Why I like Telkom

I have a soft spot for Telkom. Without them, I would never have mastered controlling my temper to the same degree. Who else could aggravate me to such an extent as South Africa’s favourite monopoly? I remember my first encounters with them. I had a room in a house in Observatory, with my own phone,… Continue reading Why I like Telkom

Being a good parent, the World of Birds and the horrors of Nedbank

On becoming a parent, I’m told, there are four things to do. Own a green card, giving access to all Cape Nature Conservation sites, such as Cape Point and Boulders, an Aquarium card, a Botanical Society card and a World of Birds card. I’m not doing too badly, scoring 75% as a parent, the aquarium… Continue reading Being a good parent, the World of Birds and the horrors of Nedbank

SA Blog awards

Nominations are now open for the first SA Blog awards. I don’t know much about the organisers, besides an anonymous email there’re no contact details on their site (breaking rule 1 of website transparency), but it’s a good initiative nevertheless. My main interest will be in finding some more active local blogs – the lists… Continue reading SA Blog awards

IT Manager vacancy

The details of the soon-to-be vacant IT Manager position are available on the IOL site. It’s a fun environment to work in, under-resourced and challenging, but loads of opportunity to make a mark and get involved in one of the most exciting online environments in the country. So, sales pitch over, start sending those applications… Continue reading IT Manager vacancy

Cleaning up spam referers in b2evolution

Finally got around to cleaning the spam out my referer logs today. I’ve been impressed by how b2evolution handles spam comments, and how well-maintained the central blacklist is (you can probably count the spam comments I’ve had on one hand). Everyone else seems to be disabling anonymous comments, or disabling comments altogether, but so far… Continue reading Cleaning up spam referers in b2evolution

Enemy at the Gates

Just finished reading Enemy at the Gates, by William Craig. It’s about the World War II battle for Stalingrad (also made into a recent film, loosely-related, film). I seem to be enjoying grim histories at the moment, having recently finished the equally grim The Earth Shall Weep, about Native American history. The battle was one… Continue reading Enemy at the Gates

Move to layerdtech

The move to layeredtech is finally complete, and was relatively painless. One thing IOL problems have taught me is to put downtime in perspective. The world doesn’t really end when there’s a glitch and 1000’s of people can’t read the news for a few minutes! So a few hours of the crowds being unable to… Continue reading Move to layerdtech

Mail & Guardian Blogspot picking up?

I haven’t had a look at the Mail & Guardian blogspot for a while, but from the looks of it traffic is on the up :). It’s Friday night after all, peak blogging time! When attempting to read a post: Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /var/www/htdocs/drupal1/includes/database.mysql.inc on line 31 Too many connections