I see that Johnnic is launching what could be described as a blogging site, reporter.co.za. It’s being given a different spin to the other local alternative, the Mail and Guardian’s Blogmark (recently rebranded from Blogspot). Instead of aiming to be a blog, with all the attendant low-quality noise associated with the term, it’s aiming at… Continue reading Johnnic launches reporter.co.za
Month: December 2005
Space running out on the Million Dollar Homepage
There are only 63300 pixels available on the Million Dollar Homepage. If you’ve never heard of it, in brief, a student made a website offering 1 million pixels for sale, at US$1 each. Purchase of that pixel allows you the honour to place anything you want on it. And people are buying :). Read the… Continue reading Space running out on the Million Dollar Homepage
Anti-Americanism
One of the enjoyable things about Cape Town this time of the year is that it’s packed with visitors. For residents of Kalk Bay trying to get home, or somebody dashing to the Waterfront late for a movie, and circling for hours trying to find parking, this may not be a good thing. But I… Continue reading Anti-Americanism
George Monbiot site unavailable
George Monbiot’s site has been unavailable for about a day now. Before I start suspecting a conspiracy, hopefully its just a minor technicality, with the Christmas holidays exacerbating the delay. The site is hosted by 34sp, a UK service provider. Monbiot recently set the cat amongst the pigeons in green circles with an article criticising… Continue reading George Monbiot site unavailable
Table Mountain Fire Pics
The fire is still raging out of control, but looks like the Cable Station, with a little help from the wind, will make it. I didn’t get a good view of the Higgovale situation, but those houses must be close. There’s also another fire, what looks like towards Rhodes Memorial, so the arsonists have probably… Continue reading Table Mountain Fire Pics
Table Mountain on fire
Right now Table Mountain is ablaze, the fires completely out of control. The cable station has been closed most of the morning, and is right in the firing line. Houses in Higgovale are probably in more danger, as the fire looks like its hit the pine forest right above them. UPDATE: Some pics 5 minutes… Continue reading Table Mountain on fire
Linux World Interview
A while back LinuxWorld interviewed me about the MySQL certification process I undertook at IOL. You can read it here.
Scorpio rising
Woke up this morning to the most harrowing screams from my son. We couldn’t figure out what was wrong until we saw this on him. Scorpion stings can be quite serious, so he was promptly rushed off to the hospital. Hopefully it will be as serious as last time (lots of blood, but the tiniest… Continue reading Scorpio rising
reddit and digg – first impressions
Thanks to Walton’s mention, I’ve been spending quite a bit of the weekend looking at reddit, and comparing it to digg. Both sites are a step forward from the old classics, Slashdot and Kuro5shin, as well as the much newer de.licio.us (which as I’m sure everyone who follows it knows, has just been bought by… Continue reading reddit and digg – first impressions
Cape Town burning
It’s fire season, and the arsonists and smokers are out in force. The mountains around Cape Town are experiencing multiple fires every day now. There’ve been days of smoke, but today, from my window, I can see a fire raging on the slopes of Signal Hill. Pity my camera is so crap (or is that… Continue reading Cape Town burning