Archive for February, 2008

Interesting links for 19 Feb 08 - 28 Feb 08:

Solaris Features: Service Management Facility - A great introductory tutorial on Solaris 10's "Service Management Facility" (SMF).
PIN Entry Device (PED) vulnerabilities - So Chip And PIN is not quite a secure as the banks would have you believe, and something as simple as not trying to [...]

I’ve been a bit poor with keeping up the whole “Photo of the Week” idea. I think it’s turning into more of a photo of the month idea. Anyway, here’s one I took quite some time ago of a Stargazer Lily. I think this is one of the prettier varieties of lily, [...]

The other day I pointed out this rather odd line of text in the new SA School’s Pledge and didn’t know how to pronounce it. Well, now I do…

It’s Khoisan, and as Claire pointed out it means ‘Diverse People Unite’, or ‘Unity in Diversity’.
It’s actually the motto on the new South African Coat of [...]

This is a computer generated image of what the most expensive flat in the world may look like when it’s completed in 2010:

At about 20:30 on 16 February 1999 I departed Johannesburg International Airport (it was still called that then) and started my life as an economic migrant (I came and stole their jobs and one of their women ) in sunny, warm England. At the same time I flew the nest and started life as [...]

By March this year, schoolchildren all across South Africa could be reciting a new national schools’ pledge during morning assemblies in an attempt to instill a renewed sense of morality in young South Africans.
Great idea, but you just know it’s going to be a monotone drawl until you get to the last two lines…

It’s been crazy at work over the past few weeks, but things are bound to get better now. We’re getting an upgrade to our vending machines. To quote the email I received yesterday…

Interesting links for 28 Jan 08 - 13 Feb 08:

Energy targets exceeded - Well, it’s not really surprising considering the people of South Africa had no real choice in the matter. Use too much power and they take ALL of it away from your for a couple of hours.
The Bamboo Bike - What a [...]