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
Month: July 2006
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
Your chance to run McDonalds into the ground
I’ve come across a great little online game that I’ve been enjoying – the McDonalds video game. I remember from my student days the Arts department printing a T-shirt implying that Arts graduates only prospect of employment was at McDonalds. I still take it as a point of pride that I’ve never eaten anything from… Continue reading Your chance to run McDonalds into the ground