Photos from the Johannesburg 27dinner

November 27, 2009 – 12:28 pm

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 – 9:17 pm

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 – 12:16 am

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 – 4:31 pm

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 am

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


South African pricing for Guitar Hero 5, Band Hero and DJ Hero announced

September 10, 2009 – 5:44 pm

Megarom, the South African distributor for the Guitar/Band and DJ Hero series of games has just announced the pricing. I’m keen to try my hand on DJ Hero especially with the special controller designed for the purpose.


Xbox 360 Elite price drop in South Africa

August 27, 2009 – 2:27 pm

Hot on the heels of the US price drop and Sony’s PS3 Slim announcement, South African gamers can expect a significant price drop on the Xbox 360 Elite console.


South African iPhone 3GS pricing

July 22, 2009 – 6:26 pm

At long last I finally found some package pricing for the new Apple iPhone 3GS due to be launched by Vodacom in South Africa sometime around the end of July 2009 or early August.


How to fix the FTP service in Windows

June 29, 2009 – 9:17 pm

How to fix the problem with the FTP service under Window Server 2003/2008 where FTP clients are unable to retrieve files or directory listings.


Guitar Hero 5 Band List

June 4, 2009 – 9:21 pm

A list of the bands featuring in Guitar Hero 5 and few details about the new game features.


Evolution Games