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Announcements October 20, 2007July 1, 2019 | Leave a Comment on The Harry Potter Slash Fiction Crowd Is Going To Go Bonkers

The Harry Potter Slash Fiction Crowd Is Going To Go Bonkers

New York – Harry Potter fans, the rumours are true: Albus Dumbledore, master wizard and Headmaster of Hogwarts, is gay.

Technology October 17, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on w00t! 1337 h@x0rz unite!

w00t! 1337 h@x0rz unite!

Apple is finally releasing Leopard, and compared to Vista, I'd say it's worth the upgrade. They have stolen a couple of visual ideas from Vista, including the side bar and transparency on the windows, but overall, I'd say it's a good upgrade.

Announcements September 17, 2007December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment on Teachers get a pay rise

Teachers get a pay rise

The minimum salary for a teacher just starting out has been raised to R115k per year, and the maximum has increased from R171k to R324k per annum. Finally.

Announcements September 1, 2007 | 1 Comment on Married

Married

I got married yesterday, and now I'm the happiest fag this side of the sun.

SQL Server, Technology August 23, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on Link 64-bit SQL Server 2005 to 32-bit SQL Server 2000

Link 64-bit SQL Server 2005 to 32-bit SQL Server 2000

For those of you battling with a 64-bit SQL Server 2005 Server linking to 32-bit SQL Server 2000 Servers, here's a handy solution. This problem has been plaguing us for a while now, and today I made it work.

Technology August 13, 2007December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment on ncane.com Analysis

ncane.com Analysis

According to the Google Analytics boys and girls, I've got almost every single country covered on my hit list for http://ncane.com, my short URL generator.

Technology July 11, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on *hack*

*hack*

I'm migrating web hosts soon. Once I've sorted out the virtual domain story with qmail, I'll switch over. Hopefully nothing will be lost in the transfer. I plan to complete this during the month of August.

SQL Server, Technology June 20, 2007February 22, 2019 | Leave a Comment on 150 days of madness

150 days of madness

Picture it: Sandton, 2007. The launch of a 150-day plan to migrate a set of disparate systems into a fully integrated hybrid data warehouse system running Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and associated plugins. Some of us (including me) are a little bewildered by the prospect, especially considering the volume of data and applications that need to migrate in this short period of time.

Announcements, Obliviot June 7, 2007October 10, 2018 | Leave a Comment on Eleven people are obliviots

Eleven people are obliviots

One article, one month, TEN ELEVENTY Tomcruises in one go. I must be in heaven. Here they are in article order:

Technology June 5, 2007February 22, 2019 | 3 Comments on The story of the lonely hard drive

The story of the lonely hard drive

High on a hill desk stood a lonely goatherd hard drive … *insert yodelling here*

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