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A Cape Town blog by Chris MA Cape Town blog by Chris MRamblings of a Cape Town developer, marketer and Internet Junkie Articles
iMod upgrades to Wordpress 2.51
2008-04-29 01:36:00 I decided that I needed to upgrade to Wordpress 2.51, as I was running on a near dead 2.3.3 version still. As I had completely hacked up my own theme, I was really worried about the upgrade, so I backed up absolutely everything, all 400mb. These are the steps I took: Backup everything Change .htaccess to display a ... More About: My Life , Upgrades
Massive night out at Hemisphere!
2008-04-28 19:40:00 I received a call from Ruark in the morning basically telling me that I would be going to Hemisphere that night with a whole cru of them and that there was no excuse. Needless to say, Fe and myself headed through for what turned out to be a massive party! The pictures say it all! What ... More About: My Life , Night
Very monetizable Warcraft domain for sale
2008-04-28 14:48:00 Recently, on Sell Domain s, a World of Warcraft domain was listed for sale. Anyone who is into monetizing websites will know that a domain containing keywords around World of Warcraft is extremely valuable. I came across the domain and was very tempted to purchase it, unfortunately I don’t see myself have the time to do ... More About: Marketing , For Sale , Sale
I LIEK 2 TRANZLATE LOLCAT STYLE
2008-04-27 23:27:00 We’ve all seen the lolcat images, but now this is even cooler! Speak Lolcat is a website which allows you to enter in your sentence or phrase and the engine converts your text to lolcat speach :P Really silly, but it’s these innovative ideas which end up being extremely popular! This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Humour , Style
Ecstacy cure for post traumatic stress disorder
2008-04-27 18:14:00 We’ve all heard about the club drug, ecstacy. We’ve heard the fun, euphoric side as well as the deadly side, but I’ve never heard that it could be used to cure post traumatic stress. I was doing my daily news reads and came across this interesting article claiming that ecstacy could be the cure to ... More About: Post , Stress , Post Traumatic Stress Disorder , Cure
Take control over Flickr with FotoFox
2008-04-27 14:47:00 Easily select, tag, title and upload pictures from your computer to an online photo service with FotoFox. Works with Flickr , Tabblo, 23hq, Smugmug, Marela, and Kodak EasyShare Gallery. Get the plugin. This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Internet , Control
Hassle free favicon.ico generator
2008-04-27 14:40:00 A great deal of us don’t have the gift of design nor the time to start downloading icon generators. I decided to look around the net a little and see if I could find an easy way to create a favicon without having to download software or do any intense design. DynamicDrive came to the rescue ... More About: Free , Generator , Code , Favicon
David Cook - Billie Jean - American Idol Top 10
2008-04-26 03:09:00 Incredible! This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Video , American Idol , American , David , Cook
Can you beat my top speed?
2008-04-26 02:57:00 So I decided to put my foot down and push my little ST (with a passenger) a little this evening, unfortunately I decided a little late and ran out of straight road: I challenge you all to try and top this! Hit the roads, push your ride and show me YOUR PHOTO! Blog it and let’s ... More About: Cars , Speed , Beat
Track words with Facebook Lexicon
2008-04-23 23:17:00 I’ve just blogged about Facebook Instant Messaging and now there’s another useful addition to what is becoming the work station for many Internet users, Facebook. Facebook Lexicon crawls users walls counting the occurrences of words. With Lexicon, you can type in two words and find out the frequency of their usage. Over the past few days ... More About: Marketing , Words , Track
Bloggers attack local spammer Deal-a-Day!
2008-04-23 21:54:00 The latest news floating around the local blog sphere is the attack against Deal -a-Day for spamming everyone. MyBroadBand covered the story, which goes like this: The South African blogging community has launched an attack on Deal-a-Day, a website which sent out what appears to be thousands of unsolicited email messages. The email states that, ?You have been ... More About: Local , Bloggers , Spammer , Guru
Facebook Launches Instant Messenger Service
2008-04-23 20:07:00 Facebook has just launched it’s instant messenger system. The system is great and all, but I can’t help but think it’s very similar to Google Talk. Anyway, let’s have a look. The first, below, shows the new features located at the bottom right of the screen, this features shows you notifications as well as the ability ... More About: Industry News , Service , Messenger , Facebook , Instant Messenger
Buttons we should all wear to work
2008-04-23 16:05:00 This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Humour , Work , Wear , Buttons
Facebook developers HTML cheat sheet
2008-04-22 23:45:00 For those of you who have done any development inside the Facebook framework using the Facebook API, you’ll know that there are several changes to the norm, especially when it comes to Javascript (lack of innerHTML, etc.) - I came across this useful cheat sheet for HTML elements, which every developer should have a copy ... More About: Cheat , Code , Sheet , Developers
Things women do that men find irresistable!
2008-04-22 23:39:00 1. Sense of humor. There is not one guy I know of that doesn?t appreciate a who girl laughs at his dumb jokes simply out of a sensitive humorous bone.When a woman laughs, there is always a beam of light that comes across a guy?s face, and if the laughter is, say from a woman ... More About: Women , Gossip , Find , Things
Win a night at Teazers Strip Club with your mates!
2008-04-21 23:51:00 Passion Fruit is a website I visit now and then to do some shopping. They have some wonderful items for purchase and the selection is very broad. They ship all the items as gifts, so there’s no need to worry about the arrival :) Passion Fruit is currently running a competition and the lucky winner will ... More About: Internet , Night , Club , Strip
Throw away the cucumber, get a vibrator!
2008-04-21 23:39:00 This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Video , Humour , Cucumber , Throw , Vibrator
Neotel products being put to the test
2008-04-21 01:31:00 Neotel is about to launch its NeoConnect products to consumers, and MyBroadband was given an opportunity to put it to the test. The company highlighted that the product is a result of many months of research and testing, and that it aims to address various consumer issues ? including long installation times, low Internet usage limits, ... More About: Mobile , Products , Test
All new crazy canine hairdryer
2008-04-20 20:48:00 If there’s one thing that dogs hate more than taking a bath, it’s the loud noise of a hairdryer. Now there’s a way to reduce “noise pollution” during canine bath time. The new CraZy Dog Pet Dryer, a powerful 1875 watt hairdryer developed for canines, is over 90% quieter than standard dryers. Invented ... More About: Humour , Crazy
50 Sexy RSS Feed buttons for you!
2008-04-20 20:45:00 RSS Feed s have become more popular than ever and web masters are racing to see how many RSS subscribers they can accumulate. We’ve seen links at the base of posts, we’ve seen competitions and we’ve seen buttons located all over web pages, all in the name of increasing ones feed count. Using these strategies is great ... More About: Marketing , Sexy , Buttons
Skype and Apache are not friends!
2008-04-20 18:42:00 As a web developer, the one of the most important tools for me is Apache . Without a local web server, there really is not point bothering, especially on a South African connection. Over the past couple months I’ve been having continual problems with Apache running locally and I’ve not been able to resolve the matter, until ... More About: Friends , Skype , Code
Evolution of man and woman
2008-04-20 16:40:00 This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Humour , Evolution , Woman
Vox - ADSL Wireless Telephone
2008-04-20 01:56:00 The Vox phone system operates exactly like that of the traditional fixed line one, except that it uses VoIP technology with the added advantages of massive cost savings and potential revenue streams. We will pay you money back for every call you receive on your 087 VoIP number! Set-up fees: R300 What does it cost: R49 p/m Description: A ... More About: Mobile , Wireless , Adsl , Telephone
Stress reduction in a wireless world seminar
2008-04-20 01:20:00 I was recently invited, free of charge, to attend a seminar on reducing technology stress in a wireless world at the Cullinan Hotel hosted by BulkSMS. There were 5 main topics to be discussed: 10 Steps for Cleaning up Information Pollution The Mobile Worker in South Africa The Multitasking Myth Increasing Focus and Productivity in the 21st Century office Strategies for ... More About: Wireless , World , Seminar , Stress
Facebook thinks it knows my friends!
2008-04-19 20:21:00 As the days go by, Facebook evolves more and more. With the information they have at hand and the relationships between users, it’s very easy for them to spot commonalities and provide us with useful little additions. The latest edition is the ‘People You May Know’ feature, located on the right hand side of the home ... More About: Friends , Networking
Mavericks Strip Bar teaser movie..
2008-04-19 19:09:00 I was going through some old posts on iMod when I came across my article on the Mavericks Strip Bar website redesign. I came across a teaser video on myvideo, which I felt I would drop in here for anyone who’s thinking of going and is interested in what is install for you. This is a post ... More About: Video , Movie , Teaser
David Bullard apologises but plans to sue!
2008-04-19 18:56:00 I know this is late, but after blogging about David Bullard being fired for a racial article he wrote, I felt I should follow up with this: Canned writer David Bullard has apologised to readers of a column that got him axed for racism. But now he plans to sue the Sunday Times for breaching labour ... More About: Industry News , Plans
Free Tees - Rock On!
2008-04-18 16:22:00 The other day I was asked to blog about The Grid and in return I would stand a chance to win a bunch of prizes, as well as receive a free t-shirt. Naturally this was a cool idea, so I raced off, wrote my post, published it and I’ve just received my tee: Only problem is, ... More About: Rock , My Life , Free , Style , Tees
Facebook Development - SA Good News Application
2008-04-18 14:48:00 A new Facebook application has made its way into the Facebook platform, this time it’s a South African initiative, which showcases the latest news items from the South African Good News website. The application is simple and straight forward, simply add the application and visit your profile page. This is what you’ll see: It’s the easiest ... More About: Marketing , Development , Good News , Code
GTA IV coming soon on PlayStation 3 and Xbox
More articles from this author:2008-04-17 16:45:00 Grand Theft Auto IV is about to launch on Playstation 3 and Xbox on the 29th April and it’s going to be HOT! If you’re interested in watching the trailer, give this link a click, sit back and enjoy! Download these hot wallpapers in the mean time: Enjoy! This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Cars , Playstation 3 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
