In March 2004, the Afrikaans Wikipedia achieved the 3000 article milestone. Last July, it reached 4000 articles. Now it’s at 5000. That’s only 1.43 million or so less than the English Wikipedia, but not bad nevertheless. Afrikaans is rocketing up the articles per population table :). January saw over 200 new articles, the most since… Continue reading Afrikaans wikipedia hits 5000 articles
Month: March 2006
Dedicated hosting: Around the world in (almost) 80 minutes
This site is now hosted by a Danish Company, EasySpeedy. After becoming fed up with Layered Technologies, and the prospect of 55 hours of out-of-my-control downtime looming, I moved. The main reason for choosing EasySpeedy (I’d had one positive reference for them, and they’re a bit of an unknown in rating sites such as WebHostingStuff)… Continue reading Dedicated hosting: Around the world in (almost) 80 minutes
The lies governments tell
The topic of this post is not some great conspiracy about the invasion of Iraq, Jacob Zuma, or probably anything else you may have been considering when reading the headline. It’s this line that caught my attention. They will not be able to stay overnight because the islands are infested with mosquitoes. In the 1960’s… Continue reading The lies governments tell
Hoo Boy
For those who’ve noticed the 2 days of server downtime, I’m back… Don’t ask…
Vodacom: Telkom or Vodafone?
Every now and again I am reminded that Telkom actually own 50% of Vodacom. I recently changed address, reported it on the vodacom.co.za site. At the same time I changed banks. However, my invoices were still being sent to the old address. So, I received notification that my account was in arrears. Fair enough, I… Continue reading Vodacom: Telkom or Vodafone?
Zend Certification
I noticed today that there are only 9 Zend certified developers in the country. Being a ZCE would definitely enhance most developer’s job prospects, but at $125, it’s not that cheap for individuals, especially those just starting out, where it would have the most impact. Perhaps one of the conferences can arrange some low cost… Continue reading Zend Certification
Wanted: PHP developer
If I can find the right person, I’m considering hiring a PHP developer (and this has nothing to do with those deadlines I said I was missing in my last post. Well OK, not much…). The person doesn’t necessarily need much experience, but must be talented and able to learn quickly. They’ll be working closely… Continue reading Wanted: PHP developer
Crime story 2
Regular readers may be wondering if they missed Crime Story 1. Well, no. And the title could more aptly have been Crime Story 9234, but seeing as I can’t really confirm 9234 incidencts of crime in my life (let’s see, four stolen cars, two encounters with armed assailants at home. House breakins, hmm, tough to… Continue reading Crime story 2
Broken blog competitions
There are now two local blog competitions. There’s the SA Blog Awards, and now News24’s Great South African Blog-off. Unfortunately both are hardly stellar examples of technical competence. SA Blog Awards permalink, comments and trackback links all break, so it hardly qualifies as a blog itself. Subscribing to the blogs feed is not worth it,… Continue reading Broken blog competitions