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Yesterday I successfully avoided being anywhere near my computer (or any computer for that matter), and I'm quite impressed.

I've always been fascinated by world history, especially considering my own heritage. For example, one of my direct ancestors was John Napier, the creator of logarithms.

Gautrain: also dubbed "The Shilowa Express" by the man who masterminded this massive project (and quite honestly, I prefer this name).

On Monday, after delaying for as long as I could, I have to show my manager what I've been doing for the past few weeks. Monday is also the deadline for two assignments for my teaching degree, and Tuesday I write my first exam. No pressure. Let me get back to my assignment that's dueContinue reading Show Early

For the record, I have a headache from hell. It started yesterday afternoon on the drive home, when I caught a flash of sunlight reflecting off a glass building. After I lost peripheral vision in my left eye and noticed naked dancing greek llamas dancing ponies in my field of vision, I was a little concerned.

With http://ncane.com growing steadily (almost 500 URLs shortened!), I am about to launch another service with a partner who has been helping me on it for a couple of years. Let's put this in perspective though: I had the idea in 2001, and asked some people to help me. For various reasons, those people couldn't do it. In 2004 I approached this new guy. He said yes, and agreed to take half of my business as payment. Well, it seemed like a good idea then, and I think it's still a good idea now 🙂

I’m forgetting about my blog again … this can’t be a bad thing altogether, because it means I have other things on my mind. However, I feel like I am doing too much again. Skattie says it’s my own fault for taking on too much. So I’m finalising my business closure this month. My colleagueContinue reading I’m forgetting again

“Some people have become less tolerant of children. They see them as loud, stressful and a bit of a pain. They’d rather have a cat or a dog.” – Dr Hubertus Schulz, chief doctor at Magdeburg’s maternity clinic in Germany.

I’m trying to juggle two projects at work at the moment – I have to demonstrate functionality in a new application we’re developing at work, and that’s on Friday. Meanwhile, the application I was working on in January requires new functionality, but we don’t really have the time to implement it. The trouble here isContinue reading The heat is on