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This day in history: 09 September 2026: Attica Prison Riot: 33 Guards Taken Hostage (1971). Though the US made strides in prison reform in the 20th century, not enough had apparently changed at Attica Correctional Facility by 1971 to appease those confined in the overcrowded New York prison. At the time, inmates got just one "shower" a week and one roll of toilet paper a month. It was against these, and other, conditions that prisoners were protesting when they rioted and took 33 guards hostage.







Home - Outeniqua Choo Tjoe

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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

Newly identified 'muscles' shape trees in way once thought uniquely animal: Nearly 15 years ago, scientists found that plants had a biological mechanism that controls their morphology – or, in simpler terms, their form – thought to have only been something seen in animals. Posted on 04 September 2026.

Smart scope's spinning sensor fights Earth's spin to erase star trails: Draco, DwarfLab's new smart telescope, solves deep-sky astrophotography's oldest headache with a sensor that physically spins to cancel out star trails caused by Earth's rotation. Posted on 09 September 2026.

AI Agents Are Not Going “Rogue,” But Recent Developments Lead Increasingly-Concerned Researchers To Call For AI Slow Down: For the last few months, there has been much talk of AI agents going “rogue”. Posted on 09 September 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Thu 10: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 95 %
  • Fri 11: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 20 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 12: light rain

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sun 13: light rain

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 97 %
  • Mon 14: moderate rain

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 100 %

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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.

Cornell Unplugged encourages mindful tech use, social connection: New event asks the community to decrease technology use, increase face-to-face interaction and consider that every AI chat, doomscroll and text message has a water, energy and carbon footprint. Posted on 09 September 2026.

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AI could kill all humans in next decade, warn experts: but how seriously should we take them?: Alarming warnings from industry insiders increase pressure for curbs on artificial superintelligenceDoes artificial superintelligence really pose a risk greater than nuclear weapons? Is there a significant chance of “a Chornobyl-sized catastrophe”. Posted on 10 September 2026.

OpenAI claims to have solved maths problem that stumped humans for decades: Company behind ChatGPT says 10,000 of its AI systems cracked the Navier-Stokes problem in 88 hoursOpenAI claims to have solved a major mathematics problem that has stumped humans for nearly a century after spending millions of dollars on the artificial intelligence-led endeavour. Posted on 10 September 2026.

Watch: Downed trees and flooding as Hurricane Lowell batters western Hawaii: The storm brought damaging winds and torrential rain to parts of the island on Monday and Tuesday, triggering concerns about flash flooding and mudslides. Posted on 09 September 2026.

Anthropic researcher resigns amid AI safety concerns: A researcher at the AI company Anthropic resigned with a warning that the entire artificial intelligence industry is designing tools that humans will soon lose control of. Posted on 09 September 2026.

What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind: A deeply reported account of one 9/11 victim’s family as they navigate grief, memory, and conspiracy theories in the decades after his death. Posted on 09 September 2026.

Scientists Discover the Earliest Evidence of Drug Use in Really Old Teeth: A hunter-gatherer who lived in Indonesia as early as 25,000 years ago may have regularly sucked on betel nuts to release their psychoactive properties. Posted on 09 September 2026.

Scientists map key protein interactions linked with profound autism: Research published in the journal Science illuminates a "missing piece" in the biological understanding of profound autism and offers new targets for drug development. Posted on 04 September 2026.

What Do Visa and Mastercard Do? An Intro to Card Networks: Visa and Mastercard are card networks, not card issuers or banks. Posted on 09 September 2026.

Google to Invest Record $15 Billion In AI Infrastructure In Finland: Google plans to invest at least $15 billion in AI infrastructure in Finland through 2028, its largest single investment in Europe. Posted on 10 September 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.

'America's Nobel' prizes go to sleep and hemophilia researchers, and to Michael J. Fox for Parkinson's advocacy: The Lasker Foundation has announced the winners of its 2026 awards for basic medical research, clinical science and public service. Posted on 09 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 10: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 95 %
  • Fri 11: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 20 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 12: light rain

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sun 13: light rain

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 97 %
  • Mon 14: moderate rain

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Tue 15: moderate rain

    13 ° - 17 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 98 %
  • Wed 16: moderate rain

    12 ° - 15 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 6 %
  • Thu 17: sky is clear

    11 ° - 18 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Fri 18: sky is clear

    12 ° - 20 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 1 %
  • Sat 19: sky is clear

    14 ° - 22 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 7 %
  • Sun 20: scattered clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 40 %
  • Mon 21: few clouds

    13 ° - 19 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 15 %
  • Tue 22: overcast clouds

    12 ° - 22 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Wed 23: light rain

    15 ° - 23 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Thu 24: light rain

    16 ° - 26 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 94 %
  • Fri 25: light rain

    18 ° - 23 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 62 %