Monthly Archives: August 2006

Last.Fm is really cool…

Posted on August 27, 2006 by dale

I love all the new sites that are coming out… one that a friend recently introduced me to is called Last.Fm. Now last.fm is very hard to describe but basically through special plugins in media players your computer sends them … Continue reading →

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The Internet Archive

Posted on August 26, 2006 by dale

A while ago I was watching an episode of NerdTV where Robert “X” Cringely interviews Brewster Kahle  the  creater of the Internet Archive.  I must admit that the only thing I  knew or ever used of the internet archive was … Continue reading →

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Hamachi VPN

Posted on August 26, 2006 by dale

Hamachi is a really cool little application that allows you to build a secure encrypted vpn accross the internet. What makes Hamachi special is that you don’t need fixed IP’s or anything like that, this means you can create a … Continue reading →

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Open Source Desktop Publishing Software

Posted on August 26, 2006 by dale

Having once run my own small business I know all about doing things yourself to save money. One of the things that we did alot of was brochures, manuals and other printed documents. When you’re a small company you can’t … Continue reading →

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viZoo – Free Format – holographic projection.

Posted on August 25, 2006 by dale

I spotted this site along time ago but I keep getting asked about it. viZoo is a advertising company that according to their site “Are an advertising film company, developing and producing new media with “edge”. Something that has never … Continue reading →

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Flight Delayed

Posted on August 23, 2006 by dale

Right now I’m sitting in the departures lounge of George Airport… my plane has been delayed due to bad weather and so as I accidently packed my book into my luggage all I’ve got with me is my laptop and … Continue reading →

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Blogging from the gates of…

Posted on August 16, 2006 by dale

this post is coming to you from gate 15 at capetown airport. this is all thanks to the wonders of opera, internet and my cellphone. no computers and no qwerty keyboard i am on my way to george for a … Continue reading →

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Cool Programs for Cell Phones

Posted on August 13, 2006 by dale

I don’t like cellphones, there screens are too small they don’t have full qwerty keyboards and normally the only people who call my phone (during the day anyway) are people I really don’t actually want to talk to. That all … Continue reading →

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Is it wrong of me to say or even think this?

Posted on August 11, 2006 by dale

I want to snuggle up to my coffee cup… Ok so it does sound like a bit of a weird thing to say but let me explain. The wind is howling outside according to the SA Weather Service it’s a … Continue reading →

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New Toy

Posted on August 7, 2006 by dale

Last weekend Tafelberg Furnishers were having a sale on a Samsung 27″ LCD TV (Model: LA27T51) So I decided to finally buy a TV as it was a very good price.

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