R&D Techlead and Dev Manager / e-Commerce / Java- & JEE specialist / gadgeteer / consumer-, privacy- & security activist
In anticipation of finally getting broadband I bought myself the Belkin N1 wireless router: I managed to get a R 500,00 discount from Incredible Corruption since the box was opened and the manual was missing. Nonetheless everything else was still...
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...
I hate cables and clutter – and this was reason enough in the past not to get a 5.x/7.x surround system – too many cables, speakers and clutter. Until I came across the Yamaha YSP-4000: Yamaha rammed 40 1.5 inch...
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....
Asus has started to release the ultra-portable Eee-PC into South Africa: Thin as a slice of toast (almost: 225 x 165 x 21mm), I am waiting for the 8GB model to be launched. The Eee PC 8G features a 7″...
On a sunny Saturday, the 22nd February at 12:53pm an ADT-driver decided to be cute and funny and cut me off in traffic: ADT-headoffice – I reported your driver with registration WRL 372GP. Your driver was full of testosterone and...
I have been a permanent resident since 1998 and ever since I received my permanent resident certificate, I have tried to get my first ID-book. It took me a lot of patience to ignore the stuff-up from Home Affairs Randburg...
Wow – talking about customer service: The lack you find at Postnet Northgate and the service-excellence you get elsewhere. Postnet Northgate managed to piss me off enough with their latest stint where they refused to send a registered letter to...
I am normally very patient and have accepted that experiencing customer service in South Africa is as scarse as finding a virgin at a brothel. Postnet Northgate falls in the no-service category. Their core-business should be just delivering mail –...
My Landrover Defender Td5 has been in and out of workshops over the last 14 months ever since it become utterly stubborn and refused to start without a quickstart. I had a number of mechanics (including the AA and other...
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