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Today's quotable quote: Friedrich Nietzsche: Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called “Ego”.

This day in history: 06 November 2026: Voters Reject Proposal to Establish Australia as a Republic (1999). The British began settling Australia in 1788, and before long, the entire continent was a British dependency. Over the years, Britain's role in Australian government has been progressively restricted, yet Australians remain reluctant to entirely cut ties, as evidenced by the 1999 referendum in which voters rejected a plan to establish Australia as a republic and replace the British monarch as head of state with a president elected by parliament.








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

Highly intelligent spiders may dream like us: Somewhere in Australia’s tropical northeast, a tiny spider twitches in its sleep. Posted on 02 November 2026.

Lab-in-a-box lets filmmakers develop their own movie film at home: For a really rich, organic, textured look, many low-budget filmmakers still shoot on 8-mm or 16-mm analog film – but getting the stuff processed is a major hassle. Posted on 05 November 2026.

ICE Officer Turns Himself In After Being Indicted For Deliberately Running Over A Random Person: All good things come to those who wait? Maybe. Posted on 06 November 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Fri 06: light rain

    15 ° - 19 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 58 %
  • Sat 07: light rain

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 14 %
  • Sun 08: few clouds

    13 ° - 23 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 23 %
  • Mon 09: sky is clear

    17 ° - 26 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Tue 10: sky is clear

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 7 %

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.

Project to rebuild trust in AI era lands Laude’s $10M ‘moonshot’ award: A $10 million “moonshot” grant from Laude Institute will help Cornell researchers realize the potential of artificial intelligence, while giving online communities control over AI’s role. Posted on 05 November 2026.

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From scooters to shampoo - the people saving hundreds from dumpster diving: The men and women who rummage through commercial bins to take clothes and other items. Posted on 03 November 2026.

How former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer sees AI assistants fitting into busy women's lives: NPR's Juana Summers talks with former Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer about AI assistants and lightening the load of emotional labor. Posted on 02 November 2026.

Inside Anthropic’s Hunt for A.I. Computing Power: The company went on a deal spree with tech giants, former crypto miners and others to gain computing power to further its artificial intelligence ambitions. Posted on 03 November 2026.

Why car keys are so expensive to replace: Modern car keys have evolved into encrypted fobs packed with security tech, which makes replacement and reprogramming far more costly. Posted on 03 November 2026.

Investigators Looking for Cause of Learjet Crash Say Ice Was ‘Certainly a Factor’: Ice, experts said, can change the shape of a plane’s wing, disrupting its aerodynamics. Posted on 03 November 2026.

Archaeologists are using chemistry to learn more about mummies: Ancient Egyptian mummy remains were once marketed as medicine. Posted on 02 November 2026.

Why car keys are so expensive to replace: Modern car keys have evolved into encrypted fobs packed with security tech, which makes replacement and reprogramming far more costly. Posted on 03 November 2026.

China Publicly Discloses Plan For a Lunar Landing Within Three Years: At the Seventh Manned Spaceflight Conference in Beijing, Chinese space officials publicly outlined the most detailed roadmap yet for landing astronauts on the Moon "before 2030. Posted on 03 November 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.

Traces of ancient blood found in 115 million-year-old dinosaur fossil, new study claims: Chemical signatures found in a Brazilian dinosaur bone may be preserved red blood cells, a new study suggests, but not all experts agree. Posted on 02 November 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

  • Fri 06: light rain

    15 ° - 19 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 58 %
  • Sat 07: light rain

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 14 %
  • Sun 08: few clouds

    13 ° - 23 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 23 %
  • Mon 09: sky is clear

    17 ° - 26 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Tue 10: sky is clear

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 7 %
  • Wed 11: few clouds

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 11 %
  • Thu 12: sky is clear

    16 ° - 19 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Fri 13: few clouds

    15 ° - 20 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 18 %
  • Sat 14: sky is clear

    15 ° - 22 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sun 15: sky is clear

    15 ° - 26 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Mon 16: sky is clear

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 12 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Tue 17: sky is clear

    17 ° - 26 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 18: sky is clear

    18 ° - 23 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 3 %
  • Thu 19: scattered clouds

    16 ° - 19 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 45 %
  • Fri 20: sky is clear

    15 ° - 20 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sat 21: sky is clear

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 0 %