A final post

Seeing as it’s now over a year since my last post, I guess it’s safe to say that I no longer have any interest in updating this blog.
It’s an enjoyable trip, looking back…
I can’t say for sure when I started blogging. Or, blogging as we now know it, at least. The first post here is circa April 2002, when … view full post

More notes on v6

This post follows on from my previous one and mostly covers the changes I’ve made to the rest of this site. But before that, there was some interest in the WordPress plugins that I’m using:

• Configurable Tag Cloud (hoping to switch to Cumulus when it’s more customisable)
• Fuzzy DateTime (for the tooltips on

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Presenting v6

Welcome to the 6th version of this site since its online debut 8 years ago.

My previous design lasted for almost half of that time. Despite its shortcomings (lack of a feature-rich CMS) and obvious design flaws, and given the amount of recognition that it received, I became hesitant to change it … view full post

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then what do you call this?

Thanks to Dave for the link.

UPDATE [09/08]: This arrived in my inbox a short while ago via luis@luisgarcia.com:

I took the site down and will have my redesign up this weekend (hopefully). There’s no chance

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Of late…

By now you’re hopefully aware of the G8 REBOOT initiative.

To be honest, I was a little sceptical when fellow saffer Gareth e-mailed me with his ideas for the reboot, given the time … view full post

Postcards from Paris

Postcards from Paris

In 10 short days I’ll be home in iKapa again, for an involuntary month’s holiday; my yearly return flight was booked for this time. I’ll be working on and off while I’m home though, inbetween soaking up some afrikan sun, Savannas and the best company … view full post

A fresh squeeze of lime

You might notice some changes I’ve made around here. Most noticeably the colour scheme – I’ve impulsively switched from red to a fresh lime green. You might need to clear out your cache or reload to get the updated stylesheet and related images.

I’ve added my RSS feed buttons to my home page, and having said that, there’s … view full post

coda.coza RSS feed

A few new additions and updates to this site.

The calendar on my blog pages now works. On days where there are multiple posts, the link will be to an archived page that lists those posts. The current day is highlighted. And you can’t jump back in months (yet). The reason for holding off on that, is the way I’ve … view full post

Rebranded. Redesigned. Redeveloped.

It’s taken over a month, but it’s felt like a year – presenting the fifth redesign of coda.coza in as many years.

Before you click anywhere, pick apart my code or run it through any validators, you should know that this is something of a beta version. I’ve done almost no cross-browser testing (I’m aware of some behavioural glitches & twitches) … view full post

Damien on Google

I just did a Google Search for my first name, I don’t even think I come up as a result. Although I do own damien.co.za but it’s just a parked domain. What I found interesting is this: Damien Rice (.com) is the first result. His co.uk is listed on the second page, and when I did my … view full post