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This is a collection of technical info that I think would be useful to others. Info ranges from useful tools, money saving tips, energy saving tips, help, crime busting, security, etc...
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Beware of scams that steal your money via your telephone bill
A colleague received an email from a recruitment agent (pasted below) that promises that she would "assist you with finding employment, or an income opportunity, that will suit you best." His initial thoughts were - "great" another person that could find him a good job. All he had to do was fax his updated CV etc. to the number and perhaps the right ....
Forget about paying for your download manager app - this freeware app gives
I was a GetRight man and was about to "pay the fee"... but then I found FreeDownloadManager that worked well and I'm still finding features that impress me and save me lots of download-time and bandwidth (since it resumes instead of restarts after a link failure)! Best of all it's OpenSource! Why would anyone need a download manager you might ask - my browser ....
Stop throwing away unused ADSL bandwidth at the end of every month....
Buy non-expiring bandwidth: If you don’t use up your 1GB per month of your ADSL bandwidth then you probably lose it since TelkomInternet’s policy (and lots of other ISPs) is “use it or lose it”. Changing your ISP will allow you to buy bandwidth and carry over any unused bandwidth. For eample: WebAfrica: R70 per GB (excellent help-desk; credit cards ....
Tagga, click away crime is now free! TAGGA your goods and help kill the *il
It's official: Tagga is now free! No annual subscription fee. No catch - it's now a genuine community service with no fees to register nor search for stolen goods. Do your bit to help kill the illegal second hand market and register now. If everyone registers and updates the system then it will be more difficult for the bastards to sell ....
1 more day to purchase 27.3% cheaper electricity... do it now
CapeTown electricity is going up by 27.3% on 01July - that leaves 1 day for you to stock up on cheaper electricity: Refer to my earlier blog "Does it pay to topup your pre-payment meter?", I have purchased a few months' worth of electricity. Here are some of the questions that are answered: 3) How much pre‑paid electricity can I purchase before the increase? To save money you ....
Eskom has just announced the electricity price increase for this year: 27.3
The 27.3% is made up of 14% from December and 13.3% from today's additional award. I'm going to save that 27.3% by pre-purchasing as much electricity as I can. Referring to my earlier blog "Does it pay to topup your pre-payment meter?", I will purchase a few months worth of electricity before 01July2008. And while you're ....
