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Blog of Matt Geri - a young software engineer living in South Africa

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South African Tweeters Have A Voice

This morning South African tweeters managed to create TWO trending topics on twitter during the NPAs announcement that they will be dropping the Jacob Zuma prosecution. Yes it helped that probably more than half of the twitter world is currently sleeping, but I think it is still pretty cool.

Published on Apr 6, 2009, 10:17 am

TweetSum - Awesome Twitter Follower Manager

… and a pretty cool intro video too. Check out the intro video from TweetSum.com on their website. TweetSum is another twitter service built upon the twitter API which helps you organize your twitter followers. What makes this one different to the other similar services? It has its “Meh.”

Published on Mar 3, 2009, 4:04 pm

Mail & Guardian, Are You Listening Now?

Last Friday (I think it was) I managed to download Mail & Guardians full code base including database usernames, passwords and servers. I actually wasn’t even looking for the code and stumbled upon it accidentally while doing a usual check that I do on websites. The source code was

Published on Mar 2, 2009, 5:34 pm

Mail & Guardian Post - Temporarily Closed

Update: *Sigh*, some people are really pathetic. This post has been removed for now, but will definitely probably be back soon once everything with the M&G is sorted out…

Published on Mar 2, 2009, 5:34 pm

Sometimes I Wonder About Shared Web Hosts

I don’t know if it is just me or if others have had similar experiences, but every time I sign up for a shared hosting account, it is just one big fail. I have yet to find a shared host that can be relied upon and I have tried

Published on Mar 2, 2009, 5:16 pm

Fitting Into A Schedule

One of the most challenging things I am finding at the moment in my life is the ability to juggle my time and fit everything I need to do into my daily routine. I have 3 tasks that I see as major TODO’s for each day. They are:

Published on Feb 23, 2009, 4:19 pm

My Ubuntu Home Server

I recently found the need to setup a home server to do backups and to store common files that are needed around the house. So, I had a computer lying around doing nothing (a pretty decent machine actually) and decided that I would use it for a home server.

Published on Feb 11, 2009, 8:23 pm

Dell Inspiron 1525 Review

I purchased a blue Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop near the end of last year to use as my main “work station”. Out of the box it came with Windows Vista but I was quick to switch to Ubuntu Linux and needless to say I have been pretty pleased with

Published on Feb 9, 2009, 6:02 pm

Linux Vs Windows Benchmarks

I can’t remember where I picked this up (I think it was on twitter), but it is definitely an interesting read. It is basically an article that runs a bunch of benchmark tests on Ubuntu, Windows Vista and Windows 7 an compares the results. They got a pretty decent

Published on Feb 5, 2009, 9:45 pm

New Gmail Buttons, Menus and Features

I was pretty excited this morning when I opened my Gmail inbox and found that Google had pushed through some pretty cool buttons and menus. I have been waiting a long time for some of the changes they made to the labeling of emails. This is what the new

Published on Feb 4, 2009, 4:59 pm

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