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Today's quotable quote: Dave Barry: We should enact an “e” tax. Government agents would roam the country looking for stores whose names contained any word that ended in an unnecessary “e,” such as “shoppe” or “olde,” and the owners of these stores would be taxed at a flat rate of $50,000 per year per “e.” We should also consider an additional $50,000 “ye” tax, so that the owner of a store called “Ye Olde Shoppe” would have to fork over $150,000 a year. In extreme cases, such as “Ye Olde Barne Shoppe,” the owner would simply be taken outside and shot.

This day in history: 12 November 2026: The Royal Air Force Sinks German Battleship Tirpitz (1944). The German Tirpitz, sister ship of the similarly ill-fated Bismarck, was the largest battleship ever built in Europe. Though she was sent to waters around German-occupied Norway and never really saw action in World War II, her mere presence threatened Allied convoys and tied up their naval resources. The Allies therefore launched numerous attacks on the Tirpitz in an effort to destroy her.


Germany’s 450-Gram Robotic Gull Flies Like Life

engineerine.com, 07 November 2026

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Since Leonardo da Vinci sketched his human-powered ornithopter in 1485, generations of inventors, clockmakers, and aerospace engineers have tried—and almost universally failed—to build a machine that flies purely by flapping its wings like a bird. When early 19th- and 20th-century aviation pione...








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…


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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.

Compact smart telescope offers two views of the night sky: The Seestar S30 Plus is the new sibling to the S30 Pro, which we covered earlier this year. Posted on 12 November 2026.

Dems Oppose Brendan Carr’s Efforts To Rush The Appointment Of A Lackey To FCC, Promise New Year Investigations Into Carr: The GOP and Ted Cruz are trying to rush the appointment of Brendan Carr’s personal legal aide Danielle Thumann Severs to the FCC. Posted on 12 November 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Thu 12: few clouds

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 11 %
  • Fri 13: few clouds

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 17 %
  • Sat 14: few clouds

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  • Sun 15: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Mon 16: sky is clear

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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.

Five Cornell Thought Summits to explore emerging questions in AI and data science: Thought Summits are Cornell’s mechanism for identifying and developing inter- and intra-institutional collaborations in the fields of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Posted on 12 November 2026.

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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO after alleged affairs: Move follows admission of affair with woman alleged to be Chinese spy and reported relationships with two employeesFrom washing dishes at Denny’s to rockstar of AI: the rise and fall of Jensen HuangJensen Huang has resigned as chief executive of Nvidia after reports of extramarital affairs with an alleged Chinese spy and two company employees. Posted on 12 November 2026.

European survey reveals 900m galaxies – and possibly secrets of ‘dark universe’: Unprecedented view of cosmos provided by Euclid mission throws up many more cases of gravitational lensingA mission to create the largest ever 3D map of the universe has revealed more than 900m galaxies in its first major data release together with about 15,000 potential cases of a phenomenon that could help unlock the secrets of the “dark universe”. Posted on 12 November 2026.

: Posted on 01 January 1970.

Burnham says climate consensus 'gone' but pledges 'new era of leadership': PM Andy Burnham was addressing delegates at the COP31 UN climate summit in Antalya, Turkey. Posted on 12 November 2026.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang steps down amid alleged spy scandal: Huang co-founded the chipmaker Nvidia, which has become one of the driving forces behind the AI boom. Posted on 12 November 2026.

Jensen Huang Resigns From Nvidia After Affairs: The chief executive has been under scrutiny for an affair with a woman said to be a Chinese spy, as well as for a relationship with a subordinate at his A. Posted on 12 November 2026.

Astronomers Found a Mysterious Object Orbiting Far Beyond Pluto. It Could Be a New…: The dwarf planet candidate, called ED138, appeared in telescope images and takes roughly 280 years to orbit the sun. Posted on 12 November 2026.

These Killer Female Apes Challenge the ‘Man the Hunter’ Origin Story: Bonobos are as closely related to humans as chimps. Posted on 12 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.

Astronomers Found a Mysterious Object Orbiting Far Beyond Pluto. It Could Be a New…: The dwarf planet candidate, called ED138, appeared in telescope images and takes roughly 280 years to orbit the sun. Posted on 12 November 2026.

Singapore Says US Not Helpful On Investigation Into Suspected Spy's Company: Singapore says U.S. authorities provided limited assistance in its investigation of Megaspeed, the company run by Alice Huang, the Chinese businesswoman whom U. Posted on 12 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.

Chinese scientists cool atoms to near absolute zero in record-breaking experiment: Scientists on China's Tiangong space station used a laser trap to cool a clump of atoms to just above absolute zero, setting a new record. Posted on 12 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

  • Thu 12: few clouds

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 11 %
  • Fri 13: few clouds

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 17 %
  • Sat 14: few clouds

    15 ° - 22 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 17 %
  • Sun 15: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Mon 16: sky is clear

    17 ° - 20 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 1 %
  • Tue 17: scattered clouds

    16 ° - 23 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 34 %
  • Wed 18: broken clouds

    16 ° - 25 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 55 %
  • Thu 19: overcast clouds

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 85 %
  • Fri 20: light rain

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 29 %
  • Sat 21: light rain

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 93 %
  • Sun 22: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 21 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 98 %
  • Mon 23: light rain

    16 ° - 19 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 68 %
  • Tue 24: light rain

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  • Wed 25: light rain

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  • Thu 26: overcast clouds

    16 ° - 23 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Fri 27: sky is clear

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 0 %