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• 09.16.09
  Exclusive – Hot new local tech launch: The TwitterStick Nonsense, whatever | (1)

  Well, not that exclusive actually. This dates back to May, but Brendan Jack (of MTV Footskating fame) just brought this to my attention via his blog, starring the brilliant Rob Van Vuuren and his Hot New Tech Launch: The TwitterStick. LOL. They're looking for an angel investor. I know you want it Vinny.
• 08.14.09
  Matthew 1, Hackers 0 whatever | (4)

  UPDATE: Here is a good plugin to help you change and manage your wp-admin blog details. Also see this useful blog post "11 Vital Tips and Hacks to Protect Your WordPress Admin Area". So my site was hacked. What a frustrating experience. I had to live with that rather melodramatic Google malware message splashed across my blog, making you think that visiting it would result in an axe in your head. It wasn't a particularly exciting or dangerous hack. What the hackers did was insert some nasty code which effectively created an iframe, allowing them to generate hidden links on my blog ...
• 08.04.09
  District 9: Spaceships over Soweto whatever | (1)

  I, like any normal, rational person, thought that this was a hoax. But it's not. This is an upcoming movie about aliens landing in Johannesburg by local director Neill Blomkamp and Peter Jackson. There is obviously a strong metaphorical link to Apartheid and perhaps the recent Xenophobic violence in this country. It also shows that anything is possible if you put your mind to it -- yes, even make a Hollywood movie about aliens landing in Soweto: Below are some promo trailers: and also: Here's a further version if you want more. Apparently the above Hollywood blockbuster version is based on this short film ...
• 08.26.08
  Excessive Absa bank charges: a whopping R517.50 for reprinting statements whatever | (16)

  I'm gobsmacked. I recently requested copies of about 18 months-worth of bank statements for one of my accounts -- and for this luxury Absa charged me... wait for it... a whopping R517.50. It's a bond account, so we're not talking about large volumes of statements here either. It translates roughly into about R32.00 a statement! I write this in disbelief. I feel like I've been robbed. Just last week, Finweek named Absa the bank with the highest charges, so maybe I shouldn't be too surprised -- but almost half a grand for reprinting of statements from one account, all done via ...
• 07.24.08
  Zebra & Giraffe: Dig it whatever | (1)

  It's a locally-produced song and music video by the band "Zebra & Giraffe". I think the production and execution is world-class -- and it's a catchy song. The sole member of the band is Greg Carlin. I find it particularly amazing that Carlin plays all the instruments. (For the live performances he hires people to play the other instruments). This guy has a great future. I'm sure we'll be seeing lots more of him.
• 06.15.08
  Help Firefox set a world record whatever | Comments Off

  Firefox is a brilliant browser. It's also fast. I discarded Internet Explorer (IE) about two years ago. It wasn't an ideological decision, I wasn't trying to make a point... it's just that Firefox is a better browser. I still have IE7 on my laptop, but use it only for testing purposes. I find it slow when it browses and hangs longer when you load it. Compared to Firefox, Internet Explorer is just, well kuk. I couldn't wait for the new Firefox, so have been downloading the beta versions. I'm currently on FireFox 3 beta 5, which I've found to be even ...
• 04.18.08
  The Bolton Deventer Twitter experiment Nonsense, whatever | (5)

  “Reality is merely an illusion, although a very persistent one” - Albert Einstein “An era can be said to end when its basic illusions are exhausted” - Arthur Miller So let me start with this: People who are accusing me of being Bolton Deventer, know only half the truth. I don't know who Bolton Deventer is. I wish I did so I could congratulate her or him on their brilliant parody. I have great admiration for both the character and person who started it all. For those who don't know, Bolton Deventer is a manufactured, satirical character of a clueless, but ethusiastic smalltown ...
• 02.12.08
  Bolton Deventer 'reveal' to spice up local blog awards? Nonsense, whatever | (18)

  So Bolton Deventer, the spoof online marketer, has entered the upcoming local blog awards. The rather odd-looking Deventer, who runs the blog "Webtrafficmaker" is a fictional character, a clever and funny parody of an internet marketer from Ermelo, apparently created as a "major social experiment". An entire persona was created, which included profiles on Facebook and Mybloglog, which sparked speculation across the blogosphere at the time. Now, Bolton's latest post claims that should he win an SA blog award, Bolton/The Creator-behind-Bolton will pitch up to claim it, ultimately revealing his true identity. But for now his identity is still shrouded ...
• 11.27.07
  Why you may need to change your email password, now whatever | (4)

  Now for something completely different: The web 2.0 world requires people to register accounts with logins and passwords these days. I am registered with so many of these services, some I use and some I don't use, that I've lost track. Apparently, the typical internet user these days has upwards of 21 different accounts that require passwords, says a British online-security consultant NTA Monitor in Wikipedia. Now I'm guessing that most people, like me, don't come up with a range of different passwords for each and every one of the many accounts they sign up for -- but tend to use ...
• 11.21.07
  Mlogging: Definition attempt #1 Blogosphere, whatever | (2)

  Mlogging: (p. m'lŏgging); n. A Mlog: to write entries in, add material to, or maintain a weblog, that is part of formal media, and edited by a media worker, often by an editor. As much as I hate new definitions (web 3.0, anyone?), we need new words to describe new features of the online and digital revolution. So bear with me here. The creation of Thoughtleader (the M&G's blogging platform) has created a different animal in the blog/media world. It's a blog-media hybrid. It's a blog in format and perhaps a bit in style too -- yet a crucial difference is ...

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