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Spring and RSS Feed update — 2 September 2007

Posted on 2 September 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

Yesterday was supposedly the start of Spring, well you could have fooled me. Not here in Cape Town, it was raining and very winter like.

Onto my RSS feed items for today:

IBM —
- Two IBM Discoveries Add Promise for Nano-Computing
- At I.B.M., a Vacation Anytime, or Maybe None — this is the best thing about working for IBM — I just love working this way.
Linux —
- Next version of Ubuntu announced: The Hardy Heron
- Issue #4 of Full Circle released!
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
How-to’s —
- Games: Flight Simulator in Google Earth 4.2
Web development —
- Starting with PHP and AJAX
Internet —
Great insightful reads —
- The Next Killer App – Telepresence
- IT-based Collaboration and the Evolution of Work
Facebook —
- A slap in the Facebook
Fun stuff —
- Follow-on of my Lightsaber entry of a day or so ago – Jedi squirels
Other tidbits —
- Instant Messaging in Afrikaans — for all my Afrikaans readers
- Student and Professor Build Budget Supercomputer — Want to play with one of these
- IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T61P Rewiew — and I want one of these.

With the eclipse earlier this week, I came across this photo. Click on the image for more information.

Credit & Copyright: Yuichi Takasaka

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Blogday and RSS Feed update — 31 August 2007

Posted on 31 August 2007 by Marius — 1 Comment ↓

It is Blog day today so I have to blog. From my RSS Feed reader today:

IBM —
- The Rational Edge: August 2007 issue
- Is PHP the Systems i’s Next RPG?
Facebook —
- Facebook Etiquette
Hobby projects —
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
How to’s —
- Where the Web Archives Are
- Hide and Lock a Folder in Windows XP
WordPress —
- For the brave – WordPress 2.3 Beta 1
Fun stuff –
- Â© http://www.gapingvoid.com/
- Â© http://trashmedia.co.za/
Other tidbits —

Table Mountain close up from upper Cape Town:

Image: Marius Bock taken with a Nokia N80

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RSS update – 26 August 2007

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Today’s items from my RSS Feedreader:

Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
How to’s —
- Top 10 Gnome Desktop Tweaks
- Partition and Image Your Hard Drive with the System Rescue CD
Internet and Technology —
IBM —
- alphaWorks – IBM Emerging Technology
- CoScripter – Simplifying Web-based Processes
Cheat Sheets —
- WordPress cheat sheets
Facebook —
- Half of employees blocked from accessing Facebook at work
Photography —
- Take Better Shots with the Nikon Digital Learning Center

Today I share some more Cape Town beauty.

Image: Marius Bock taken with a Nokia N80
This is from a park just behind where I stay overlooking the Hottentots Mountains.

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RSS update – 25 August 2007

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I am back with another update after a hectic week back at week. Why does everything come to a standstill when one goes on leave?

So here it is:

Great insightful reads â€“
- Re-inventing the Corporate Research Lab — Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Space —
- The top 10 views of Earth from space
WordPress —
Internet —
- Japanese Researchers Aim to Replace the Internet
- Shuttleworth appointed to InfraCo board
Linux —
- Power Up Your Linux Desktop With Compiz Fusion
- Linus Torvalds Speaks Out on Future of Linux
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend ([[caution]]: some of these are beta and I take no responsibility when something goes wrong when you use it) —
- Ad-Aware 2007 Reference File 0016.0000
- AutoRuns 8.73
- Free Download Manager 2.5 Build 703
- Pidgin 2.1.1 — replace all you IM clients with one tool
- Ad-Aware 2007 Free 7.0.1.6 Updated — this is the program itself, one above is the ref file.
- AVG Free Edition 7.5.484a1103
- Adobe Flash Player [Moviestar] 9.0.60.184 Beta
- 7-Zip (32-bit) 4.53 Alpha 2 alpha
Facebook —
- Facebook Messaging just got better…
IBM —
- IBM ThinkPad – The End of an Era?
- Changes afoot in Lotus Sametime 8
Hobby Projects —
- Create a Bootable Home Theater PC with GeeXboX
PHP and Web Development —
- Developing applications with Project Zero: Get started with Project Zero and PHP
- phpMyAdmin 2.11.0 is released

It is flower season in the Northern Cape so some flower beauty for you. Click on the image for some more photos and information.

Photos courtesy of Heleen Paxton in Strandfontein. Regards from Namaqualand, Daisy Tel; 027 692 3041 www.hondeklip.co.za

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RSS update – 19 August 2007

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Today is the last day of my leave. Was good to have a break away from work and just clear the mind. Enjoy today’s tidbits from my RSS feedreader.

Hobby Projects —
- LinuxMCE Releases Media Center Addon for Kubuntu
Bloggiing —
- blogging isn’t dead, it’s just a subset of something much larger and more important
WordPress —
- Making WordPress themes I : static basics
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
- Azureus 3.0.2.0 Released
- Yahoo! Messenger 8.1.0.415 — do not use this anymore but some of you might.
How-to’s —
Food recipes —
- Do you kill people for hire? — Spaghetti Allâ€™assassino
IBM —
- The 500 Ghz Processor, Worlds Fastest Processor — want one of these in my PC.
- IBM Lenovo Thinkpad T61P – Laptop notebook review — and I want one of these.
Great insightful reads —
- A Kind of Cambrian Explosion — what is [[Cambrian]]?

Back to the Space Station.

Image credit: NASA
During the third spacewalk astronauts Rick Mastracchio and Clay Anderson (out of frame) relocated the S-Band Antenna Sub-Assembly from Port 6 (P6) to Port 1 (P1) truss, installed a new transponder on P1 and retrieved the P6 transponder.

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Somedays I wonder … Paul Thurrott at it again. He must really hate IBM.

Posted on 18 August 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

As most people that follows this blog knows, IBM released Lotus Notes 8 yesterday.

The there is this guy called Paul Thurrott .. he is so pro Microsoft (bet he gets paid to say the things he does). This is what he had to say in a newsletter:

IBM Intros New Lotus Notes, Anxious World Wonders Why

IBM this morning introduced the latest version of its messaging server, Lotus Notes 8, causing me to momentarily snap out of a caffeine-deprived coma and wonder aloud whether the company is actually still updating the software. (My wife already thinks I’m crazy, so this request went unanswered.) But I checked online and, sure enough, it does. And get this, it even notes (ahem) that Lotus Notes “competes” with Microsoft’s Exchange Server. Sounds nifty!

This is so typical of him making comments about things he knows nothing about. Paul, just to educate you:

Yes it does compete with Exchange and a hell of a lot better — I have used both.
It also competes with MS Sharepoint and also a lot beter.
There is much more users of Lotus Notes than Exchange.
And it runs on all platforms .. not just proprietary Windows.
Oh and it is based on open standards — but then again MS does not really care about standards.

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RSS update – 17 August 2007 and birthdays

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It was my birthday yesterday so I though it would be interesting to see who I share it with. One I always knew and that is Madonna, she is actually also the same age as me. The other is a techie thing … Debian started on 16 August, 14 years ago.

What not to blog about —
Under-skirt film gets bloggers into hot water
WordPress —
Adding options to WordPress plugins
Linux —
How to set up Apache virtual hosting
The Original Process Scheduler
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
Free Download Manager 2.5.700
Notepad++ 4.2.2
Automatically download new TV shows over BitTorrent with ted — [[bandwidth]] in SA might prevent doing this most of the time.
If there is one piece of software you need then this is it — AutoRuns 8.72
AVG Free Edition 7.5.484a1100
Here is why your Skype is not working — Problems With Skype Login
And then they also bring out a new version — Skype 3.5.0.214
IBM —
Quickr Fest training events — and there is even events scheduled for Cape Town and Johannesburg
D-day for Lotus Notes 8 — Lotus Notes and Domino 8 now shipping
Health —
Eight foods you should eat every day — spinach is on the list 🙁

Spend some time at the beach and here is photo of Table Mountain under cloud cover.

Image: Marius Bock – Nokia N80

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RSS update – 15 August 2007

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It is a glorious sunny day in Cape Town so before I hit the road, something to keep you busy for the day.

Nokia phone users —
Have your battery checked out – Nokia Recalls 46 Million Batteries – luckily mine (N80) is not on the list
IBM —
Worldâ€™s tiniest art from IBM on display
Woohoo, Notes/Domino8 has been announced, eGA 17th! — yes that is in 2 days time.
Lotus Notes 8 Is Unleashed Unto The World
IBM overrides IBM’s Superfast Computer
WordPress —
Navigating WordPress source code
Great insightful reads â€“
Mark Shuttleworth: Emerging consensus in favour of a unified document format standard?
PHP —
PHP frameworks – Which one is Most Suitable for you?
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend â€“
Free Download Manager 2.5 build 688
Notepad++ 4.2.1
Opera for Windows 9.23 Build 8808 Final
Facebook —
Choose Your (Facebook) Friends Carefully
Facebook and the Case for Open Source
Cheat Sheets —
Python Cheat Sheet

STS-118 Shuttle mission:

Image: Nasa
This view of the Space Shuttle Endeavour clearly shows its payload bay and upper surfaces.

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RSS feed update – 14 August 2007

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Since the weather here in Cape Town is real miserable today, I will give you another batch of items from my feedreader.

Sporty stuff —
Golf family’s holey trinity — and I have been playing for years and have not got one.
Cape Town —
Crowdsourcing a new identity : for a city — from the Hunter of Genius – have a look at that picture, how can one not love this city.
Burning residence brings out the best in people — this is Eendrag residence on Stellenbosch .. where my son is going next year so holding thumbs that it will be rebuild by that time.
Blogging —
why we’re all blogging less — while you at it looking at Hugh’s cartoons on the back of business cards.
Facebook and PHP —
PHP Did Not Cause Facebook Code Leakage
And the actual code
In my view the best Facebook app — That’s just Scrabulous.
Linux —
Aptitude vs Apt-Get
Mount a Windows shared folder in Linux
Great insightful reads —
Leadership and Management Skills in the Knowledge Economy
Note Taking: A Beginner’s Guide to Mind Mapping Meetings
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
Ad-Aware 2007 Reference File 0015.0000
Notepad++ v4.2 – column mode edition
IBM —
New version of Sametime — Sametime 7.5.1 tip – changing downloads page

Picture of the day — The Trifid Nebula in Stars and Dust which is 3000 lightyears from earth.

Credit and Copyright: R. Jay GaBany (Cosmotography.com)

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RSS feed update – 12 August 2007

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Short one for this Sunday:

Space enthusiasts —
Space Hotel to Open in 2012
Web 2.0 —
Clever and stupid ways for business to use Web 2 — luckily the company I work for (IBM) is mostly on the green side.
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
FileZilla 3.0.0 RC1
What is GIMP?
All things Google —
Weekly Google Code Roundup for August 10th
Hobby projects —
Exporting from MythTV

With STS-118 mission on the go .. the first Spacewalk.

Image above: Mission Specialist Rick Mastracchio participates in the first spacewalk of the STS-118 mission.
Image: NASA TV

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