January 2008
43 posts
Crystal Quest Quest
I just went through a lot of trouble to play the early Apple game Crystal Quest. I originally played it on a Fat Mac a long, long time ago. I decided to try and find an emulator and a copy of the game to play again. It was fun until I realised that the mouse doesn’t track very well - about one second after starting the game on the Apple II/GS emulator. I remember being incredibly impressed...
“They sniff each other through the bars of his cage – for different reasons”
– Andrew on the relationship between his cat and hamster.
Launch of This Week in Photography →
“Join Alex Lindsay, Scott Bourne, and friends each week as they discuss camera technique, technology, and news. From taking photos of the family to understanding how cameras work to testing state-of-the-art equipment, you’ll hear, and see, it all on This Week in Photography.” These guys love photography and they love podcasts. They already produce This Week in Media, MacBreak,...
Great Whites a' Hunting (Pics) →
I was putting off visiting this link as I knew it would be a little dramatic. I’m rooting for the seals! Via dvorak.org/blog
The Windbelt - The Non-Turbine Wind Generator →
An awesome power generator alternative. Uses aeroelastic flutter to move a magnetic to generate power. Via Cherryflava.com
Instapaper →
Instapaper is good and simple – I will be using it. It is a URL bookmarker and viewing directory made to make it simple for you to read web pages later, when you have the time. It also doesn’t try to go further than personal use – a benefit in my opinion. Thanks Marco
Make your own Roll-Up Keyboard →
Seen on Engadget.com
Write API: Click-through-link option for photo...
Please, pretty please, when you have time. My guess is it would be a parameter titled: “link”.
Girl changes blood group, immune system, after... →
Mobile photo posting - Reasons for failure
I was still trying to figure out why some of the photo uploads that I did from my mobile phone didn’t work. Perhaps the phone’s email client mutilated the images on their way out? I did try it from two different SMTP servers (gmail + my cell provider’s) with identical results. I checked the test I had sent to my email account and the photo’s size is set to 0Kb and trying to...
The whole bathroom is stunning. I already know that we’ll miss this place.
On our way to Phantom Forest
Leaving Mossel Bay and heading for the 5 star eco lodge, Phantom Forest. It should be a very relaxing time.
The Mossel Bay lighthouse
Another frikkin’ power cut in Knysna!
Featherbed here we come
Cleaned the monkey shit off my shoes and now I’m ready for our trip to Featherbed national park. We get there by ferry and arrive to a buffet lunch after which we go on a 2km walk.
Arrived in knysna
Checked into Inyati guest lodge, which is nowhere near as nice as the place in Plett. Had lunch at the famous 34 degrees South just before the town’s electricity was cut. Going on the ultimate ferry ride tomorrow!
Mobile Photo Posting for Trip
One success after one failure. Only the caption came through the first time. I think it may have something to do with the number of recipients of the email or that the image was resized on the phone or something else quite arbitary. I hope it works, got a week in the Garden Route and I want to post some pics.
Edison Killed an Elephant! →
All to prove that alternating current was dangerous. There is even a video of the electrocution!
Internet cafe bust yields four fraud scam arrests →
“[T]hree Nigerians were using the cafe as a base for a phishing scam” This is a bust that happened in my home town in South Africa recently. I wonder what laws we have to punish these people. Pity they will probably get off as they might have destroyed the evidence.
Public Protector set to probe Eskom's... →
For those who don’t know, Eskom, South Africa’s energy provider, is having problems. Maybe it has a broken nuclear reactor or they just didn’t plan for the future, but either way we have almost daily load-shedding in order to reduce the country’s energy requirements. Load-shedding is the practice of cutting the power for an hour or two to various areas during peak...
O Error, Where Art Thou? →
I thought the systems I have to maintain were behemoths. I was wrong, thank goodness.
Hayibo - News Satire with a South African Flavour →
Happy Birthday Donald Knuth (70 on 10 Jan 2008) →
I almost installed Tex (MikTeX) again recently. Soon though, very soon.
Joel On Software makes me realize →
that I would’ve loved to learn a functional programming language when I was studying programming. Erlang is fun, but I wonder what some of the others are like.
My 2008 Resolution
I’ve decided to learn a new programming language. Normally I wouldn’t bother as I find the practice disappointing, but I’ve never touched a Functional Language before and Erlang looks like an interesting choice.
CouchDB developer moves to IBM to continue CouchDB →
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