Hellkom

I love a good Hellkom blog.

When I moved at the beginning of August, I applied with Telkom to have my ADSL line transferred. It went relatively smoothly – infact they even called me up a few days earlier than they’d initially planned for, to come do the installation. They provided me with my new telephone number, I was … view full post

Discovery leaked my e-mail address

When I sign-up with a new service or get asked for my e-mail address, I ensure that I use a unique alias each time and rarely provide my personal address. This way I can easily filter my incoming messages, but also track sources of spam. If I receive spam on an address that I’ve only given out once before, then … view full post

Another month, another rip

Another month, another rip

Found this one in my referrer logs today.

At least she went as far as changing the style and referencing back to me with “Heavily influenced by coda coza, a great designer”.

Well that’s awfully flattering of you, “milo IIIVII”, but blatantly copying my work without asking, passing it off as your own by slapping a … view full post

Hellkom

UPDATE [19/03]: Telkom says ‘we do not have a hard cap’ at My Broadband. Comments here. I’m speechless…

At the recent Telkom analyst day, Telkom’s Steven Hayward said that the fixed line provider has a soft cap, adding that they have not switched off any customers who exceeded their caps.

When asked whether the low usage limits, or caps,

… view full post

SABC World News observation

SABC World News – SABC 3, after 12am. A question/observation/rant:

Who the hell is that female newsreader responsible for the voiceovers on just about all of their stories?

If you’ve ever had the displeasure of turning on your TV at that hour and hearing her voice break on every word then you’ll know what I’m talking about. I don’t know how else … view full post