Monday, September 29, 2008
I turn my back for two weeks, and all RHEL* breaks loose.
Google reader gave up trying to count all my unread feeds (”It’s greater than 1000!”), my blogs have turned into tumbleweed city, my Amatomu rankings are non-existent, and I’m suddenly a robot from the future.
I’m pretty sure the whole thing happened because I made [...]
Monday, September 22, 2008
Moving data into South Africa is expensive, but moving it around inside the country doesn’t have to be.
Freedom toasters are a great way to move data inside the country, but there aren’t enough of them to go around. This is probably because they cost about R 39 000 each.
One alternative is a cheap Network Attached [...]
Thursday, September 11, 2008
The Blorg is a bunch of exocortex wearing neohippie infoanarchist hackers who go around liberating information, and sampling all the nootropics in the world. Their motto is “Free love and information, dude.”
One fine day, you help one of them out a tight spot. “Thanks man. The collective owes you one. Any time you need a [...]
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
I’m working late again tonight.
I have a hot date tomorrow evening, and I don’t want to leave the project unfinished. So instead of going home, I pop out quickly to buy an unhealthy dinner.
When I climb out of the car, a man approaches me.
“Would you like a flower?”, he says. He is holding out a [...]
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Owen Swart commented on the reaction to the Zapiro cartoon today. He points out that rather than refuting the accusation, the alliance parties are attacking the cartoonist, his editor, and the press. He also points out that their current statements contradict earlier ones.
This got me wondering. How long before someone starts tracking political statements, and [...]
Monday, September 8, 2008
Zapiro sure has done it this time. I can understand that the ANC is livid, but why is Michael Trapido disappointed?
Personally, I fully support the man’s right to express exactly what I’ve been thinking, and I’m not the only one.
Source: Sunday Times (Via Irreverence)
UPDATE (8 Sep): The ANC, SACP and ANCYL are calling the cartoon [...]
Friday, September 5, 2008
Most people know about network effects. You know, the value of a network (to its users) increases with the number of users on that network.
The same is true of information. Look at Wikipedia and Linux.
Millions of users added an article or two each to Wikipedia, and now everyone has a whole encyclopedia. (Actually, most of [...]
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Africa is larger than China, the USA, Western Europe, India, Argentina, and the British Isles… combined!
Source: White African Via Strange Maps Via Scarlett Lion Via Chris Blattman Via Lane Kenworthy Via Jeff Weintraub Via Norman Geras Via @Joburg
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Simply print them.
University of Southern California engineer Behrokh Khoshnevis and colleagues are developing a 3D printer for houses.
Source: Printable Housing (Via BoingBoing)
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The School of Everything is a site that connects people who want to learn with people who want to teach.
It is one of those fantastic ideas that seems so obvious in retrospect that it’s hard to believe that nobody’s actually done it before.
You can get more details at the source.
Source: School of Everything: eBay for [...]
