May 31st, 2005 in Metal (Technical) ·
I missed the news originally, but I’m quite pleased to see that HP are supporting Ubuntu Linux on some of their laptops…
May 28th, 2005 in Fire (Social) ·
An interesting day for Freedom of Expression in South Africa.
On the positive side, giant booze company SABMiller was defeated by the tiny t-shirt manufacturer Laugh it Off, the Constitutional Court finally ruling that they did have the right to parody the brand (read the story and related reports on IOL, the Mail and Guardian and News24.
Justice Albie Sachs made a pleasing point, quoting from the Finance24 article:
Sachs also warned that big companies attempting to block free speech could do themselves more damage than good.
“… in the present matter simply bringing proceedings against Laugh it Off risked being more tarnishing of Carling Black Label’s association with bonhomie and cheerfulness than the sale of 200 t-shirts could ever have done,” Sachs said…
May 27th, 2005 in Metal (Technical) ·
A long long time ago I was an addict of a game called Football Manager, written for the ZX Spectrum by the immortal Kevin Toms…
May 26th, 2005 in Fire (Social) ·
Shocking as it may be, I haven’t yet seen the new Star Wars. However I have seen Store Wars, which fans of the series may appreciate…
May 23rd, 2005 in Wood (Spiritual) ·
One of the joys of having so much time (barring the fact that most of it is spent in zombie-like stasis due to early mornings with the young baby) is that I can do some reading…
May 16th, 2005 in Metal (Technical) ·
Yessirree Bob (who’s Bob anyway – we’ve got a Bob on our doorstep, perhaps it should be yessiree George, seeing as this is about a US article), Linux is making waves. It’s now appearing more and more in the business press, as Open Source companies start to eat into the proprietary pie…
May 15th, 2005 in Water (Personal) ·
With good timing after my recent cooking disaster, I’m attending an Ayurvedic cooking course…
May 15th, 2005 in Metal (Technical) ·
One of the joys of being a small, insignificant blob, er, blog, is that it’s easy to spot when sites link to you.
It’s all relative really, as even at IOL, it was easy to notice when a story had been picked up on Slashdot, Fark, Google News, Drudge Report or something similar…
May 13th, 2005 in Water (Personal) ·
One of IOL’s farewell presents to me was Nick Cave’s latest release, B-Sides and Rarities. I’m a Nick Cave fanatic as it is, but with this album I’ve listened to nothing else since I got it a week ago…
May 12th, 2005 in Water (Personal) ·
As I prepared to write this, the words ‘the most god-awful meal I’ve ever cooked’ came to mind. But I’m eating as I type, and it’s getting better all the time. And to become the most god-awful, there’re a number of key contenders to overcome. My beetroot soup comes to mind…
