The Mobile Menace – Cellphone Matters
Please pick up a copy of the current issue of Drum magazine, 24 July 2008, and read the pages 44 and 45 for the article “The Mobile Menace“, which has the following 7 tips I share with parents. 1. Don’t buy cellphones for your child below 13 years old. Electronic wireless devices like cellphones emit […]
Invitation to Yahoo Groups Power User Program
I have been a user of Yahoo Groups since about 1998, when it was called eGroups. Somewhere during 1999, it was purchased by Yahoo, and I have managed or moderated various groups since that time. Here’s some of the groups I have created and some stats: Why should you consider Yahoo Groups? Anyway, I was […]
Upgrading to WordPress 2.6 improves your blog usability
A reminder to the blogging community to upgrade to WordPress 2.6, which was released 3 days ago. Today I upgraded 26 WordPress-based websites or rather blogs that I am hosting at Hostgator. It has been years since I bothered hosting websites inside South Africa. And the Fantastico script manager allows you to seamlessly install open […]
Where is Facebook in the workplace?
Facebook is a social networking website dedicated to user-generated content and global connectivity. At its heart is the individual user, who creates a profile and then searches for friends already on the network. Complements to that initial concept include groups dedicated to a multitude of interests, including religion, sport or even profession. Applications on Facebook […]
5 basic steps of personal computer security
After almost 20 years of using computers, I have come to appreciate the importance of computer security. That irritating obligation you may feel to run an anti-virus check on your system once a day just to feel more secure, the wish to eliminate those nagging spam emails permanently from your Inbox, and more recently, those […]