WantItAll’s customer reviews and the Amazon/SAPO saga

I was browsing muti’s hot page earlier and clicked on a post entitled “Evolver – What’s the story ?” which landed me at WantItAll.co.za – “South Africa’s Online Shopping Solution“.

[Side-note: visiting their site without “www”, ie. their name, takes you to a blank page with a lame “We have moved Click Here To Visit Us” message. … view full post

Amazon.com open a software development centre in Cape Town

Online retailer Amazon.com has opened a software development centre in Cape Town, a statement issued by the company said on Tuesday. The centre will create innovative web services and help software developers build innovative applications using Amazon technology.

It is the third centre of its kind in the world, with the other two in Scotland and India.

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Noteworthy Achievements, Events, Feats and Blunders of Every Conceivable Kind

The Malaysian government decided to solve their disease-carrying mosquito problem by spraying the infested areas with DDT. This worked, but the cockroaches then devoured the dead mosquitos. This was followed by the region’s gecko lizards consuming the roaches. The geckos did not die from the residual poison (surprisingly), but their central nervous systems were greatly affected,

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A new Firefox theme

I started a new Firefox theme this weekend. It remains to be seen how far I’ll get. The Firefox project is approaching a milestone 1.0 release and it would be nice to have it done by then. In the meantime, check out … view full post

Tori Amos

Until a few weeks ago there were only three Tori Amos songs that I could bear listening to: “Professional Widow”, “Cornflake Girl” and on the odd occasion, “Strange Little Girls”. This past week I’ve been listening to Scarlet’s Walk under Warrenski’s recommendation, but the only song I play is track 2, ‘A Sorta Fairytale’. … view full post