Sandton retailers that irk me

August 1, 2010 – 23:48

What’s the story with retailers that think the consumer must be honoured to be their customer? This weekend it really got to me, both times at Sandton City. On Saturday night I tried to take two of my ex-pat friends to my favourite Thai restaurant, namely Wang Thai above the Nelson Mandela Square. We got [...]


Madiba Day Clean Up

July 19, 2010 – 20:03

On Sunday a bunch of us got together to celebrate Madiba Day at Zoo Lake as part of the 67 Minutes for Mandela campaign: Mr Mandela has spent 67 years making the world a better place. We’re asking you for 67 minutes." Nelson Mandela turns 91 on 18 July, and the call has gone out [...]


How I fixed my iPhone 3GS

July 19, 2010 – 14:48

When I purchased my iPhone 3GS from Vodacom the tethering functionality wasn’t available and Vodacom couldn’t tell me when or even if it would be supported. So I followed some guidance on the interwebs and installed custom carrier profiles to try and fix it. It worked for a few days and then upon changing my [...]


New Xbox 360 hardware announced

June 14, 2010 – 22:39

A new console SKU and Project Natal gets named.


Xbox LIVE launches in South Africa Summer 2010

June 14, 2010 – 22:20

Xbox LIVE is coming to South Africa in summer 2010… and this time its official.


Photos from the Johannesburg 27dinner

November 27, 2009 – 12:28

The final Johannesburg 27dinner for 2009 was a huge success. As per normal I snapped a few candid photos of the event.


Making date and time sense from the SQL Server Agent job history table

November 26, 2009 – 21:17

A bit of Transact-SQL code to help make sense of the sysjobhistory table date and time values.


Silverlight 4 beta and my disappointment with the WebBrowser control

November 20, 2009 – 00:16

Microsoft has released Silverlight 4 beta at PDC this week. I eagerly fired it up and tried out the new WebBrowser control hoping to find a polished HTML rendering control.


Xbox 360 records a record 10 million consoles sold

November 16, 2009 – 16:31

Microsoft announces that it has sold 10 million consoles across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Read more for the official press release.


Comztek is the new Xbox distributor for SA

September 15, 2009 – 10:02

Comztek has now been officially appointed as the exclusive Xbox distributor for South Africa with Powercare handling the servicing.