Dedication
I read this today on Twitter, and re-tweeting does not give it justice:
ShutOff 2000 is almost here
The first thing you’ll notice is the name: ShutOff 2000. I decided that “ITS ShutOff Professional” didn’t roll off the tongue as easily. Plus, there’s so much branding inherent in the original name, that changing it seemed foolish. I wrote quite extensively on this new .NET version in a recent post, as well as theContinue reading ShutOff 2000 is almost here
Piracy and You
Following on from yesterday’s rant is a much shorter note, which holds for software, music and video piracy.
Copyright and You
(Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.)
And another thing …
Far be it from me to dictate who you should pick as your invisible friend in the sky, but there is an insidious movement in the world that is taking away the rights of people to live their lives in a free and open society. And for that group of people, do you really thinkContinue reading And another thing …
Celebrittle
I’m annoyed. But some background first. South Africa has “celebrities”, because there really isn’t an A-list and B-list differentiator. You qualify as a celebrity if: You act in a soapie (Egoli, 7de Laan, Villa Rosa) You have your photo taken at a rave (Cassie Booyse, a.k.a. Vernon Koekemoer) You release a CD You host aContinue reading Celebrittle
I got my money back!
“THIS IS A SYSTEM GENERATED EMAIL. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO IT
Branded Internet and Vitality Broadband stole from me
This is an email I have just written to discovery [AT] tip-offs.com, when I discovered a fraudulent withdrawal of funds from my bank account yesterday, three days after my account was cancelled (and confirmed in writing).