Category Archives: internet
The atmosphere was electric!
jerith, voyager42 (Voyager below), Jonathan McKeown and myself had the most pun-filled conversation that I’ve had in ages over Jabber IM recently: here it is in marked up glory. Everything is related to electricity, software or both – if you … Continue reading
The Daily WTF, now without stupid comic
I’m a fan of the Daily WTF – not all of the posts are amusing, but enough of them are to keep me coming back. However, I detest the comic which the site carries – Mandatory Fun Day (MFD). Unfortunately … Continue reading
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Jabber: the IM of choice of 9/10 evil maniacal geniuses
pkeike, jerith, voyager42 (Voyager below) and myself had a very amusing conversation over Jabber IM a little while ago: here it is in marked up glory. Let this be a lesson to you: never forget the duck… Voyager: FOOLS! Now … Continue reading
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An open letter to the people who write applications which require no Internet access but whose documentation is only available online
In many parts of the world, including the part I live in, always-on-Internet is far from cheap and frequently completely unavailable. Since your application has nothing to do with the Internet, I and many others use it for whatever it’s … Continue reading
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Google Calendars
I’ve recently been playing with Google Calendar, and I’ve created a publicly viewable calendar for the North Durban Lions Club. What strikes me as so cool about it is that even if you don’t use Google Calendar yourself, you get … Continue reading
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The biggest dork on the web
I’ve just realised that I have neglected to link to the funniest thing I’ve ever seen on the web – the MIDAS dorm room automation system.. The guy who put this together has to be the biggest dork I’ve ever … Continue reading
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