The avid reader will notice a trend with most of my blog posts. I choose an idiot and I blog about them. It's a simple formula and the subjects usually provide themselves pretty easily. I don't think anyone would argue that there's a dearth of idiocy around. Today it's Incredible Connection.   I guess it's partially my own fault for using them in the first place...

  As anyone who saw the South African fans leaving in droves this evening could tell you, support is the slipperiest substance known to humankind.     Tonight something fairly tragic happened - Bafana Bafana lost 3 - 0 to Uruguay and were shunted (almost) out of the first round of the Soccer World Cup. Now, whether you feel that some potentially dodgy calls by the ref...

Seeing a virtual machine purring along is a thing of beauty. OpenQRM is a fantastic web based package for managing your system, private cloud and virtualization technologies. It integrates seamlessly with both KVM and XEN.   So, here's a brief HOW TO for installing OpenQRM on Ubuntu Server 9.10. This HOW TO assumes you've already installed the virtualization platform of your choice,...

At the moment I'm a little torn. I'm not sure whether to feel upset or happy but I'm guessing it'll settle on a mixture of both.   On one hand, I don't feel as screwed over as the Wachowski Wangs made me feel. But on the other, I'm left with a sort of empty feeling.   Was this really the best way they could think of to end Lost? I mean yes, technically Lost (and...

Hi,   You don't know me and I don't know you. Now, I know that doesn't stop you from assuming that I'm just as ignorant and racist as you are but please don't.   If you should see me in the street handing a South African flag to a child or putting flags on my car's mirrors - feel free to keep on driving rather than taking time out of your busy schedule of burning...

When I work I inevitably watch bad movies. It helps me pass the time and I know I don't have to spare too much attention in order to get by.   So far I've had: Deep Blue Sea - 5/10 Terrible plot, horrible CGI but Samuel L Jackson has a great moment. Screamers - 3/10 Horrible plot. I mean truly horrible.   Did you know Screamers actually has a semblance of a plot? It's a terrible plot...

  In what is sure to be the latest quote that irritates people, Brigadier Chipu has said that crime is "not as big a problem as people thought". I'm always a little leery of taking quotes directly from media about things like this but I don't see how else you could interpret "It is safe, crime is everywhere in the world. It's no worse in South Africa." The...

United 4 Bafana Bafana bracelet ... check   Series of South African flags ... check   Car window flags ... check   Awesomely cool SWC Adidas shirt ... check   Tickets to see a game ... chec ... wait a minute. No.   That's right - I have absolutely no tickets to see a game. Thus far, all my efforts to secure some people to bring along with me to watch something in PE...

I don't need anything more than 4 hours of sleep a night. Kick ass.   It's taken me a while to arrive at this conclusion because it takes some time to form the effective habits that allow me to do this. Now I manage another 6 hours of work every night. How awesome is that? 2. Someone, someday is going to murder the people on "What Not to Wear".   Seriously. They're offensive,...

So, I've been working on and off on a number of sites that are my own personal projects (as if I didn't have enough to do).   Lately though, I've been slacking a little - hence the stagnation that is BlogNation.co.za. No more of that though. This is the time that I've started working.   I even have the help (and the blessing) of my dear wife who has promoted understanding that I'm just...