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Author: RandolphThe Daily Maverick published this piece by Malibongwe Tyilo in 2020, and I forgot to link to it back then. Whose struggle is it anyway? Lessons on intersectional activism from ‘Simon and I’ https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-06-14-whose-struggle-is-it-anyway-lessons-on-intersectional-activism-from-simon-and-i/ I have my own memories of Pride 2001, eleven years after the beginning.
Last year I said I’m writing a comedy show. Well, the script is (mostly) settled, at over 7,000 words, and I’m performing the solo 60-minute monologue on stage from 5 to 9 August 2025, as part of the Calgary Fringe Festival. Tickets are now on sale, and here’s my promo video to get you excited.Continue reading I’m doing a show at Calgary Fringe!
Recently on some or other social network (probably the elephant as opposed to the butterfly), I engaged with someone about the PayPal Honey debacle. If you’re unaware, you can watch a video on the red site. The conversation isn’t important. What’s important is that I miss the old web. I miss that it took threeContinue reading Remembering the old web
At the end of April, my best friend died. To clarify, I married my best friend: my husband is my best friend now. But for a significant period of my life, Chris Esterhuyse was my best friend, and I still miss him. At the risk of writing a navel-gazing post, I want to encourage youContinue reading On the nature of what it means to be an adult in 2024
For real. Don’t read it. But if you do, here goes.
My friend, mentor, and former housemate, Chris Esterhuyse, has died. Chris, who moved in with me at one of the most difficult times of my life, and saw me through breakups, near-bankruptcy, and finding new love. Chris, who kept me fed, even if it was Mystery Chicken Surprise. Chris, who introduced me to Gereth andContinue reading So long, Steel Drum Sally
A long time ago I used to host with Hetzner Africa. After moving to Canada I decided to go with a North American host for my customers and moved to Site5. Then I went to Liquid Web, (and for some time, WPEngine for bornsql.ca). Now I’m back with Hetzner, running on a dedicated box hostedContinue reading Back in the arms of Hetzner
This past weekend, M treated us to a show or two in Las Vegas. We saw RuPaul’s Drag Race Live, including a very welcome appearance by Lawrence Chaney (there were others as well, including Pangina). It was a good show, and was very well staged. All queens had a scene where they appear from theContinue reading Rolling in the weed
Two blog posts in a week! It’s like 2006 all over again. But seriously, I figured out a really annoying side-effect of moving back from WP Engine to my own hosting six months ago, and that is that file and folder permissions were set incorrectly (WPE for some reason uses 700 for folders, and 664Continue reading Broken links aren’t broken, after all
On 24 January 2022, I started what I suspect is the last stage* of my IT career, at Microsoft. I joined the Database Docs team, one of 8 people (including our manager), together responsible for over 16,000 articles on the Microsoft Learn platform. I am the owner of the SQL Server on Linux and SQLContinue reading I work at Microsoft