I’ve been invited to speak at the Digital Citizen Indaba, to be held on September 14 and 15 in Grahamstown. The conference topics sound quite exciting, and I was even more excited to see the draft speakers list today. The speakers include: – Ethan Zuckerman (Global Voices, USA) – Alaa Abd El Fattah (Blogger &… Continue reading Digital Citizen Indaba
Month: August 2006
The Future of Food
I missed the previous screening of the documentary the Future of Food, but this time was invited to participate as part of the Ethical Co-op, along with other NGO’s such as SAFeAGE. I attended the final evening at the Labia. The film is a documentary about GM foods, focusing on the sorry situation in the… Continue reading The Future of Food
ZenCart, osCommerce or CRE Loaded?
I’ve been thinking at taking another look at Free and Open Source PHP shopping cart applications, and my list came down to osCommerce, ZenCart and CRE Loaded. If anyone’s Googling this post looking for answers, they’re likely to be as disappointed as I was. There seems to be no up-to-date comparison between them, beyond some… Continue reading ZenCart, osCommerce or CRE Loaded?
Tectonic magazine discontinued
I was sad to hear today that Tectonic magazine has been discontinued. It’s only the print magazine that’s disappearing, the website will continue, and perhaps even do prosper as the small team focuses on just that aspect. It appears that advertisers weren’t coming to the party. As the publishers said: The decision to close Tectonic… Continue reading Tectonic magazine discontinued
FNB Internet Banking
As part of my metamorphosis into a neurotic accountant, I get to use FNB’s internet banking service on a weekly basis. I quite like their site. It’s much simpler than Nedbank’s, for example, and everything is where you’d expect it to be, available with minimal fuss. However, at the moment it has one rather fatal… Continue reading FNB Internet Banking
The Health Nut
I’ve just come back from a few days in De Hoop nature reserve. We stayed in Lekkerwater, which is the most luxurious of the huts, having once hosted Nelson Mandela and FW De Klerk. There’s minimal electricity for lights only, but gas provides for hot water and fridges. Luxury perhaps isn’t the right word, as… Continue reading The Health Nut