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RSS update – 27 October 2007

Posted on 27 October 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

Tidbits from my RSS reader:

Free/Open Source Software I use or recommend —
AVG Free Edition 7.5 Build 503a1171
Ad-Aware 2007 Reference File 0028.0000
Free Download Manager 2.5.721
Adobe Reader for Windows XP/Vista 8.1.1
The GIMP 2.4.0
7-Zip 4.56 Beta
Pidgin 2.2.2
Skype 3.6.0.159 Beta
SmartFTP (x86) 2.5.1008 Beta
WinSCP 4.0.5
Notepad++ 4.5
WordPress 2.3.1
Linux/Ubuntu —
Mythbuntu: Mythbuntu 7.10 Release
How-to’s —
Enable Firefox Address Bar Auto-completion
Turn Thunderbird into the Ultimate Gmail IMAP Client
PHP & Web Development —
Rich Ajax Platform, Part 1: An introduction
Google —
Gmail Gets IMAP
Top 10 Google Products You Forgot All About
Standards —
South Africa adopts ODF as govt standard
IBM —
That handy little known tool for Notes mail… (Swiftfile) -> I use this and it is great.

Kimi F1 champion or NOT & RSS feed update – 22 October 2007

Posted on 22 October 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

What a last Formula 1 GP held in Brazil yesterday. Kimi won the race with Alonso 4th and Hamilton 7th. This gave Kimi enough points to win the World Championship by 1 point. But did he win? There is some dispute about the fuel temperature of BMW Sauber and Williams. These teams were cleared but I am sure that McLaren will appeal this. If the appeal is successful then Hamilton will move up to forth and have enough points to take the championship. Waiting with abated breath to see how this will pan out.

Onto my RSS feed tidbits:

Software Development —
PHP frameworks, Part 2: Building the sample application
Create a photo album application with Project Zero and REST design principles
Development governance for software management
Standard Web Fonts ‘Updated’ In Vista
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
phpMyAdmin 2.11.1.2
SmartFTP (x86) 2.5.1007.2 Beta – free for personal use
FileZilla 3.0.2.1
Mozilla Firefox for Windows 2.0.0.8
VMware Player 2.0.2.59824
Free Download Manager 2.5 build 721
Facebook —
Make a Facebook Friends Collage
Interesting articles —
Slashdot’s Setup, Part 1- Hardware
WordPress —
WordPress Functions Implementation History Tool
IBM —
On Demand Five Years Later – a Personal Reflection by Irwing Wladawsky-Berger

The V&A waterfront in Cape Town with the bay and Blouberg in the distance:

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RWC which we going to win and RSS update – 15 October 2007

Posted on 15 October 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

How great was the win against Argentina last night? Next week we can give the Poms a lesson in rugby again. So my prediction was not spot on but I really do not care who we play in the final. The main thing is that we there and that we will win it.

I have eventually cleared out all the backed up RSS entries in my feed reader. Here is some interesting tidbits:

Free/Open Source Software I use or recommend —
AVG Free Edition 7.5 Build 488a1157
Free Download Manager 2.5.718
Skype for Windows 3.6.0.127 Beta
ooVoo 1.1.0.5 Beta
FileZilla v3 3.0.2 RC1 beta
WinMerge 2.6.12 (stable) released
Ad-Aware 2007 Reference File BETA0026.0000
SmartFTP (x86) 2.5.1007.0 Beta – free for personal use
How to’s —
Quickly Access Commonly Used Folders from "My Documents"
Six Ways to Catch Your Favorite TV Shows
Get Organized with Remember the Milk
Social Computing –
Commenting further on ROI and Social Computing – Part II
Social networks and Organizational Governance
Facebook –
Facebook Gets New Integrated IM Client
PHP, Web Development –
PHP frameworks, Part 1: Getting started with three popular frameworks
IBM —
IBM and Second Life to build 3D internet
Linux/Ubuntu —
Ubuntu Open Week Is Back!
Ubuntu Open Week October 07
Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” Release Candidate Available – “Suitable for testing by any user”
Internet –
Internet2 just got 10 times faster

With summer getting nearer and just being a patriotic South African and Cape Townian. How can one not love this place.

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RWC – South Africa, Namibia and RSS Update for 9 September 2007

Posted on 9 September 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

So South Africa had their first game. All in all, it was not bad at all. Samoa played a very spoiling game and I think South Africa probably played as well as they were allowed to play.

I just finished watching the Namibia, Ireland game and how impressed was I with the Namibians. They made a lot of friends tonight. The score flattered Ireland. If one take away the penalty try and the last try from Ireland, which was not a try, then there was nothing in the score. And it was nice to see a Bock playing in the World Cup. The wing for Namibia is Heini Bock, no not family.

Onto my feed items for today.

WordPress
- WordPress 2.3 Database Schema Changes
- WordPress 2.2.3
IBM
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend
Linux
- Ubuntu Screencasts: Tour of the Ubuntu Desktop
- Ubuntu Linux is the front runner for Lenovo
Health
- Eat These Superfoods and Boost Your Health
Hobby Projects
- Add a Web Interface to Your Homemade DVR
Interesting Reads
- Reflections on Leadership and Innovation

South Pole Lunar Eclipse

Credit & Copyright: Robert Schwarz(South Pole Station)

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Rugby World Cup 2007 and RSS feed update for 7 September 2007

Posted on 7 September 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

Hope all of you worn your casual day stickers and contributed your bit.

Today is also the start of the Rugby World Cup being held in France. As a patriotic South African I do support the Boks … good luck to them and I honestly think they have the team to bring the cup back.

Now for my feed entries:

Ubuntu Screencasts/Linux —
Free/Open Source software I use or recommend —
Open Standards —
- Microsoft Open XML standards vote foments politics, dismay (News.com)
- ISO votes against fast tracking Microsoft’s Office Open XML (ars technica)
IBM —
Facebook —
- Can You Claim to Be in Social Media without Having a Facebook Account?
- Facebook goes public
Geekdinners —
- 2000 geek dinners via facebook
How to’s —
- How To Install Google Desktop On Ubuntu
- Linux Command-Line Cheat Sheet
WordPress —
- WordPress 2.3 Beta 2
- Community Cloud WordPress Plugin Released
Web Development —
- Python for system administrators
Interesting reads —
- The Art of Building Virtual Communities by Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

One of Jupiters icy moons — Europa:

Image Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Southwest Research Institute

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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 – 25 August 2007

Posted on 25 August 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

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 – 15 August 2007

Posted on 15 August 2007 by Marius — No Comments ↓

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 – 11 August 2007 and Amatomu ranking

Posted on 11 August 2007 by Marius — 2 Comments ↓

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.

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