Archive for January, 2006


Raid - Whats best for me?

When one disk just wont cut it, RAID is necessary, but with so many choices, I really found this picture helpfull.

Its pretty funny, but, and makes more sense in my mind.

Free NAS

I have been looking all over for a quick and easy way of setting up a NAS. Now ive found one! and it was right under my nose, and it’’s based on FreeBSD! as if there was ever an alternative.
We are going to give it a bash and set one up next week. Let me [...]

Ajax Form Posting

Right, just thought id add a link to a usefull piece of code to help the budding Ajax army out there. enjoy…
Submit your forms ”the ajax way” with hidden iframes! This way you wil still have full GET/POST/FILE upload support without messy string joining, escaping and encoding in javascript.

Make money Blogging

Well, now I”ve got your attention…
This is a controvertial subject and one that everyone wants to know So you ask, I deliver… take a look at Chris Garratt’’s 6 point on how to squeeze more money out of your blog.

mtn.co.za goes down

Man, no one is immune to server problems…Today, 4:30 pm I thought i would check out MTN’’s offering, only to find a terrible error on their homepage. click on the error for a full page view.

Build your own Media Center PC

So, you have been dreaming about your ideal home media center. You have visions of a massive 102cm Plasma screen on the wall with an awesome PC to boot, but your choice of OS and software is still a mine field. Hopefully this will give you the answers you are looking for. Here is an [...]

Top 100 Blogs

Certain blogs have grown cult followings and become highly profitable business ventures, check out Cnets top 100 blogs to find out whats hot.

Volvo Ocean Race

Plot the yachts as they charge across the Southern Ocean. It looks like ABN AMRO ONE is gonna take this one, but I love the Pirate sail that has been intergated into this google mashup.
PS. move the map around to see the route they took from Cape Town.

So you think your a Rocket Scientist?

Well, why not find out what your really worth! This guy used Ebay to auction himself in order to find employment.
It sounds like a great idea, but I wonder if it really works. He hasnt got any bids yet, but with 8 days left who knows wether NASA are holding out for a last minute [...]

Google Map Exploitation

Google maps are a great tool for many people and looking up directions or just checking out the roof on your house will never be the same again. Its amazing how usefull a freely availible sattelite image can be. Some companies are now taking this one step further and painting their logo on the roof [...]