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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1474521, member: 4381"]<a href="http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html" rel="nofollow">http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This article is under a free license</p><p><br /></p><p>[h=3]How to make money with free software...[/h] </p><p> <i>For a dutch text click <a href="http://www.zilverenvijfje.nl/beschrijving.asp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.zilverenvijfje.nl/beschrijving.asp" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</i></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Introduction</b></p><p>The <a href="http://www.minfin.nl/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.minfin.nl/" rel="nofollow">Dutch Ministry of Finance</a> organized an architecture competition for which a selected group of architectural offices (<a href="http://www.unstudio.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.unstudio.com/" rel="nofollow">unstudio</a>, <a href="http://www.noxarch.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.noxarch.com/" rel="nofollow">nox</a>, ...) and artists were invited, including myself. The goal of the competition was not to design a building, but the new 5 euro <a href="http://en.knm.nl/domains/knm/pages/article.asp?content=11720000000909_999_11650000000011&navid=11650000000014_11720000000067&cookie=init" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.knm.nl/domains/knm/pages/article.asp?content=11720000000909_999_11650000000011&navid=11650000000014_11720000000067&cookie=init" rel="nofollow">commemorative coin</a> with the theme 'Netherlands and Architecture'. The winner will be rewarded with a nice price, but most of all with the honor: his design will be realized and will be a legal coin within the Netherlands.</p><p><br /></p><p>I approached the subject 'Netherlands and Architecture' from two points of view. On one hand I paid tribute to the rich Dutch architecture history and on the other hand to the contemporary quality of Dutch architecture. These form also the two sides of my coin. Traditionally the front of the coin needs to portray the queen, while the back side displays the value of the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><b>Front side</b></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQiViteeCUI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tnhGeVNgfa8/s1600-h/Architectuur+5+2008+vz+v5.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQiViteeCUI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tnhGeVNgfa8/s1600-h/Architectuur+5+2008+vz+v5.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQiViteeCUI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tnhGeVNgfa8/s400/Architectuur+5+2008+vz+v5.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>When someone looks closely (click above on picture to enlarge) to my portrait of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands" rel="nofollow">queen</a>, it becomes clear that her portrait is constructed with names of important Dutch architects. On the outside the names are clearly readable, while they slowly get smaller to the center. Under a magnifying glass all names are readable, but not with only the human eye. It is fascinating to see how an old medium like a coin can be in this way a 'compact disc' of information.</p><p><br /></p><p>The tension between what is readable and what not, is also a metaphor how time shapes history. Some big names of the past, might be smaller names in the future and vice versa. To reflect this idea, I chose to order the architects not alphabetically or chronologically but in a new way: I used the internet as a seismograph and ordered the architects by the number of hits on the internet. </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQjzbyl9iEI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eo41gohKuPc/s1600-h/ordening_en.jpg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQjzbyl9iEI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eo41gohKuPc/s1600-h/ordening_en.jpg" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQjzbyl9iEI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eo41gohKuPc/s400/ordening_en.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>Of course this order changes over time and as such this is another time stamp on the coin besides the number '2008'. Only the first 109 architects fitted on the coin, so that was immediately the selection. Apparently becoming famous goes exponentially:[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 1474521, member: 4381"][url]http://pythonide.blogspot.com/2008/10/how-to-make-money-with-free-software.html[/url] This article is under a free license [h=3]How to make money with free software...[/h] [I]For a dutch text click [URL="http://www.zilverenvijfje.nl/beschrijving.asp"]here[/URL].[/I] [B]Introduction[/B] The [URL="http://www.minfin.nl/"]Dutch Ministry of Finance[/URL] organized an architecture competition for which a selected group of architectural offices ([URL="http://www.unstudio.com/"]unstudio[/URL], [URL="http://www.noxarch.com/"]nox[/URL], ...) and artists were invited, including myself. The goal of the competition was not to design a building, but the new 5 euro [URL="http://en.knm.nl/domains/knm/pages/article.asp?content=11720000000909_999_11650000000011&navid=11650000000014_11720000000067&cookie=init"]commemorative coin[/URL] with the theme 'Netherlands and Architecture'. The winner will be rewarded with a nice price, but most of all with the honor: his design will be realized and will be a legal coin within the Netherlands. I approached the subject 'Netherlands and Architecture' from two points of view. On one hand I paid tribute to the rich Dutch architecture history and on the other hand to the contemporary quality of Dutch architecture. These form also the two sides of my coin. Traditionally the front of the coin needs to portray the queen, while the back side displays the value of the coin. [B]Front side[/B] [URL="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQiViteeCUI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tnhGeVNgfa8/s1600-h/Architectuur+5+2008+vz+v5.jpg"][IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQiViteeCUI/AAAAAAAAAFU/tnhGeVNgfa8/s400/Architectuur+5+2008+vz+v5.jpg[/IMG][/URL] When someone looks closely (click above on picture to enlarge) to my portrait of the [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix_of_the_Netherlands"]queen[/URL], it becomes clear that her portrait is constructed with names of important Dutch architects. On the outside the names are clearly readable, while they slowly get smaller to the center. Under a magnifying glass all names are readable, but not with only the human eye. It is fascinating to see how an old medium like a coin can be in this way a 'compact disc' of information. The tension between what is readable and what not, is also a metaphor how time shapes history. Some big names of the past, might be smaller names in the future and vice versa. To reflect this idea, I chose to order the architects not alphabetically or chronologically but in a new way: I used the internet as a seismograph and ordered the architects by the number of hits on the internet. [URL="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQjzbyl9iEI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eo41gohKuPc/s1600-h/ordening_en.jpg"][IMG]http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KhIIKmJ4wWc/SQjzbyl9iEI/AAAAAAAAAG0/eo41gohKuPc/s400/ordening_en.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Of course this order changes over time and as such this is another time stamp on the coin besides the number '2008'. Only the first 109 architects fitted on the coin, so that was immediately the selection. Apparently becoming famous goes exponentially:[/QUOTE]
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