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Monthly Archives: February 2008
The Amobia Untouchables
Amobia recently started sponsoring a touch rugby team called The Amobia Untouchables. They have been doing pretty well and are ranked 2nd at the moment. More pics at the usual place. ..and I’m getting an official team shirt soon
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Blio PBX on Tectonic
Article about the new Blio PBX on Tectonic today: SA-born Asterisk PBX now shipping
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The story of the extra P
The MOPP opening night was fun. Lot’s of arty looking people. It’s interesting watching the reactions of complete strangers when they look at my pictures. It’s sad how often people miss an opportunity to tell their story. At the last … Continue reading
Posted in Frogfoot, GeekDinner
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MOPP Open Wall Exhibition
I just returned from adding a series of my panoramics to the MOPP Open Wall photography exhibition. Glen Beach, Prague, Pamplona, Stellenbosch and Cape Town stuff. Not the greatest printing quality in the world.. hey, it was a 15min job.. … Continue reading
Posted in Cape Town
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Purple Toys
Some new toys arrived. Pics are here. Extreme Networks BD8k core switch and two Summit series access switches. This is most probably the same models we’ll use for the Teraco switch fabric. Also added some pics of setting up the … Continue reading
Posted in Extreme Networks, Frogfoot, Teraco
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Random ideas for the day
“Jesus never saw a woman in a business suit”.. for some reason I was reminded of this scene from The Big Kahuna today.. Larry and Bob get into an argument where Bob comments that Jesus stated that lusting after women … Continue reading
VC meeting
Had an interesting meeting today. Somewhere in the discussion we talked about competitors for Frogfoot and Amobia. I realised three interesting things about at least two of our competitors: 1) at an early stage we were involved in consulting and … Continue reading
Posted in Amobia, Frogfoot
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Belgium 2008
A good friend got engaged recently. The wedding is planned for September in Belgium. I think it’s safe to assume the bachelor party will be in Amsterdam. All good reasons to travel. Maybe I’ll go visit a few data centers.
Posted in Rants
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Frogfoot Entrepreneurial Company Award
Frogfoot was awarded the Entrepreneurial Company of 2007 award by Frost & Sullivan after we participated in their South African Broadband market survey. Now I just need to frame it and hang it somewhere.
Posted in Frogfoot
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Quick Updates
I realised I’ve been blogging for more than a year now.. about 14 months. I watched Into the Wild at the Labia tonight. Pretty good, a bit boring at times but a nice way to end a busy week. Definitely … Continue reading
TED Africa registration
I just submitted my request to be invited to TEDAfrica. Monday to Wednesday September 29 to October 1 2008 in Cape Town at the CTICC. Let’s hope we’re elite enough to be invited. See you there.
Posted in Cape Town
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