Windows 7

I do not like Microsoft products. Their products are overpriced and often inferior to their competitors. I have been using Linux for some time and have settled on Ubuntu as my PC’s operating system.

So I was pleasantly surprised when using Windows 7 that came loaded with my new laptop. It is easy to use and comes standard with most software that you need for day to day use. The only thing missing is an Office Suite and this can be easily solved with Libre Office or Open Office.

I did make a few extra changes to Windows to suit the way I work. I spent several days experimenting with different Linux distributions and moving data from backups. I used mostly Windows 7 during this time and used Windows with out a problem.

So now the the big question – did I abandon Ubuntu and embrace Windows? Is the Pope Catholic? Of course not!

I may use Windows for certain jobs and to test Web Sites, but I still very much an Open Source Guy!

There was a time, long long ago…

When I was in my teens there was a corner shop on Sea Point main road filled with vending machines. For a fistful of coins, you would be presented with weak coffee, stale sandwiches, and pies that tasted of soggy cardboard (which you could nuke in the crude microwave provided). Absolutely perfect for when we were hangover or just starving after a day of doing nothing.

On my first visit to Amsterdam I came across this again

So there I was this morning reading my daily fix when I came across this article at the Huffington Post  and came across this and this Imagine walking down Adderley Street and stopping for a quick snort or two!

Turns out, Arnie came back…

When Arnold Schwarzenegger muttered the phrase, “I’ll be back!” in the Terminator, I don’t think that neither he nor the script writer realised how prophetic those words would be.  In the movie, Arnie played the part of a machine sent back in time to kill a young boy. He arrived in the present day having been sent by the machines that had taken over the world in the future, and were killing off human beings.

We have received assurances from experts that this was fiction and can never happen. They lied…

To day I discovered that my ISP has been taken over by machines and that they have killed off the humans. Let me present the evidence, so you can see what I mean. Here is part of the email I received:

Thank you for contacting us. This is an automated response confirming the receipt of your ticket. One of our staff will get back to you as soon as possible. For your records, the details of the ticket are listed below. When replying, please make sure that the ticket ID is kept in the subject line to ensure that your replies are tracked appropriately.

Then again, my service provider has proved themselves to be quite useless, maybe the machines can do better!

I am offended…

… that Shrien Dewani felt that it was okay to come to South Africa and arrange for his wife to be murdered.

I look at the pictures that have been published of him recently and I see a healthy young man. He does not even have bags around his eyes. He deserves an Oscar for his performance.

And what is this about sending to the prison in Malmesbury. Bullshit, he deserves to go to Pollsmoor. He has insulted not only his wife’s family, but every single law abiding South Africa.

So I welcome the decision to extradite him to South Africa to stand trial. Because if he was innocent he would have cooperated with the South African authorities. Because as a wealthy British Citizen, we would have been able to afford the best legal representation. South Africa would also bent over backwards to show the reset of the world that justice was done. Now, he will get no sympathy and we treated like an ordinary criminal.

Actually this is one of the few times that I am sorry we no longer have Capital Punishment, because Dewani is right up there with child rapists!

Life is not fair!

The Time has Come…

I remember that that when South Africa was about to vote for it’s first Democratic Government, there was a story going around that every body (at least the gullible ones) wold be given an ATM card so that they could go and draw money, when ever they needed to. Another rumor that was going around was that the maids should pay into a fund run by Winnie Mandela (wonder if she even knew about it) so that when the new Government came into power, they would be given the Madam’s house.

Except, I am quite certain that 17 years later, the Madam still owns the house and the maid could well have lost her job due to the recession. 17 Years is a long time, a time in which you expect to see change, real change.  I belong to a small business group, and here is where  I would expect to find change. Alas no! We have one black member, and she is an employee delegated by her boss to attend our meetings. I hope it is because he see something in her and not because he is too busy to attend the meeting himself.

I visited the the ANC Youth League’s site, expecting to read about how they are empowering youth. Nope, I saw a lot of political posturing. If this is what he ANC of the future is, either the DA will come to power and find themselves with a big mess to sort out or we will find ourselves in a civil war, worse than what we experienced in the liberation struggle.

Recently we have Governments in Africa being overthrown, we have seen Libya exploding overnight. When resentment is allowed to ferment over time, it can explode over something as stupid as changing a road name. So, the Time as come for for our elected leaders to start serving the people!

Blast from the not so recent past.

The Hotel Elizabeth Hotel in Sea Point. The Beer Garden was the perfect place   for a pint or two or thre or four!

 

This was take in the late seveties and juding by the dress, it was one of the warm winter days that Cape Town often has.

A Joke Shamelessly borrowed off another Blog

I am shameless, I am – borrowed from Cape Town News

The Busty Blonde

A man is in a queue at Pick n Pay and sees this busty blonde staring at him. He can’t believe his luck. Then she starts waving.

“Excuse me, do I know you?”, he asks.

“Yes, I think you are the father of one of my kids”, she says, proudly.

The man thinks back and remembers his one act of infidelity and says, “Bloody hell, are you the whore I shagged on my stag night, whilst your mate whipped me and your other mate stuck a hair brush up my arse?”

“No!” she wails, completely embarrassed, “I’m your son’s English teacher!”

Stupid Service

You will have heard about Bad Service, you will have heard about Poor Service, but have you heard about Stupid Service?

I wish I could say that I have just discovered something new, and become the world’s foremost expert on the subject, but alas Stupid Service as been around for as long as Bad Service has been around.You can see, where I going with this, can’t you? Giving Bad or Poor Service is Stupid!

I previous complained about my Cell C Speed Stick. I sorted out the problem and got on with my life. Then I got an email from them. Even with a 4mps ADSL line I had problems downloading the mail because it had a Super BIG attachment instead of a link where I could go an get the information. I can be and usually am very sarcastic when someone makes a stupid mistake, so relyed back in my normal (sarcastic) manner and told them the problem was solved. Two weeks later – two weeks mind you, I get another letter from the same person asking to describe the problem in more detail. No fine, I could not resit the opportunity to be, UBER sarcastic!

But seriously, if you want to remain in business – yes that means you too Cell C, acknowledge that you have received a complain within 24 hours, give a reference and the name of the person handling it. Keep a record, so that if that person drops dead tomorrow, some else can take over without too much effort.

So the award for pure stupidty goes to…

Not now we wont!

ANCYL president Julius Malema on Saturday said it was not true that he had driven white voters out of the ruling party.

“I never drove them (whites) away. They have never voted for us (ANC),” he said during the KwaZulu-Natal ANC Youth League (ANCYL) provincial general congress at the Durban City Hall.

IOL News June 04, 2001

Julie Baby, stop and smell the manure. If the party had remained true to the reconciliation that Nelson Mandela advocated when he become President, Whites would vote ANC, but when scum like you who took no part in the struggle, insult us, well we will vote for the party that looks after all South Africans regardless of race.

Ya Well, Manto may have gone to the Parliaments in the Sky (or is it downunder?), but we can relay on Julie to spice things up!