Archive for October, 2005



A WYSIWYG Html Editor

Published on 31 October, 2005

A work project has got me really enthused at the moment (and it takes a lot to do that!). Basically, we need the ability to generate HTML-based emails from a WYSIWYG editor. After playing around a bit with it, I’ve managed to come up with something that looks pretty good (even if I do say [...]


Fun with Public Transport

Published on 25 October, 2005

I would really like to use public transport… really I would. My daily commute is frustrating, boring, expensive and pollutes the environment. The possibility of sitting on a warm, dry (albeit overcrowded) train while someone else does the hard work is very appealing. However, last night showed that dream simply isn’t feasable. My car is [...]


Open Letter to Sylvester Stallone

Published on 13 October, 2005

Dear Mr. Stallone, It was with great dismay that I read in this article that you are indeed planning to make a sixth installment in the Rocky saga. As a lifelong fan of the series, I implore you to reconsider. From a story arc point of view, a sixth installment makes no sense. Rocky rose [...]


Calendar Mystery Demysified!

Published on 5 October, 2005

I think I may have resolved my Outlook calendar synching with iPod issue! When trying to synch a my Outlook calendar with my iPod, using iTunes 5.0.1, I was getting “an unknown error has occurred(-50)” Error -50 is basically Apple’s “catch-all” error, for something they didn’t expect to happen. I managed to resolve this and [...]


iPod – more than just music?

Published on 3 October, 2005

No, your eyes do not deceive you, that is indeed a photo on my iPod. When I bought my iPod, it wasn’t for the “Photo” functionality, all I wanted was an MP3 player with a large storage capacity. 30 Gigabytes seemed like the ideal amount, and despite the fact that it was called an “iPod [...]