The year of the Linux desktop

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. Of course I could do it myself, but I’d really like the supplier to do it on all the machines!… Continue reading The year of the Linux desktop

The Whales Revenge

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. There’s also a flash game where you get to assist the Greenpeace ships and sink the whalers 🙂

Ian the accountant

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. Perhaps also the fact that most organisations I’ve been involved with have… Continue reading Ian the accountant

Cape Town Book Fair

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. I went in shortly… Continue reading Cape Town Book Fair