Officially disguised as a Canadian
The first thing you’ll notice is the name: ShutOff 2000. I decided that “ITS ShutOff Professional” didn’t roll off the tongue as easily. Plus, there’s so much branding inherent in the original name, that changing it seemed foolish. I wrote quite extensively on this new .NET version in a recent post, as well as theContinue reading ShutOff 2000 is almost here
Following on from yesterday’s rant is a much shorter note, which holds for software, music and video piracy. I’ve just read an article on TechCrunch today about studios delaying the rental of DVDs for 30 days after their release, which is an interesting read in itself. What jumped out at me is this: If youContinue reading Piracy and You
(Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.) Do you download software and / or music and / or movies and / or television shows without paying for it? Do you know what ACTA is, or aims to be? Do you live in a country where your government wants to check what you’re doing on the Internet?Continue reading Copyright and You
Far be it from me to dictate who you should pick as your invisible friend in the sky, but there is an insidious movement in the world that is taking away the rights of people to live their lives in a free and open society. And for that group of people, do you *really* thinkContinue reading And another thing …
I’m annoyed. But some background first. South Africa has “celebrities”, because there really isn’t an A-list and B-list differentiator. You qualify as a celebrity if: You act in a soapie (Egoli, 7de Laan, Villa Rosa) You have your photo taken at a rave (Cassie Booyse, a.k.a. Vernon Koekemoer) You release a CD You host aContinue reading Celebrittle
“THIS IS A SYSTEM GENERATED EMAIL. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO IT To whom it may concern This is a confirmation that Branded Internet Discovery Mail has released a payment for your account. We have enclosed the details below. Date : 2009/11/06 Description on Statement : RANDOLPH POTTER Payment : R 352.00 If you haveContinue reading I got my money back!
This is an email I have just written to discovery [AT] tip-offs.com, when I discovered a fraudulent withdrawal of funds from my bank account yesterday, three days after my account was cancelled (and confirmed in writing). “To whom it may concern. I am a long-time Discovery Health and Discovery Life member. I was until veryContinue reading Branded Internet and Vitality Broadband stole from me
“Greetings You really are a bunch of monkeys there. I was forced to find alternative bandwidth today because you cut me off before the actual end of the month, which is 12 hours from the time I am writing this. This after I asked you in September to cancel my contract on 1 October, butContinue reading My letter to Branded Internet
Robert Scoble joined the party now, pointing out what Brendon and I wrote about two weeks ago – managing data across several cloud computing vendors. Nice to see I’m still a trend setter! Thanks, Brendon!
“Thank you for signing up to give us early feedback on Google Wave. We’re happy to give you access to Google Wave and are enlisting your help to improve the product.” Now I just need to invite someone, otherwise it looks pretty dull.