Joan Rivers
Caustic, no-holds-barred, foul-mouthed, and a delight, and we’ll miss her. The opportunity to see her in April makes this less sad. So long, Joan. Give ’em hell up there.
Retiring an email address
I have been forced to retire rpotter@e-llusion.co.za due to the incredible amount of spam that it receives. While most of this ends up safely in my spam folder, eliminating the address will stop almost 600 spam emails a week from existing. If you want to send me email, don’t do it on that address 🙂Continue reading Retiring an email address
The early 90s were not good to me
There’s a period of around 18 months in the early 1990s, in my life, that had a profound effect on me. I am building up the courage, remembering all the pieces, and I’m going to write it down. It may also have coloured the memory of my father, because of his reaction and my reactionContinue reading The early 90s were not good to me
Website moved again
I’ve gone for a clean slate on rabryst.ca, this site’s official new home, after having merged and migrated my ancient website and sister blog into xqrx.com/pop. Of course that /pop/ subdirectory was meant to be temporary, and now I have a redirect file that is longer than my arm. Nevertheless, I felt it was timeContinue reading Website moved again
Happy New Year!
Regular followers will recognise the date of 22 May as the first day of the Smiters of Iniquity calendar year. As I mentioned last year on the Smiters’ forum, I will be naming the months of the year after disciples as they die, in honour of the memory left by Ian when he died, andContinue reading Happy New Year!
Happy New Year
Happy new year.
SQL Preparation, Part the First
As I noted in a previous entry, I’m going to be upgrading my SQL Server knowledge with the best minds in the business, in early 2012. To prepare myself for this training, I’m planning on going through the 40+ hours of videos that are provided for MCM training, as well as two of the requiredContinue reading SQL Preparation, Part the First
Google+
I’m off Facebook. I joined in (I think) 2006 and after the latest changes, combined with their increasingly bizarre opinion on privacy, I decided to run for the hills. The hills of Google+. Ironically, I wrote an article some time ago about Google and its potential to know everything about you. I may have evenContinue reading Google+
NCANE.COM going open source
I’ve decided to take my short URL generator and make it open-source. This is for a number of reasons, but I think primarily because I’m emigrating, and sometimes you need to just let things go. ShutOff 2000’s code will also become open source when I release ShutOff 2010 (that’s a long story – don’t ask).Continue reading NCANE.COM going open source
That thing we don’t mention
Everyone has a thing they don’t mention, but it can consume a large part of their life. In my case, it is a planned emigration. The process is arduous and time-consuming, and we happen to be on the fast track. It’s been almost a year, and looks to eclipse the twelve-month barrier if the visasContinue reading That thing we don’t mention