Derek Keats Blog

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A blog by dkeats

Blog description:

Musings on technology, education, society, eLerning and nature.

Blog Rank:

Derek Keats Blog ranks 4971 in Africa and 3074 in South Africa. According to site visitors it ranks 1534, and 1730 according to page views:

According to blogroll links it ranks 9712 and 9618 according to the amount of links within Afrigator blog posts

Rain spider nest

Just after we moved into our house in early February, Esther noticed a strange looking spider nest among the flowers at the front of the house. It was a ratty bunch of leaves, wrapped in silken thread, suspended in the air by more silken threads holding

Time lapse of huge cloud over Johannesburg

This time lapse video was made according to the method I described in my last post (see below). [quickembed:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgKVXDX4FXA] Let me know if you make your own based on these methods.

Time lapse photography with GNU/Linux

If you read this blog from time to time, you may have noticed that I am nuts about photography. I have been since my mother saved up, sacrificing because we were not well off, to buy me a Minolta camera when I was in high school. Since I am

Digital business card for #Chisimba using microformats

This weekend, I started a microformat based business card for Chisimba. It is extremely simple to use, and can generate a business card that links to your social networking sites, as well as standard address and other information. It is not finished yet but you can get a taste

The current generation of eBooks and readers are CRAP: #ebook_rip

We only buy things if we perceive the value to us to be more than the cost of the purchase. There are lots of factors that affect the perception of value. If I buy a good novel for R120, then I think of it as very good value, which is

Getting Ubuntu ready for a Postgres install of Chisimba, Part 2

How to prepare your developer system for a Chisimba install using Postgres as the database. This video covers checking Chisimba out into your home folder in a folder that you create called 'chisimba'. This is different from the normal Chisimba install, and has nothing to do with Postgres, rather with

Little critters: my photos

Here are some macro shots of insects and spiders from my Flickr photostream. I love shooting macro, and have only just finally worked out how to manipuate depth of field at this close range. I use a Canon 50D and a couple of different flashes, including a Canon macro flash.

Imagine if the colour red were patented: Freedom to Innovate Sout

Tell your friends and colleagues about Freedom to Innovate South Africa! Download and share this campaign poster on your website or blog, or use it as your profile picture on your social networking sites, and link it to http://ftisa.org.za.

Birdlife of Southern Africa: my photos

Here are some photos of birds of southern Africa that I have taken and uploaded to Flickr. They are included here courtesy of the QUICKEMBED filter. There are 80 photographs in the set at the time of writing, but of course the set will grow as I take more photographs.

Short guide to installing modules for #Chisimba using a svn check

This is a short guide to installing modules for Chisimba using a svn checkout  made by David Janks at Wits. [YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsf26AKEjMc[/YOUTUBE]  

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