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Technology July 9, 2008February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Now I’ve seen it all

Now I’ve seen it all

"The words 'Friendster', 'Klum', 'Nazr', 'Obama', and 'Racicot' are not recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008."

Announcements, News, Tasteless Humour June 23, 2008December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment on Good bye, George Carlin

Good bye, George Carlin

The legend that was George Carlin died on Sunday evening, Santa Monica time.

Technology June 8, 2008February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on And then he blocked the whole of China

And then he blocked the whole of China

Well, for the meantime anyway. I have blocked China from my server, as well as half of Spain apparently (one errant ISP's IP range kept coming up in my logs).

General, Technology April 11, 2008December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment on So how much of my 50GB cap is that?

So how much of my 50GB cap is that?

Announcements April 1, 2008November 1, 2024 | Leave a Comment on It’s getting worse!

It’s getting worse!

Now they want us to believe that SA passports are being replaced by SADC passports, and a region-specific currency too. As if!

General Humour, Science Stuff, Technology March 25, 2008February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Excuse me sir, are you carrying illegal isotopes?

Excuse me sir, are you carrying illegal isotopes?

"Vehicle goes by at 70 miles per hour," Giuliano told the crowd. "Agent is in the median, a good 80 feet away from the traffic. Signal went off and identified an isotope [in the passing car]."

Technology March 7, 2008February 22, 2019 | 1 Comment on Spot the mistake …

Spot the mistake …

Technology February 26, 2008February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Uptime

Uptime

18:53:53 up 111 days, 41 min, 1 user, load average: 0.55, 0.46, 0.45

Technology February 10, 2008February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Bandwidth usage

Bandwidth usage

And to think I was worried …

News, Technology January 25, 2008December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment on SA mines instructed to shut down for up to six weeks

SA mines instructed to shut down for up to six weeks

Johannesburg – South Africa's gold mines, and mining companies in other sectors, were instructed last night by electricity utility Eskom to shut their mines, possibly for up to between two and six weeks.

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