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Word of the Day - Dint
2007-10-04 12:23:00
dint /d?nt/ ?noun 1. force; power eg: By dint of hard work she became head of the company. 2. a dent. 3. Archaic. a blow; stroke. ?verb (used with object) 4. to make a dent or dents in. 5. to impress or drive in with force. [Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE dynt; c. ON dyntr] ?Related forms dintless, adjective ?Synonyms 1. effort, strain, exertion, struggle. from www.dictionary.com
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Excel 2007 Bug
2007-10-04 11:29:00
This is an interesting one. Do the following: Open up calculator and execute 850*77.1. This should give you an answer of 65535. Now open up Excel 2007 (if you have it of course). In cell A1, create the following formula: =850*77.1  read more »
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Weekend over
2007-10-01 10:18:00
So the weekend went pretty smooth. Went to the Rage Expo on Friday and Sunday. Myself and a friend did a bit of impulse buying and bought ourselves a Powerball at the expo. We're sharing the cost so it's not so bad. This thing really works your forearms, wrists and grip.  read more »
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NOOOOooooooooo!!!
2007-09-28 10:30:00
Robert Jordan, author of the Wheel of Time series died a few days ago *sniff*. Not only is this a tragedy in the sense that the world has lost one of its great epic fantasy authors, but he also could not complete the final installment of the Wheel of Time series. He started the series in 1990 and I've been following it for the past 10 years... So close and yet so far... :(  read more »
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Word of the Day - Defenestrate
2007-09-28 10:00:00
Defenestrate verb throw through or out of the window; e.g. I'm gonna defenestrate Tiny if he goes to Rage and doesn't get some anime! Can't quite get the links right yet but here's the Rage Site! Nice Intro b.t.w. http://www.rageexpo.co.za/
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RAGE!
2007-09-28 07:58:00
No, it's not a bad impression of Fujin but indeed an expo happening in Johannesburg this week. The Rage Expo is going to feature everything from new technology, game development talks, and of course... games. I think it's going to be a blast!  read more »
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Word of the Day - Twink
2007-09-25 13:45:00
Today's interesting word I came across, Twink. Twink (gay slang) is used in gay slang to describe an attractive young or young-looking gay male (usually in his late teens or early twenties) with a slender build, a slight muscular physique, and little or no body hair. In some societies the term "chick" or "chicken" is preferred.[citation needed]  read more »
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Console or PC?
2007-09-25 09:48:00
So there are some nice games coming out closer to the end of October and obviously later in the year (with Christmas being around the corner) but it puts me in a precarious position. I want to have a gaming system again, but I have to make a choice between upgrading my PC (or buying a new one completely) and an Xbox 360. Both systems have their merits. Pros and cons.  read more »
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You know you've been gaming too much when...
2007-09-21 11:31:00
Yes, you've seen this kind of post before. And you're probably wondering why I'm posting on this kind of topic. Don't worry, so am I. I've always prided myself on being able to "leave" the game at the PC or console.  read more »
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Word of the Day
2007-09-20 10:29:00
sti?pend - Show Spelled Pronunciation[stahy-pend] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation ?noun 1. a periodic payment, esp. a scholarship or fellowship allowance granted to a student. 2. fixed or regular pay; salary.
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Welcome and the start of...
2007-09-20 10:22:00
Greetings all. I received permission to blog on the site a while ago but have been so busy that I'll need a couple of Bar One's to extend my day by a few hours to get everything done... Anyway, I'm a long time friend of Tiny and I'm starting with my "Word of the Day" It wont be everyday but almost everyday I find a new and interesting word... Looking forward to allot of blogging and info sharing here. Cheers vir eers. Gypsy
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It's been a while
2007-09-19 13:15:00
I had a fun weekend. Went down to Cape Town with my wife to go visit my parents and my brother. Even though it was only for a short time period, it felt really good to see family and friends again. I should see to it that I go visit there more often. You sometimes forgot how much friends really mean to you when you don't see them all the time. On the job front things are going a bit hectic. We are pulling reports left, right and center because the "information" doesn't look right.  read more »
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Robotech headed for the big screen
2007-09-11 08:29:00
Don't know if this is a case of "follow the leader", but after the box-office hit that was Transformers, the popular franchise Robo tech is to be converted to a live-action movie as well. Tobey Maguire who plays Peter Parker in the Spider-Man series of movies will be producing this film under his own production company label. He's also rumoured to take the lead role himself in the movie.  read more »
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It is done
2007-09-09 19:47:00
I have finished my style guide, and I have invited a few people to become prospective bloggers... if anyone else is interested, they can contact me via tiny [at] geekworld [dot] co [dot] za. In the meantime, the job has been quite hectic this week, but I got a LOT of C# coding in this week.  read more »
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So I missed it...
2007-09-03 23:04:00
But I'm almost done! Apart from a hectic weekend, helping family move house, etc, I had some time to do the major part in preparing the site for new bloggers. I promise that the next post will the welcoming post!

Deadline looming...
2007-08-28 15:51:00
No, I haven't forgotten my promise to open up the site to a few selected bloggers by the end of the month. The bad news is, that the site won't have a redesign ready like I planned. With database servers falling over and other such fun things happening to me, there just hasn't been time. But I will have a few edit friendly tools installed and I will TRY and finish the style guides. Hold thumbs!
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Sometimes, jail is better
2007-08-27 09:45:00
I picked up on this story of a computer user who was caught uploading the latest Star Wars movie. He pleaded guilty to the charge of "conspiracy to commit copyright infringement" and was given a small amount of jail time and mostly home confinement which includes installing tracking software on his computer to track his movements.  read more »
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D&D 4th Edition Announced
2007-08-22 16:05:00
Some interesting news this. Wizards of the Coast (WotC for short) has announced the latest edition of their famous Dungeons and Dragons tabletop game. They announced the 4th edition of the game at the latest GenCon earlier this month.  read more »
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Star Wars fan freezes himself in carbonite
2007-08-21 08:29:00
Well, not really. It's actually a very elaborate job done with a full-size replica of the Han Solo in carbonite model used in the movie. Rob, a self-confessed nerd, has a few friends in the special effects industry (lucky guy!) that happened to have one of these replicas. One of his friends had to get rid of this replica of the prop and Rob took the opportunity with much glee.  read more »
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Google could save power
2007-08-16 09:01:00
Here's an interesting article I picked up on the web today. Did you know that a monitor uses less watts to display a black page than it does displaying a white page? So consider the fact that Googl e receives about 200 million queries a day. The almost all-white page of Google gets displayed on average for 10 to 15 seconds per query. Now change the Google site to be almost all black. That's quite a bit of potential power saving going on there.  read more »
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So many things...
2007-08-13 18:56:00
So many things happening at once! I had my birthday this weekend, which was celebrated exactly the way I wanted to celebrate. As little people as possible and myself painting my Warhammer miniatures all day yesterday! Also, looks like id Software, the makers of great games like Quake 4, Doom 3, etc, have announced a NEW game.  read more »
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Day Of Year convert to Date
2007-08-10 16:07:00
So I've been struggling with this little gem for 3 days. I get a log of files that get downloaded from a bunch of different locations. In the filename, there's a number in a fixed position (like 218) that corresponds to the day of the year. 29 for example would be the 29th of January. I need to convert this number to an ISO date format (like 2007-09-30). I have been racking my brains, scouring the internet, trying all sorts of different Perl modules with no luck. Then it suddenly hit me, right between the eyes.  read more »
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Hellgate: London - Release date confirmed
2007-08-07 18:25:00
It's official! Flagship Studios has announced the release date for Hellgate: London , their revolutionary new game. (edit: The North American release date is the 31st of October 2007. European release date is the 1st and 2nd November 2007.) For those not in the know, Hellgate: London is the new game from the ex-Blizzard team that most avid gamers have been waiting for since... what? 2003?  read more »
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IPv6 by 2011?
2007-08-03 08:13:00
Some of you may have heard of IPv6. Some may not. Let me give you a quick breakdown. The current IP addressing system we are using is version 4. A version 4 IP would look something like this: 196.168.0.99 Okay, I've listed a private IP and not a public IP, but let's not get too technical here. The problem is, the world is running out of public IPs. There's only so many IP addresses to go around. So they designed IPv6. An IPv6 address looks like this: 2001:0db8:0000:0000:0000:0000:1428:57ab  read more »
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Help with Geekworld
2007-08-01 07:55:00
I've received two offers to help with Geekworld. These are people that I know and at least one of them can speak English. I hope the other one will use a spell checker! I've taken a look at the security and since I've tightened that, I haven't had any more "incidents" with people advertising V!@gra or C1Ali5 or other appendage enlargement medicine. I've set a deadline for myself. I will try and open the site up to selected bloggers by the end of August. Wish me luck!

Telkom has better service... believe it or not!
2007-07-30 16:07:00
ECN Telecoms is a company that promises ADSL lines and Internet and Voice connectivity over aforementioned lines. I got so excited with the prospect that I would be able to get an actual line, a land line, with voice AND internet, and it would cost me less than what Telkom would ask me. Above all that, the actual ADSL line would not be one from Telkom  read more »
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iPhone Thoughts
2007-07-27 13:03:00
So the iPhone has been out for almost a month now and so far it's received mixed reviews. I've been reading a really good (and comprehensive) review over at Gizmodo regarding the iPhone. They call it the "No BS review" of the iPhone. The reviewer looks at the phone very objectively, with no "Apple Fanboy" commentary and also no "Apple Hater" commentary. read more
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Quiet Times
2007-07-26 12:19:00
Just a quick update... I am very busy with things at the moment at the office and at home. My wife is also quite busy and I'm trying to help her out where I can. This would explain why I do not have too much sleep in my system at the moment. Seems to be a recurring theme for me nowadays. In other news, I've almost finished assembling my Goblin Warhammer army. I will post pictures! read more
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1000 Comics
2007-07-20 12:03:00
That is certainly an impressive number. Ctrl-Alt-Del author and artist Tim Absath posted his 1000th comic today. He states on his blog that the comic has been his job and life for the past 5 years and that he enjoys waking up in the mornings and doing something that he wants to do. That has got to be one of the best feelings in the world.  read more »
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Need... sleeeeeep
2007-07-20 08:11:00
I did not get a lot of sleep last night. I was up until 5 this morning working on the client's website, which is coming along nicely I might add. I'm up again at just after 6 and at work just after 7. Fun. Anyway, I've got a few reports to do before 10AM and afterwards I'll see if I find something interesting to report on. I couldn't sleep anyway.
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