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SA Blog Awards 2007


It’s time to nominate your favourite blogs for the SA Blog Awards 2007 and if you like my blog please click on the widget below and nominate me for Best SA Blog about Technology / Computers / Web Development.

The SA Blog Awards is a great initiative because it grows awareness of blogs and bloggers in [...]

Preparing for a talk on identity – OpenID


Talking about internet security is like talking about anti-terrorism; there are a lot of sensitive and gray areas which are difficult to solve AND keep everyone happy. If you’re not carefully and cannot immediately solve any technical loophole a listener might have thought about then you’ll very quickly be shot down and dismissed.
I say [...]

Lessons from an art community


Instead of the usual “I don’t know what you like” gift vouchers last Christmas I really wanted to learn to draw and asked for some carefully chosen books and equipment. Specifically I organised Ben Caldwell’s Action! Cartooning and Fantasy! Cartooning.
These, along with some inevitable supplies and a surprisingly supportive forum around the books (check out [...]