The year of the Linux desktop

July 31st, 2006 in · 2 Comments

It’s an ironic title, before anyone gets too excited…

I’m sourcing machines for a small office, looking for standard low-end machines, and I’ve been quite impressed with the willingness of hardware suppliers to install Linux…



The Whales Revenge

July 15th, 2006 in · 0 Comments

Whales Revenge is an ambitious campaign to gather 1 million signatures for a petition to stop whaling. At the rate the signatures are appearing when I checked, they should do it quite easily…



Ian the accountant

July 13th, 2006 in · 0 Comments

That’s not a title I thought I’d ever use. Ever since I scraped 50% in my first year of IT studies for the accursed subject I thought I’d seen the last of in Std 7, I’ve held a particular dislike for the term…



Cape Town Book Fair

July 10th, 2006 in · 1 Comment

In the midst of my frenzy, I did manage to attend the Cape Town Book fair. It was a while ago, so this is hardly a topical post, but I’ve just been prompted to write something by an Exclusive Books survey.

The fair was fantastic – it exceeded all my expectations…



Your chance to run McDonalds into the ground

July 3rd, 2006 in · 3 Comments

I’ve come across a great little online game that I’ve been enjoying – the McDonalds video game…