Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Sunday, March 1st, 2009
So its a little after 6am UTC+1 as we touch down in Paris, the city of love and classical romance. It was a pleasure to finally be off the plane as I was seated next to this really big dude that managed to encroach on the personal space of both ...
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Saturday, February 28th, 2009
I don’t really know why but travelling has become a chore for me. As much as I love to go new places and meet new faces, I dread the actual travel bit. Whether its driving to Durban for the Christmas holidays or going overseas for business, its stressful but ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
No I’m not talking about the fruit although I do find similarities between the fruit and the people who represent Apple in South Africa. The first thing to note is that Apple products have one authorised distributor in South Africa and they are the Core Group. The same company ...
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Monday, December 22nd, 2008
Recently I decided that I needed wanted a new laptop computer. Being the tech-savvy geek I am, I naturally started looking at beefy machine specifications from Dell like the M6400 range. I almost fell off my chair at the price of these new powerhouse beasts. Then at the ...
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Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
It looks like the Windows Live team is at it again. They’ve taken the plunge at PDC 2008 and committed to supporting the OpenID initiative. All Windows Live product teams are committed to supporting open standards where such standards are relevant to our work and when ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
I just got an email notification from the Rosetta@home project that I've been featured as the user of the day. Congratulations!You've been chosen as the Rosetta@home user of the day! Your profile will be featured on the Rosetta@home website for the next 24 hours. Its just a pity ...
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Wednesday, December 19th, 2007
Its been a while since I made a post here and its all a result of not having an ADSL line at home. Why? Well I moved house at the beginning of December and got the phone line installed as soon as possible. Unfortunately our dear incumbent operator Telkom ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
Its a conspiracy I tell you. I'm sure that the mobile phone networks are in some way in on it. What am I talking about, well bear with me a moment while I explain. I was reading this post from my good friend Tim about how he sat ...
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Monday, October 8th, 2007
A few months ago I happened to be browsing a free copy of Unwired magazine that I was given at a 27 Dinner when I noticed a review of a new online shopping site in South Africa called nivo.co.za. The review was very complimentary about the site so I decided ...
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
For the last few years I've experimented with various blogging sites. I started off with my very first blog hosted by Blogger, but I wasn't too impressed by it. I can't remember how I stumbled upon the local dotnet.org.za community site run by Armand du Plessis but I found my ...
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