iPad manufacturer, Apple, claims to have “revolutionised” education since it has made a “deal” with textbook providers the world over. Brave words, if you take on an industry that is notorious for being resistant to change. And, if it does make up its mind to change, will only do so in small steps. It is … Read more
Your mobile communication device, whether a “smart” or a “dumb” phone, an IPad, Android tablet of “phablet”, is the ultimate prize for the likes of Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple etcetera who are “at war” over becoming the dominant player in the market.
The South African Department of Communications (DOC) has finally pulled a rabbit out of its hat after the switch-over to digital television broadcasting infrastructure has been delayed on several occasions. Judging from its “Go Digital” campaign that’s in full swing during 2012, South Africans should soon benefit from DDT (Digital Terrestrial) television signals. The DOC’s … Read more
For those who have not yet come across this awesome software, here’s a shout-out to all those who donated (and still do!) their minds and heart to the Open Source XBMC project. The project involves developers and programmers who have poured their collective creativity and “mind power” into turning your Personal Computer (PC) into a … Read more
Met a hero today … not someone who can leap tall buildings in a single bound or is faster than a bullet. But, someone who stares death in the face … every day. Someone diagnosed with a degenerative and incurable neurological disorder eating away at his nervous system. Neurologists made it clear … the best … Read more
Wordsmiths know that words you choose “paint” a picture in the mind of the reader. Therefore, writers choose their words carefully, especially if they want the reader to “see” (visualise, if you insist) something from a certain angle or perspective. Marketing gurus also know this. In fact, it’s their bread and butter (literally) to know … Read more
Sandboxes are useful places where you can fool around in and not do any real damage. In upgrading this version of WordPress, running it on a “SandBox” LAMP server sitting in my basement, saved both time and money. Installing it on a live site can have serious consequences if mistakes are made and your web … Read more
As I suspected, upgrading your site is easier said than done. The first order of business is to make sure that you don’t lose the content already on your site. This means that you either (a) manually make a backup of each and every post and comment or (b) use the tools at your disposal … Read more
Upgrading your site is a daunting undertaking, fraught with many unexpected twists and turns. Reading forum posts on “how easy” and ‘straightforward” it is to update you site’s back-end to the latest version might be “simple” for website developers and webmasters who eat programming code for breakfast, but if you are just a mere blogger, … Read more