Invariably I find the most entertaining distractions when I’m supposed to be focussing all my attention on time sensitive ‘stuff’. Today is no exception, instead of finalising my Best Man’s speech for Mark Loxton (Overstreet) I prodded Telkom into getting IPv6 peering live with them at last. With the brilliant assistance of Pieter Bezuidenhout we …
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May 25 2010
VMWare Server 2.0.2 Frustrations
Yes, I know it’s a free product. Yes, I know it works really well for most common applications Yes, I’m grumbling because I’m fighting basics late at night! BUT, why go and release a product to the community minus a basic feature such as proper VLAN support. Ok, so how do we fix this: Create …
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May 10 2010
CNBC Africa panel discussion
Ok, so that didn’t go off too badly. CNBC Africa just broadcast the TechTalk panelist discussion with myself, Angus Hay (Neotel) and Arthur Goldstuck (World Wide Worx) regarding Spectrum allocations. Overall an interesting chat around regional and national allocations and the use-it or loose-it approach. I hope to get a online video copy availalbe soon …
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Apr 28 2010
Damn idiot hit and run motor cyclist: KJY 142 GP
So, just sorted out my insurance claim for the break-in … and what’s next – a DUMBASS decides to crash into my car tonight … damages bumper,side and back panels …. and then the fucker drives off! So, tomorrow I’m opening a case against the owner of the motor bike KJY142GP … if he’d only …
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Apr 28 2010
What a month …
So, after absolute ages I eventually took some leave in April – an amazing holiday to be sure – though marred by a break-in on my property. Total time on site for the criminals – less than 2 minutes! – Got away with over 80K’s worth of stuff… Cops closed the case as unsolved after …
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Feb 22 2010
Another day, another broken phone Blackberry Storm 2
For some reason I just don’t have luck when it comes to cell phones. I admit that I use phones to their full extent – often pushing it harder than they average guy might – but why, oh why do they always break so quickly. My previous few phones were all Windows Mobile devices – …
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Feb 22 2010
IPv6 in South Africa
What a week! At least the Last.fm radio and some decent whiskey are allowing me to retain my sanity 😉 IPv6 has been much touted – and little deployed in South Africa, something we’ve been working hard at changing at our latest client network – IPINX. We have IPv6 routing internationally; local peering with the …
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Feb 07 2010
Another child is born – well, sort of ;-) IPINX
After all the fun and excitement of our little one, Kaitlyn I lost my ability to time manage – or so it would seem. It’s frightening that this is essentially my 1st post in 2 months…. Oh well, at least I’m posting about some positive things 😉 We’ve been working rather hard at getting systems …
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Dec 13 2009
I believe! — NGINX really does ROCK
When we (Neology) expanded our Windows Update Caching service, our chief propeller head (TheRodent) suggested a move from our old stalwart (apache2) towards the new kid on the block – NGINX. Having had little prior exposure to the product I was rather hesitant but also keen so see its performance. I just had a brief …
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Sep 18 2009
iBurst 2.6.31 drivers
It is nights like that that I appreciate the simple pleasures of linux…. I run Windows 7 x64 as my main OS on my IBM T500 (a lovely machine) – but thanks to the short sightedness of Kyocera I cannot use my iBurst PCMCIA modem with it. So, instead of asking my coding partner in …
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