I knew I shouldn’t have used the Internet for medical diagnosis. I have a yellow tongue at the moment (no, I won’t attach a picture), and some of the possible causes of this are quite unpleasant, to put it mildly. I’d rather just have carried on flossing more regularly, or cut down on the turmeric.
Resistance
I practice tai chi in a class twice a week. Yesterday, my teacher told me I was resisting too much. No resistance is a key principle of tai chi. Physically, as soon as you resist, there’s an area for your opponent to grasp, push against and exert force. The idea is not to resist, but… Continue reading Resistance
Tectonic releasing print version
Tectonic have just announced the release of a print version. I wrote an article (in November or so, so hopefully not too out of date!) on MySQL that might be in it. But even if not, no reason not to drop everything and subscribe now! First two issues are free. Well done Alastair and Jason,… Continue reading Tectonic releasing print version
Sangoma graduation. Part 1: Vegetarianism
As I mentioned earlier this week, I was away from the 4th to the 11th, attending a friend’s graduation as a sangoma (note that the Wikipedia article needs some work!) in the village of Mtambalala, about 25 minutes drive from Port St Johns in the Transkei. It was a hectic experience, leaving me with lots… Continue reading Sangoma graduation. Part 1: Vegetarianism
World Press Freedom Index – SA down, US up
Recently got myself a whole lot of Adbuster magazines on the Community Exchange System. Some great reading. One article (from 2003) gives me some more insight into the demise of press freedom in the US. I’d noticed that the US dropped quite rapidly in the World Press Freedom Index in 2003 (below South Africa!), but… Continue reading World Press Freedom Index – SA down, US up
Cape Town burning
Driving home a short while ago, I saw embers all along Ou Kaapse Weg, and towards Tokai. It’s only 5 years since the huge fires of Jan 2000. It may look like the fynbos has recovered remarkably, and I’m sure after the winter rains everything will be green again, but some of the plants, in… Continue reading Cape Town burning
google.com redirecting to google.co.za
Looks like Google are now redirecting South African’s who try to get to google.com to google.co.za. First impressions are a little laughable – you can now use Google in Afrikaans, isiZulu, Sesotho and of course Xhousea. For those international readers who don’t know, Xhousea is one of the most widespread South African languages, equivalent to… Continue reading google.com redirecting to google.co.za
Error Error
My silence has been deafening regarding Jacque’s post, so it’s time I give some sort of response! He has a nice screenshot of an IOL error page captured for all eternity. Damn, and we hoped no-one ever noticed… I’ve never seen that specific one before, and no-one here reported an error like that, but it… Continue reading Error Error
Open Source’s days are numbered
Well, at least according to an article in today’s ITWeb newsletter. Reading a bit more carefully it’s actually said by one Vic Gundotra, GM for platform strategy at Microsoft. It’s hard to tell though, as ITWeb does a good job with their press-release articles. I’m not sure why I get annoyed at things like this.… Continue reading Open Source’s days are numbered
Moving to Circular Systems
My site, greenman.co.za and a few others should be moving shortly (and no, it’s not due to the vast amounts of traffic I’m getting!) Top of the list is Circular Systems, who look like they have some good deals. If the site goes down, you know who to blame. Main reasons for the choice are… Continue reading Moving to Circular Systems