Officially disguised as a Canadian
Author: Randolph[Originally posted on my Tumblr blog.] I’m at a charity fundraiser in the guise of a musical show, in which my husband is singing. When alone, as I find myself now, I people-watch. I’ve done this many times in the past, and I admittedly used to judge them. Now I just observe. It’s all theatre.Continue reading Observations
Apple has this week announced an “iPad with Retina display”, to replace the third-generation “the new iPad”, the latter being just seven months old. I am on my fifth iPad so far. This is not bragging. It’s a combination of two cases of inheritance, one replacement device, and two purchases. I have owned all threeContinue reading The new the new iPad
My name is Randolph, and I am a racist. I was brought up in a country that institutionalised racism at all levels of society, and even now is battling to recover. When Nelson Mandela was freed (I was only 13 years old at the time), many of my white friends and their families wanted toContinue reading I am a racist
(Taken from a post I made on Google+) I’m continually dismayed by so much palpable hate regarding the products made by Apple, Samsung, Nokia, etc. It is just a material thing. It’s a pile of electronics made in China, like so many other piles of electronics made in China. In x years they won’t matter.Continue reading Too much hate
Recent news about the most successful Pride parade in Johannesburg’s history, interrupted by female activists from the One in Nine group, has led me to write down memories and thoughts about my experience on the 2001 organising committee. Eleven years is a Very Long Time in South African LGBTI history, and somehow the fact thatContinue reading Pride 2001 Organising Committee
On 31 August 2012, we move to Calgary. I have missed city life, apparently, because I’m looking forward to it. Six hours of driving with a small dog is going to be … interesting. We’ve been busy getting the house in order for the new owner, and packing (when I say “we”, I mean M).Continue reading Moving to Calgary
On SuperUser.com, a question came up about how to do a proper Linux backup, including the applications installed, and associated configurations. In light of a previous post I wrote about backups and run books, I thought this would be useful information to share. I answered with a link to the original run book I haveContinue reading Where do I start with a Run Book?
Someone asked a question on SuperUser today, about getting PocketCloud and RDP to play nicely together, where they could connect to the host from outside the network. I thought I’d repeat my answer here with more info. Firstly, it’s important to note that PocketCloud Windows Companion uses the Remote Desktop Protocol, running on port 3389.Continue reading PocketCloud Windows Companion vs RDP port-forwarding
Noël Coward, that flaming homosexual that wasn’t Oscar Wilde, wrote a number of plays in his life, one of which was the one-act “Hands Across the Sea”, a slice of high society life. The Vic Juba Community Players, of which I am a member, put this production on last night, as part of the LloydminsterContinue reading Hands Across the Sea
A new beta of ShutOff 2000 v3.0.0 is now available. The product is fast approaching code completion. The Visual Basic 6 edition of the application has always used the Windows Registry to store its settings. However, Microsoft’s best practice for the Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 platform does not allow for this, soContinue reading The life of an application config from the registry to SQLite to SQL CE to XML