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RSS update – 19 August 2007
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 —
- Bloggiing —
- WordPress —
- 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 All’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.
Technorati Tags: ISS, space station, linuxMCE, kubuntu, blogging, wordpress themes, azureus, winmerge, Spaghetti All’assassino, vConvert, youtube video save, yahoo messenger, fastest processor, ibm, thinkpad t61p, chopsticks how to, cambrian, Irving Wladawsky-Berger
Somedays I wonder … Paul Thurrott at it again. He must really hate IBM.
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.
Technorati Tags: ibm, lotus notes, exchange, sharepoint, open standards, Paul Thurrott
RSS update – 17 August 2007 and birthdays
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
Technorati Tags: birthday, madonna, debian, wordpress, linux, apache, free download manager, notepad++, hellkom, telkom, ted, bittorrent, avg anti-virus, ibm, quickr, skype, skype login problems, health foods, autoruns, lotus notes 8, table mountain, cape town
RSS update – 15 August 2007
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 —
World’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 –
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 –
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.
Technorati Tags: nokia batteries, ibm, art, lotus, notes 8, wordpress, unified document format, php frameworks, free download manager, facebook friends, superfast computer, Blue Water, facebook code, python cheat sheet, Notepad++ 4.2.1, opera, cape town, nasa, endeavour
RSS feed update – 14 August 2007
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)
Technorati Tags: golf, hole-in-one, Crowdsourcing, cape town, hunter of genius, blogging, php, facebook, linux, apt-get, aptitute, scabulous, IBM, leadership, facebook code, Irving Wladawsky-Berger, windows shared folder, ad-aware, sametime 7.5.1 CF1, mind mapping, notepad++, eendrag, stellenbosch, trifid nebula
Eerste golf in amper 7 maande.
Vandag weer vir die eerste keer in amper 7 maande gaan golf speel. Ek het by my tuisklub, Bellville gaan speel.
Eers die weer. Met die begin was die weer perfek. Bietjie toegetrek, koelerig en ‘n ligte windjie wat gewaai het. Na 15 gatjies begin dit toe mos te reën. Ek hou net niks van om in die reën te speel nie ma het ma deurgedruk want dit het maar lig gereën.
Wat die golf betref was dit maar nie watse wonners nie .. ek het darem 7 maande laas gespeel.
Vanaf die 15de bof .. ja mens moet oor die water en vandag kan ek darem se ek is sonder probleme daar oor.
Daar was goeie houe, briljante houe en ook baie slegte houe. Op die ou einde het ek 94 bymekaar geskraap en siende dat ek ‘n 19 voorgee is, is dit seker nie te sleg nie.
Die 9de putjie se bof met die klubhuis in die verte.
Die enigste bal wat ek verloor het was op die 9de putjie waar ek die bal regs buite perke geslaan het.
Die fotos is met my Nokia N80 selfoon geneem. Glad nie sleg vir ‘n selfoon kamera nie.
RSS feed update – 12 August 2007
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
Technorati Tags: space hotel, ibm, web 2.0, filezilla, google, mythtv, GIMP, sts-118
RSS feed update – 11 August 2007 and Amatomu ranking
First, the Amatomu flash ribbon display the wrong ranking on my site (This has now been fixed). Here is what is displayed at the moment
and this is the actual ranking 
. Anybody else has the same problem?
On to today’s tidbits:
- Cape Town, the best city in the world —
My Perfect City Challenge — what do you want Cape Town to be like and win big!! I will make sure I get my piece in. - Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
DivX for Windows 2000/XP 6.6 (1.0.0.306)
Power replacements for built-in Windows utilities - IBM —
Integrating IBM Rational RequisitePro with IBM Rational Portfolio Manager: Importing Requirements - Linux History —
The 0.10 Release - SCO vs the world —
Novell owns the UNIX and UnixWare copyrights!
Huge ruling in SCO v. Novell!
And this says it all — SCO is toast!!!
To go with the Perfect City Challenge — Cape Town from Robben Island.
Technorati Tags: amatomu ranking, cape town, accelerate, divx, windows utilities, rational, portfolio manager, ibm, requisitepro, developerworks, linux 0.10, sco, linux, novell
RSS feed update – 10 August 2007
I am on leave at the moment so these might come out more frequently since I will have some time to scan through my feeds.
Today’s links:
- IBM —
Lotus Notes, Sametime and other tools for Linux — Open Collaboration Client for Linux
Zend & IBM expands partnership to bring unprecedented database scalability to the PHP platform - Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
Opera 9.23 Build 8807 Final
SmartFTP (x86) 2.5.1006.18 Beta beta – this is free for personal use
FastStone Image Viewer 3.3 Beta 3
Ubuntu 7.10 Alpha 4 alpha
Open PDF’s in a flash with Sumatra - WordPress —
A look inside the WordPress database - Facebook —
Facebook and the enterprise - Cheat Sheets —
Improve your searches with GoogleGuide - Hobby Projects —
I am busy putting together a PVR solution using MythTV but also found — HD PVR, media server + smarthome with 3d gyro UI
The launch of Space Shuttle Endeavour lit up the sky at sunset as it lifted off on time at 6:36 p.m. EDT on mission STS-118, is the 22nd shuttle flight to the International Space Station. —
Image credit: NASA/Ken Thornsley
Technorati Tags: ibm, lotus notes, sametime, linux, opera, wordpress, smartftp, faststone image viewer, facebook, enterprise, php, zend, ubuntu 7.10, gutsy, pdf viewer, sumatra, google cheat sheet, linuxMCE, PVR, mythtv, nasa, iss, endeavour, space shuttle