Monthly Archives: August 2008

Victory

Posted on August 29, 2008 by joe

Forces of old and evil : 0 Forces of reason and progress: 1 The high court today confirmed that VANS may self-provide infrastructure. Amobia may, in fact, build wireless networks, as we suspected for a while now (-: Open season. … Continue reading →

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Extreme Networks Customer Advisory Council

Posted on August 28, 2008 by joe

Just had a 30min chat with the Extreme Networks Customer Network Requirements Director about joining their Customer Advisory Council. It’s basically a structured focus group or think tank which meets once or twice a year at their HQ in California. … Continue reading →

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Judgement Day

Posted on August 28, 2008 by joe

Loved the scene at the end of T2. A simple motion shot of a tar road at night and this voiceover… The future, always so clear to me, had become like a black highway at night. We were in uncharted … Continue reading →

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Joe on ITWeb

Posted on August 28, 2008 by joe

Spotted an article about Teraco on ITWeb : Ex-Storm investors in data centre deal A few comments.. Teraco aims to be the first co-location data centre company in SA. Teraco aims to be the first vendor neutral co-location data centre … Continue reading →

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Three Men and a Little Lady

Posted on August 26, 2008 by joe

I’m moving in with Georg and Andy at the end of the week. The mortgage broker, the engineer, the entrepreneur and the little princess. The plot of that 1990 movie is not that far fetched after all. Busy packing, sorting … Continue reading →

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Quick Update

Posted on August 24, 2008 by joe

Week in the life of Joe.. Monday, early blogging and (last) sunrise panoramic from my current pad. I’m moving soon. Lions Head, TT test drive, WP 2.6.1 upgrade, Chandler 1.0 desktop and server upgrade, Jono birthday party at Jamaicamecrazy, drink … Continue reading →

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Everyone’s a Captain Kirk

Posted on August 24, 2008 by joe

A one-hit wonder Cold War protest song about how balloons trigger a war machine and doomsday event. The war machine springs to life, opens up one eager eye, this is it boys, this is war, super high-tech jet fighters, everyone’s … Continue reading →

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WordCamp Cape Town

Posted on August 24, 2008 by joe

I attended WordCamp yesterday. Only managed to see two presentations, but it was worth it. Justin Hartman talked about the disruptive force of WordPress and Open Source in a large media business. Seems the simplicity and intuitiveness of the backend … Continue reading →

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Movie Star

Posted on August 23, 2008 by joe

It’s not so crazy thinking we could really have it all… Movie Star, by Roisin Murphy, from the Overpowered album.

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Audi TT and R8

Posted on August 21, 2008 by joe

Somebody once told me, there are two ways to buy a car. One, with your head. Two, with your heart. I somehow managed to get a meeting date mixed up on Monday, so I found myself in the waterfront area. … Continue reading →

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SA|UX Forum

Posted on August 20, 2008 by joe

Just returned from the SA|UX forum at Limoncello. Very good talk about mobile user interface design by Antony Ribot… for me they most useful ideas were: Miniaturisation vs. Mobilisation.. it’s all about context, which is about feature number 1. Less … Continue reading →

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Top 5 Role Models

Posted on August 19, 2008 by joe

Every kid needs a role model.. I figure.. 5. Rick Deckard 4. Helen Ripley 3. Tyler Durden 2. Patrick Bateman 1. Han Solo

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