R&D Techlead and Dev Manager / e-Commerce / Java- & JEE specialist / gadgeteer / consumer-, privacy- & security activist
Although I have a solid 15 years of Windows-knowledge under my belt, I regularly find something new when working on the Macintosh. One cool thing (for the Windows-folk and registry hackers) is how OS X manages applications. First, you do...
On my recent flight to Atlanta I managed to break the Delta airlines inflight entertainment system and upset a few fellow passengers on the plane (hello row 27 passengers: sorry for crashing your entertainment system and forcing you to fast...
The most powerful nation in the world (and also the most obese) is obsessed with signs and it almost seems that the locals can not do without it. I am not sure if it is Bush or the aftermath of...
The vacation was great. In the last two weeks we travelled 3500 miles by sea and almost 20,000 miles by air. Flying with an airline such as Delta simply sucks (SAA is worse) and you naturally lower your expectations to...
With our vacation almost over and having just returned from a stunning 7 day Caribbean cruise from Ft. Lauderdale via St. Maarten, St. Thomas and Princess Cays I am looking forward to get back home. But I do miss this:...
If you are a iBurst user you will be delighted that the company has consolidated the number of packages and re-adjusted the prices for contracts and month-2-month deals: However: As I am on a Pro 3gig package I assumed that...
The Ubuntu developers have just released Hardy Heron (Ubuntu 8.04) in beta. Since the last release (7.10), Hardy Heron sports now: Xorg 7.3 with an emphasis on better autoconfiguration Kernel 2.6.24 which includes many performance improvements and enhancements GNOME 2.22...
In one of my previous posts I raised the issue about Telkom’s incompetence. Telkom is obviously good in even outdoing themselves and needless to say – 8 weeks and still no phone line installed. Yes, the technician arrived (to my...
Trying to get decent (and cheap) broadband in South Africa is like finding a virgin in a brothel. Mobile and wirless technologies are good but the latency associated with such service is unbearable when playing games online. If you have...
For South African’s the above tag-line is nothing unusual. The crime-rate is quite high and pretty much everyone had a run-in with criminals over the years or at least knows close relatives or colleagues who have been affected by this....
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