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Author Archives: stuff writer
What does it take to raise a child?
You have heard it said: It takes a village to raise a child The radio announcers of our national broadcaster frequently treat us to that African “wisdom”. The idea of this is that every mama and auntie out there should … Continue reading
Society versus copyright
Of late I have wondered about this: And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and … Continue reading
Twin paradox
I was at meeting, and one of the ladies, was feeling rather off. This was on account of her identical twin sister having been slightly injured in a minor car accident. She explained that her neck was sore on account … Continue reading
Java is dead
Java is dead. Sun Microsystems, when they were still Sun, made hardware. It worked. Then they made software. It also worked. Together these were great systems. Then they made Java. It was a fantastic masterpiece of design and coding, with … Continue reading
Byteswap in socket.gethostname or something
Something weird and unresolved for today: So this automated process gets server host name, and sents it as part of a HTTP POST to another server. The data was encrypted with SSL in transmission. When it arrived, it was changed … Continue reading
Climate stasis
It’s time to drop in my 2c on the topic of the moment: climate change. Not happy with definitions like “the climate is what the weather is usually like”, climatologists have defined climate as something more like this: The average … Continue reading
Dead birds
The cat has long been a formidable hunter of winged wildlife that happens to visit our property. Ever since we have had a cat, we have had more fruit on our trees, as the winged wildlife know to stay away. … Continue reading
English as she is spoke
Some usage that has entered modern Engleish, and can be heard on SAFM and other fun radio stesshins in the land of .za: Refute: to deny a statement, without providing a shred of evidence that would prove it wrong. It … Continue reading
The core is secure
In the documentation for that wonderful content management software, joomla, you can read the following statement: Although the Joomla! core is secure when configured correctly, third party extensions come in all flavors of age and quality. Unless you absolutely trust … Continue reading
Windows Apps for Linux make Linux horrible
InstallShield is a wonderful tool … on Windows. In a previous decade, I used it to install some bloatware I wrote that wasn’t about to be installed any other way. Since Windows has no standards and no proper scripting (especially … Continue reading
