Darb's Blog
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Personal blog of Bradley Whittington
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Syncing your S60
Recently I upgraded my phone to a Nokia N81. I set up my Zyb account, and sync'd my contacts, and realised that I could not schedule syncs like I had with my SE w810i. Until this morning, when Russell pointed out on IRC that there was a tool for that
Telkom is awesome.
In a week we are moving houses. We have a list of things that need to be sorted before we move. So, one of the things on the list is moving our phone line/ADSL. I have a one price ADSL from cybersmart so I can take advantage of their Night
The sheep are in control
It is my current desktop, feel free to do what you want with it (you can even click on it and download it). I made it for my dual head 1280x1024 set up at work. The animals pictured inhabit our bathroom at home.
What WeatherSA could have done right
Weather SA is promoing it's new and "contemporary" website. Twitter has been a-filled with comments about exactly how badly the new website has been executed (maimed, murder, or vomitted would be equally applicable). A friend mailed them with some very terse comments, and of course they got defensive, believing the
Internal knowledge, or, make it easier for others to participate
It has struck me for a while that South Africa, and generally Africa (See Jonathan's mention of Ghana in this post), has a problem with with wrapping stuff up in what I call Internal Knowledge. I define Internal Knowledge as the knowledge needed to operate within a system which is
ZOMG! BidOrBuy iz offer R300 for ma blogs!
Bidorbuy has offered me The Chance to win Three Hundred South African Rands by blogging about how much I think a car will be auctioned for. I personally think it will be auctioned for One Million South African Rand. I think it is fun that bidorbuy is trying to use
Responsible reporting (or, sorry for being a doos, ClickThinking)
Yesterday I posted about how a local web company recently sold the work of a well known, local, independent web professional. What they did broke netiquette, ethics, and definitely copyright law. Much geek froth and outrage occurred, and a tiny storm broke out on the internet. I jumped on the
Bad move, ClickThinking
I was excited this morning when I read on Green Cars about Optimal energy's re-designed website. They recently launched their electric car the 'Joule'. Except when I clicked through to the optimal energy site it looked awfully familiar. Apparently this didn't escape Damien Du Toit (the owner of the coda
Do not use the services of ClickThinking
I was excited this morning when I read on Green Cars about Optimal energy's re-designed website. They recently launched their electric car the 'Joule'. Except when I clicked through to the optimal energy site it looked awfully familiar. Apparently this didn't escape Damien Du Toit (the owner of the coda
Blame it on the Tetons [snip]
Finley very much enjoys when we play Modest Mouse (usually very loud), and goes nuts for a track called 'The View'. He dances like crazy and screams a lot (in a lets tear the roof off this party kind of way). This post isn't about Finley's music taste though, it
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