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Today's quotable quote: George Orwell: Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie…A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

This day in history: 30 September 2026: Vioxx Withdrawn from Market Because of Cardiovascular Concerns (2004). Merck's COX-2 selective nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug Vioxx (rofecoxib) was approved for use in the US in 1999 and remained on the market for just five years before being pulled due to concerns that it could raise the risk of heart attack and stroke. By that time, some 80 million people worldwide had taken the drug, primarily to treat osteoarthritis, acute pain, and dysmenorrhea. Before long, the drugmaker found itself facing thousands of lawsuits.








Home - Outeniqua Choo Tjoe

outeniquachootjoe.com, 29 October 2025

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Please watch this site for news about Classic Rails’s project to return steam trains to South Africa's Garden Route.




Klepetan and Malena - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org, 14 October 2025

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Klepetan and Malena were a pair of white storks (Ciconia ciconia) who became renowned in Croatia for their romantic endeavors. Between 2001 and 2021, Klepetan traveled from South Africa to Brodski Varoš, Croatia, each spring to mate with Malena, who was unable to travel due to a gunshot injury. On ...


A Brief History of the Minimoog Part I

youtube.com, 23 September 2025

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Follow the life of the Minimoog Synthesizer from its inception through its prolific contributions to poplular music throughout the last 4 decades.In this fir...



Physics wins, hydrogen cars lose

medium.com, 24 July 2025

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How many times have we heard that hydrogen-powered cars are “the future”? Well, that future has been collapsing like a house of cards for a…



Frogsicles: Frozen But Still Alive

youtube.com, 05 July 2025

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The wood frog's body makes its own anti-freeze that allows it to survive the winter. The secret ingredient? You'll never guess.From: CRAZY MONSTER FROGShttp:...

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In the news

Quantum computer chip crams more info into less volume – by vibrating: Quantum computing has always struggled to achieve the necessary division of labor between processing and memory. Posted on 23 September 2026.

Wait, AI is hacking government networks now?: Last week, Australia's prime minister announced that an AI model operated by OpenAI – the company behind ChatGPT – had gained unauthorized access into the country's healthcare systems. Posted on 30 September 2026.

Texas Officials Disband Local Cop Shop For Failing To ‘Provide Any Benefit To The Community’: “Defund the police” has come for at least one local law enforcement agency in one of the reddest states in the nation. Posted on 30 September 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Thu 01: broken clouds

    15 ° - 22 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 72 %
  • Fri 02: light rain

    14 ° - 17 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 03: sky is clear

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 12 km/h / Clouds 1 %
  • Sun 04: sky is clear

    13 ° - 22 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Mon 05: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %

See next two weeks

News (continued)

How I Get Free Traffic from ChatGPT in 2025 (AIO vs SEO): Three weeks ago, I tested something that completely changed how I think about organic traffic. Posted on 04 December 2025.

AI-enhanced petitions on Change.org: more text, less success: Cornell researchers’ analysis of 1. Posted on 30 September 2026.

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We need ‘right to intervene’ in AI amid growing threat, says Bank of England boss: Andrew Bailey’s comments come as fears grow that rogue models could take financial system hostageBusiness live – latest updatesThe governor of the Bank of England has called for the “right to intervene” in the AI industry amid growing fears that rogue models could take the financial system hostage. Posted on 01 October 2026.

All of a flutter: how butterflies avoid being a predator’s lunch: Their whirring wings and bright patterns help keep them safe from birds, British study findsNaturalists have long wondered how brightly coloured butterflies manage to evade the attention of birds that make a meal of other insects. Posted on 01 October 2026.

: Posted on 01 January 1970.

Swiss glaciers suffer 'disastrous' year of ice loss, threatening water supplies: Scientists say such rapid melting is no longer surprising given the pace of climate change. Posted on 01 October 2026.

Meta's Muse: Killer app? Security nightmare? Both?: Meta's AI Assistant has been downloaded millions of times. Posted on 30 September 2026.

OpenAI’s Greg Brockman Backs Out of Second $25 Million Donation to A.I. Super PAC: Greg Brockman, OpenAI’s president and co-founder, said internally that the super PAC, Leading the Future, had become a “distraction” for the A. Posted on 01 October 2026.

The Family Plan: When a girl in Iowa was diagnosed with a rare, incurable kidney disease, her parents and their community launched a research effort that helped turn an obscure condition into a medical breakthrough. Posted on 01 October 2026.

Clues to Why a Breakthrough Pancreatic Cancer Drug Eventually Stops Working: Researchers are asking why patients, like former Senator Ben Sasse, inevitably develop resistance to the drug daraxonrasib. Posted on 01 October 2026.

This year's MacArthur Fellows include researchers who fuse science and justice: The MacArthur Foundation has just announced its latest batch of 20 fellows. Posted on 29 September 2026.

The Family Plan: When a girl in Iowa was diagnosed with a rare, incurable kidney disease, her parents and their community launched a research effort that helped turn an obscure condition into a medical breakthrough. Posted on 01 October 2026.

Google Unveils Gemini 4 Argon, Retaking Benchmark Lead Over OpenAI and Anthropic: Google has unveiled Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model that it says leads or ties rivals on 13 of 18 disclosed benchmarks. Posted on 01 October 2026.

With viral ‘Lego’ videos, Iran stakes claim as a propaganda power player: Iran’s viral social media campaign has been slick, savvy, and accessible to a Western audience. Posted on 20 May 2026.

CHIME telescope unlocks new way to study the universe's bafflign expansion: After seven years of work, Canada's CHIME telescope has a measurement of dark energy from 2019. Posted on 30 September 2026.


Some of the tech in my workday

Best programming language?

The PYPL PopularitY of Programming Language Index is created by analyzing how often language tutorials are searched on Google.

The TIOBE Programming Community index measures popularity based on the number of skilled engineers world-wide, courses, third party vendors and search engine activity.

w3techs analyses page content to determine the technology used, and also uses publicly available information from sources such as Alexa, Google, Microsoft and ipinfo.io.

While Java and Python top the popularity charts, more than 80% of all websites run on PHP.


Longer term weather forecast

Cape Town weather

  • Thu 01: broken clouds

    15 ° - 22 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 72 %
  • Fri 02: light rain

    14 ° - 17 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 03: sky is clear

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 12 km/h / Clouds 1 %
  • Sun 04: sky is clear

    13 ° - 22 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Mon 05: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Tue 06: moderate rain

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Wed 07: scattered clouds

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 25 %
  • Thu 08: scattered clouds

    12 ° - 17 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 50 %
  • Fri 09: overcast clouds

    13 ° - 18 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 90 %
  • Sat 10: sky is clear

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sun 11: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 26 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Mon 12: light rain

    19 ° - 23 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Tue 13: sky is clear

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Wed 14: scattered clouds

    16 ° - 21 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 30 %
  • Thu 15: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 17 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Fri 16: broken clouds

    13 ° - 19 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 63 %