5 loaves, 2+2 fischers: Archive

Aug 24th

“Cloud computing is a model for enabling convenient, on-demand network access to...”

– http://www.nist.gov

Nov 25th

Linux Was Never a Problem, Claims Technical OLPC... →

FUD from Nicholas Negroponte is being challenged

Aug 25th

Jun 21st

“I’ll conquer adversity and win at all costs, I will not be pushed down and...”

– kmf. floss.pro, Tuesday 26 May, 22:17

May 26th

Apr 22nd

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Apr 15th

Check this Blog about Storage... →

I think we need a Drobo for the home :)

Mar 28th

Tectonic » FLOSS.pro: Microblogging for free... →

Microblogging platforms like Twitter and FriendFeed are all the rage at the moment, but unless you’re selective it’s easy to become overwhelmed by irrelevant content. Enter FLOSS.pro, a…

Mar 24th

New Arrivels

Presenting Daniel Ralf Fischer and Joshua John Fischer

Mar 8th

25 Things you might've not know about me

1) My first real job was as a Cook, worked really hard and really long hours. 2) The most peaceful place in the whole world is, Clarens, Free State. 3) I knew Carina 11 months, when we asked her parents to get married. 4) I was a Hypocrite, in 2005, I found what I was looking for. 5) Raised with Christian principles, but after a life changing event, (4) occurred, I’m a Christian. 6) The most...

Feb 20th

Watch

What is Woofles up to in 2009?

Feb 18th

iPhone'd

I finally have an iPhone. It’s amazing, it’s been a week and I’m very impressed with it. Currently I’m still looking for a Real Twitter client, I think it might be Tweetie.

Feb 10th

Spamish Inquisition

I receive alot of SPAM here is a nice canned respose I got from IPSA Dear <Insert Name Here> Since this is a commercial message, and since I have not requested to be placed on your mailing list, this message constitutes an unsolicited communication in terms of section 45 of the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act (Act 25 of 2002). In terms of section 45(4) of this Act, this...

Feb 9th

Hello Docky →

GNOME-DO rocks …. Docky adds more love.

Feb 1st

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The Story of STUFF.

Jan 23rd

The Great Escape

I love MindMapping! In 2006 when I bought a Mac, I started learning something new about myself, I processed information visually, I never knew this, the Company I was working for at the time encouraged this way of thinking. I evaluated several Applications for MindMapping and decided in that the Best tool for the Job at that time was NovaMind, it worked very well and uber colours :D, It was very...

Jan 21st

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Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn’t seen it)

Jan 18th

Vodacom 3G: R19170 for 49 minutes →

“Could these Vodacom roaming charges be correct? I was in Dubai for business for three days and used my Vodacom 3G card to send and receive emails. In total my usage (upload and download) was 176.51 MB. My online time was 49 minutes and 45 seconds. I was charged R19170 by Vodacom. Is this another Vodacom scam or a joint international mobile provider customer ripoff” ...

Jan 4th

Dec 18th

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New blog title ?

As you suspected … my blog title needs to change from “5 loaves, 2 fischers” to … I don’t know suggestions ? “5 loaves, n fischers” ?

Dec 18th

Short Film : Volition →

Volition (n)- The act of making a choice. Sometimes the choice of inaction has consequences stronger than we could ever imagine. Throughout history, men have been faced with difficult choices in a world that makes it easy for them to conform. This film explores the hope that lies behind every decision made in the face of adversity; the hope that is buried in the heart of those that look beyond...

Dec 16th

Support the Donn →

“My life is turning into a nightmare, because I criticised a company that had the audacity to try to mislead me. Not once, but twice. When I complained, they got defensive and denied any wrongdoing. When I asked them to add my number to their “Do Not Call” list, they said they did, but it didn’t work, and I was called 6 weeks after the original call.”

Dec 11th

Watch

The Rolling Blackouts - Eskom

Dec 8th

FreeBSD Foundation donations

The FreeBSD Foundation needs 101703 people to give $1 or 10171 people to give $10 or only 1018 people to give $100, you get the idea, They want to reach the target before 31 December 2009 :) Please consider donating : http://www.freebsdfoundation.org/donate/

Dec 5th

I ♥ Pretoria in the second week of December ...

No tourist, no traffic and summer weather …. everyone is in Cape Town … This is a parody post of this one.

Dec 3rd

Watch

Riaan Cruywagen has been reading the news on television since it arrived in South Africa in 1976. He prides himself in the nickname “The face of news in South Africa” and his record of the longest serving Afrikaans news reader in the world. In the context of South Africa’s spectacular transformation to democracy, Riaan explains how his professional ethics have kept him in the news reader’s seat.

Nov 21st

Boycott Novell Protesters Man-handled at National...

Non Free Software is Bad, Boys and Girls. http://playingwithsid.blogspot.com/2008/11/boycott-novell-protesters-man-handled.html

Nov 16th

Peace, Love and Bad Request (Invalid Hostname)

People are weird sometimes. Very Weird. When I started www.digitalapartheid.com, I really wanted it to be a peaceful “demonstartion” of people who are concerned about Browser Rights, the Freedom to access Information and the Freedom of Movement. However, what has been happening lately, is unacceptable, people are “attacking” the IEC website, I’m not sure what this...

Nov 10th

UDM's response on www.elections.org.za

Dear Mr Fischer Recent media reports stated that the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) website is not coping with the number of South Africans trying find out if they are registered or where their closest registration point is. Problem one is connecting to the site: “I have Internet Explorer, but get the following error message when I logon: Internet Explorer cannot display the ...

Nov 10th

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Digital Apartheid

I started www.digitalapartheid.com, in response to the IEC website that doesn’t support Firefox. The issue is much Bigger than you think … The website does not comply to Open Standards The website only works on Microsoft Internet Explorer The website only works on Microsoft Windows The Website excludes the Following people People that use Firefox, Safari and Opera People that...

Nov 5th

Election website campaign grows →

The campaign to demand that the South Africa’s Independent Electoral Commission makes its website available to all Internet users gained momentum today with the launch of the No Firefox! No Vote!”…

Nov 4th

Oct 22nd

“There once was a message to test; Repeated unto being a pest; While marked to...”

– Darrin Chandler, in a January 29th, 2008 message on the OpenBSD -misc mailing list.

Oct 21st

Oct 20th

Oct 3rd

Sep 24th

Hello Baby

Last week Friday, Carina phoned me, 5 times, I was on the bike so I couldn’t hear it, my first thoughts was it’s her car. I was surprised to find out that we where and still are pregnant. This is interesting and we are very excited. I heard a few comments thatfrom people that say congratulations, oh wait it’s just gonna be another mac user :D And so another Chapter in our lives...

Sep 12th

I’m excited, the OSS Migration is gonna rock this Country!

Sep 2nd

Chrome, Google Browser →

Cheeze, another browser, I’m sure that it’s not necessary a bad thing. But this just brings up the whole Webkit / Gecko debate again ? Well I guess Apple is smiling and it is Open Source.

Sep 1st

Aug 19th

“Live as if your were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”

– Mahatma Gandhi

Aug 4th

Black Coffee

So here is a scenario, I like drinking coffee, at work, we have this magical Machine that makes coffee, It Grinds beans, adds milk and sugar. It’s got a very usable front end for Managing you Coffee making Experience.It’s got all the flavours Cappuccino, Espresso maker, Hot Chocolate, Everything, All the Bells and Whistles.So I was standing of this dispenser of Legalised Hot Pure Drug,...

Jul 29th

Ah the Joys of Automating People ....

Oops! i did it again … I replaced you with a Script …. You are an Automater Action …. Oops! You broke my heart … I replaced you a Computer how does that make you feel … Oops! I did it again with a Code Snippit … Oh Please just zippit … you are killing me … it’s not compatible with w3c …

Jul 22nd

Jul 18th

AlfrescoForge: openoffice.org-plugin-for-alfresco →

Looking for an easy way to integrate OpenOffice.org and Alfresco? This plugin is what you need! It offers exactly the same functionality and user experience as the Alfresco Plugin for MS Office. The…

Jul 17th

Exchange Exchange, OSS Groupware revisited

Ever thought you can pick up a brochure of and Open Source Groupware provider and say: “Ok there we’ll migrate tomorrow?” I hate how marketing teams Steal, Kill and Destroy the Dreams of SysAdmins, with, as Wikipedia terms it Peacock Terms. Anyway, I have seen lots of amazing Groupware systems outhere. Today, I, Mr Grumpy will share some thoughts on Kolab. Even though this is...

Jul 6th