Mail & Guardian Blogspot picking up?

I haven’t had a look at the Mail & Guardian blogspot for a while, but from the looks of it traffic is on the up :). It’s Friday night after all, peak blogging time! When attempting to read a post: Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /var/www/htdocs/drupal1/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 31 Too many connections

Climate Change

According to research by climateprediction.net, climate sensitivities due to increased greenhouse gases will vary between 2 and 11 degrees C, much greater than the range of 2-6 degrees C previously accepted. There’re still so many vested-interest claims going around claiming that global warming is still a theory, not proven, no need to change our behaviour… Continue reading Climate Change

Google user-specified ads

Jeremy Zawodny has picked up another brilliant innovation from Google – user-specified ads. Don’t like the Google ads you’re seeing? (for example the ad for premium elk meat next to my post about vegetarianism). Simple – change them! You can read more at Inside Google and see an example at Consumer Affairs. The best ad… Continue reading Google user-specified ads

Moving to layeredtech

This is an update to the post Moving to Circular Systems. Circular Systems took a bit long to arrange their US server, so Anique cancelled the order, and thanks to the advice from Aubrey and Jacques, we’re trying Layered Technologies. So far so good, the server has been promptly set up and things seem to… Continue reading Moving to layeredtech

Yellow tongues and Google diagnosis

I knew I shouldn’t have used the Internet for medical diagnosis. I have a yellow tongue at the moment (no, I won’t attach a picture), and some of the possible causes of this are quite unpleasant, to put it mildly. I’d rather just have carried on flossing more regularly, or cut down on the turmeric.

Resistance

I practice tai chi in a class twice a week. Yesterday, my teacher told me I was resisting too much. No resistance is a key principle of tai chi. Physically, as soon as you resist, there’s an area for your opponent to grasp, push against and exert force. The idea is not to resist, but… Continue reading Resistance