Running Windows 8 on my Main Computer
My first impressions of running Windows 8 as my main development and admin computer. Including problems that I have encountered.
Reflecting on Technology in South Africa Over the Last 15 years
South Africa, in terms of technology, has been trailing behind for a couple of years. This is a look back at my experiences with technology in South Africa over the last 15 years.
Web Site Design by Outsource House – http://susanneethling.com/
As with all websites that we design and develop, there are requirements from the client. Susan Neethling wanted her art work to first and foremost when you got to her website, and that is what we achieved here.
ASP Backup of Access Database
Often we need to do daily backups for client Access Databases. This can be a little irritating to do it every day so we made this little script that allows it to run on the server automatically. There are a couple of components that you would need to run this. Firstly you are going to...
Southpark and iTunes – I agreed by accident!!!
Do you just accept the terms and conditions when you load or update software? Most us do, South Park have looked at this and pushed it to the extreme. Below are a couple of clips, if you want to watch the whole episode then click here. http://www.southparkstudios.com/full-episodes/s15e01-humancentipad HUMANCENTiPAD Tags: SOUTH PARKKyle Broflovski,Eric Cartman,more… HUMANCENTiPAD Tags: SOUTH PARKKyle Broflovski,Eric...
ASP Random String
Often I need to use a random string to query on a database or to reference a record. This code allows you to create a random string that is very very random. <% Dim random_id Set random_id = CreateObject(“Scriptlet.TypeLib”) random_id = mid(random_id.GUID,2,36) %> And to use it you can just do this: <%=random_id%> These are...
Speech Input in Google Chrome 11
The new version of Google Chrome 11 has quite a few bug fixes and speech to text features. It also has a GPU accelerated 3d Css.
MWeb Uncapped ADSL – UPDATED
Update 1 Mar 2011 : Please see a complete ADSL speed test here : http://outsourcehouse.co.za/afrihost-vs-gamco-vs-mweb-vs-openweb-uncapped-adsl-south-africa/ So we are often asked our opinion at Outsource House about different things. Normally it has to be said that it normally revolves around technology. I have heard a number of complaints about MWeb uncapped ADSL when it first came out,...
Open letter to the South African Government about their websites – UPDATED
Dear South African Government, There are a lot of people in this country who don’t have access to the internet on computers. Some of them can browse the internet on their mobile phones. The amount of government websites that are published and are only available to those on desktops, is ridiculous. As an example I...
How Google can make the +1 button better
Google is great and powerful, but there are a lot of things that they could do better. Google gets Social with +1 So they introduced the +1 button. [trafficplayer_youtube_video width="600" height="385" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/OAyUNI3_V2c?&autohide=0&autoplay=1&controls=0&hd=1&rel=0&showinfo=0" ][/trafficplayer_youtube_video] Well it is pretty. But will it work? Will it become a project like Google Wave, Google Answers, Google Notebook or even...
So you want a Kindle?
Ever since the kindle came out people have been looking to get one. This is evident by how many competitors have come out and tried to steal the Kindle’s thunder. So you want one, but in South Africa, you always have to convert the $ amount into Rands and this might be quite expensive. Well...
Installing WAMP Rather than LAMP on Windows 7
Check the updated Page here : http://outsourcehouse.co.za/2010/12/06/installing-a-wamp-server-on-windows-7/ As a Windows person I am going to install PHP 5, Apache 2, MySQL 5 and phpMyAdmin and this makes the acronym of WAMP (Windows, Apache, MySQL, PHP). The other acronym is LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) which won’t be covered here. Install Apache Firstly go here http://httpd.apache.org/download.cgi...
