbėti greitai. Atsiprašau už man skurdo gramatijsai. Ačiū o viso gero, Šmąri (That is to say: ... http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/08/06/blogai-lietuviskai/ My eyes are bleeding. http://smari.yaxic.org/blag/2008/07/25/there-is-a-very-good-reason-japan-is-an-island/