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Today's quotable quote: Henry Ford: Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

This day in history: 01 November 2026: Ivy Mike: First Successful Test of a Hydrogen Bomb (1952). Years before the atomic bomb was developed, Edward Teller, Enrico Fermi, and other American nuclear physicists set their sights on developing a weapon with even greater destructive potential—the hydrogen bomb. Their designs would not be realized, however, until after the development of the A-bomb, which is needed to generate the temperatures required to initiate H-bombs' fusion reactions.








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

World's largest digital camera snaps new world beyond Pluto: Space was so much simpler when I was a kid. Posted on 29 October 2026.

Harvard smartphone app guides the blind faster, with fewer collisions: If you have standard human vision (even if assisted by glasses), chances are you’re adept at finding things, people, and paths to them. Posted on 01 November 2026.

This Week In Techdirt History: October 25th – 31st: This Week in 2016 This Week in 2011 This Week in 2006. Posted on 31 October 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Sun 01: scattered clouds

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 40 %
  • Mon 02: scattered clouds

    15 ° - 16 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 31 %
  • Tue 03: broken clouds

    15 ° - 17 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 56 %
  • Wed 04: broken clouds

    16 ° - 18 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 68 %
  • Thu 05: light rain

    16 ° - 17 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 85 %

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.

Hundreds of students attend new startup career fair: The expo brought together companies in fields from robotics to defense to health tech to food. Posted on 30 October 2026.

: Posted on 01 January 1970.

North Korea is likely culprit behind $6.3bn crypto hack, ‘largest heist in history’: Binance exchange says it will cover customer losses as it scrambles to freeze affected assets, with about $3bn located so farQ&A: How big a deal is the $6. Posted on 01 November 2026.

Perfume bottle and child’s necklace among treasures found in Pompeii wardrobe: Archaeologists uncover jewellery, cosmetics and coins in cabinet sealed since eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD79Fragments of personal objects, from makeup tools and a perfume bottle to coins and a child’s necklace, have been found tucked away in a wooden wardrobe sealed off for almost 2,000 years in the ruins of Pompeii. Posted on 01 November 2026.

: Posted on 01 January 1970.

Spill from vandalised home oil tank kills 13 birds: A number of birds are also injured after the spill from the oil tank earlier this week. Posted on 01 November 2026.

Wild West crypto: Staggering Binance heist exposes sector fragility: A massive cyber heist of crypto exchange Binance is exposing some of the fragilities of the sector and reinforcing perceptions of the industry as a financial Wild West, critics warn. Posted on 31 October 2026.

How Binance’s $6.3 Billion Hack Went Down: A war room. A global conference call. Posted on 01 November 2026.

A 1580 Map Shows Why Data Visualization Is Never Neutral: Nearly 450 years ago, an unnamed Ñudzahui painter mapped his community’s history and land claims for a Spanish king — on his own terms. Posted on 01 November 2026.

A Meteorite Found in the Sahara Is a 4.1-Billion-Year-Old Piece of Mars: Minerals in the space rock provide hints about the early history of the red planet, when water was flowing on the surface. Posted on 01 November 2026.

This surprising mammal fossil is giving scientists something to chew on: It's likely you've already chewed and swallowed some tasty morsel today. Posted on 07 October 2026.

A 1580 Map Shows Why Data Visualization Is Never Neutral: Nearly 450 years ago, an unnamed Ñudzahui painter mapped his community’s history and land claims for a Spanish king — on his own terms. Posted on 01 November 2026.

America's Clocks Are Still Falling Back Tonight Despite Trump's Daylight Saving Push: Clocks "fall back" one hour tonight to end Daylight Saving Time — though many Americans want to end the twice-yearly clock change, reports Axios. Posted on 01 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.

Astronomers may have been wrong about what ended the 'Cosmic Dark Age': How did the universe transition from an impenetrable fog of hydrogen into the bright and starlit cosmos we see today? Astronomers think they're onto the answer. Posted on 31 October 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

  • Sun 01: scattered clouds

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 40 %
  • Mon 02: scattered clouds

    15 ° - 16 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 31 %
  • Tue 03: broken clouds

    15 ° - 17 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 56 %
  • Wed 04: broken clouds

    16 ° - 18 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 68 %
  • Thu 05: light rain

    16 ° - 17 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 85 %
  • Fri 06: light rain

    16 ° - 16 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 07: overcast clouds

    15 ° - 17 ° Wind 13 km/h / Clouds 98 %
  • Sun 08: overcast clouds

    16 ° - 18 ° Wind 15 km/h / Clouds 98 %
  • Mon 09: sky is clear

    16 ° - 19 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 1 %
  • Tue 10: sky is clear

    16 ° - 18 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 4 %
  • Wed 11: few clouds

    17 ° - 17 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 18 %
  • Thu 12: broken clouds

    16 ° - 18 ° Wind 12 km/h / Clouds 81 %
  • Fri 13: sky is clear

    16 ° - 18 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sat 14: sky is clear

    16 ° - 16 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 9 %
  • Sun 15: few clouds

    16 ° - 17 ° Wind 12 km/h / Clouds 11 %
  • Mon 16: sky is clear

    15 ° - 18 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 1 %