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This topic has been on my mind quite a bit lately as we've been working on a system to automatically publish information on the calls we (the North Karelia Rescue Department) get. I was originally planning on writing in Finnish about it, but the story (via) on Seattle Post-Intelligencer on how the Seattle FD changed its feed to prevent Seattle911.com from automatically displaying call locations on a map spurred me to write about in English first.

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As a fan of Nightwish’s music I’ve been following the controvercy surrounding the firing of Tarja Turunen from the band. Yesterday Marcelo Cabuli’s letter was published on Tarja’s site in which he promises to openly answer questions sent to him. While I’m quite doubtful of the openness that is promised (and generally anything that comes [...]

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While I’ve been following the job market in ICT here in Finland for quite some time. Because most of the open positions have been in the Helsinki area, I was positively surprised to see several open positions here in Joensuu. While I read through the position descriptions in the paper I noticed the familiar name [...]

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A discussion on the ethics of photography with specific respect to privacy. Some links to current discussion elsewhere on the subject are also provided.

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A few notes on the recent bank and credit card scams that have been going aroung email.

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