R&D Techlead and Dev Manager / e-Commerce / Java- & JEE specialist / gadgeteer / consumer-, privacy- & security activist
In the digital age I have accumulated hundreds of music CDs which landed up ripped on my media server and iPods. Many songs don’t carry the proper ID-tags and carry the wrong artist, album or album art. Having accumulated over...
My brain is in a general sorry state as it consistently lets me down at Trivial Pursuit and it rarely remembers birthdays or names. I also completely blame if for failing to make me those millions of Rands. But there...
I truly love Guitar Hero World Tour and laughed watching a South Park episode, where they rip off people playing GH. I have never rocked in my underwear: And I doubt that many GH-rockers look as stunning as Heidi Klum:...
I am up for an upgrade and while I am happy with my N95 8GB I need something new. I had a look at the Sony XPERIA, but don’t like the fact that it runs Windows Mobile. So I was...
The AL140 is not necessarily the prettiest cordless DECT phone around, but I stumbled across the trio offer for R 700,00 at Dionwired. The package includes a base-station with 3 cordless phones and chargers and is priced elsewhere from R...
If you have followed my guidelines on how to install Squid, you might have noticed that the assumption was, that your home-user base would not abuse the net. You add a ten-year old on school-holidays and YouTube to the mix...
Apple has just released 10.5.6 which includes a number of fixes – get your download (between 190MB – 390MB) from here or via the SoftwareUpdate. The main fixes include: improves reliability of Address Book syncing with iPhone and other devices...
A good 5 months ago, I showed you how to rip DVDs and play them with 5.1 surround sound via a simple vobcopy command on Linux. Although the method was quick, I didn’t realize that this was not easily possible...
Sony has launched globally the Home social networking platform on the PS3 – to Sony it appears that globally means Europe, US and Japan. The intention was to launch Home in every region with a PlayStation Network Store – this...
If you follow the happenings in Australia, you will notice that iBurst in Australia is facing tough times. Dating back as far as October, rumors started spreading that iBurst Australia will close down. The Australian stock-exchange-listed company Commander which provided...
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