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Today's quotable quote: Bill Vaughan: Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

This day in history: 24 August 2026: Forced Resignation Prompts Brazilian President to Take His Own Life (1954). President Getúlio Vargas led Brazil for 18 years, holding power from 1930 to 1945 and 1951 to 1954. Though defeated in the presidential election of 1930, he led a successful revolt that gained him the presidency. Vargas then set up the totalitarian Estado Novo—"New State"—but was overthrown in a coup d'état in 1945. He regained the presidency six years later but committed suicide under threat of impeachment as his popularity dwindled.







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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Purple is the new white for ‘cool’ summer fashion: As the kind of person who wears black in the height of an Aussie summer, I’m not one to give fashion advice. Posted on 24 August 2026.

Upgradeable mini PC doubles as a portable Steam gaming console: Valve's Steam Machine is the gaming system that PC gamers have been dreaming of for years. Posted on 24 August 2026.

Don’t Trust The Name On The PAC: This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Posted on 24 August 2026.


Cape Town weather

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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.

At Cornell Bowers, faculty do AI and now staff do too: “We Do AI” was the first educational series at Cornell to provide staff across an entire college with advanced training in how to use AI effectively in their daily workflows. Posted on 19 August 2026.

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‘We are hitting a different chapter’: OpenAI leader warns of threat of ‘persistent’ AI cyber-attacks: Chris Lehane tells Guardian of need to implement new safety standards as critics say AI firms acting ‘recklessly’A senior leader at OpenAI has said people should prepare to defend against “ongoing, persistent” cyber-attacks from AIs, as cutting-edge artificial intelligence models gain advanced capabilities to plan and launch offensives. Posted on 25 August 2026.

Ebola day 100: why this outbreak could become the deadliest in history – video explainer: More than 2,000 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since the first case of this epidemic was recorded in May. Posted on 25 August 2026.

Businesses must reinvent their processes and workforce to scale agentic AI adoption: Only 15% of US-based organizations have reached scaled, orchestrated, multi-agent adoption, according to the latest Deloitte research. Posted on 25 August 2026.

More downpours and thunderstorms are heading the UK's way: More downpours and thunderstorms are heading the UK's way. Posted on 24 August 2026.

OpenAI says it will slow its AI model development to shore up safety: OpenAI is slowing down development of its cutting edge AI models to shore up safety protections as concerns rise about artificial intelligence agents going rogue. Posted on 24 August 2026.

After Hugging Face Was Attacked By A.I. Agents, It Embarked on a Crusade: Hugging Face, a start-up that was breached by rogue bots from OpenAI, is using the hack to push for openness in A. Posted on 24 August 2026.

Octopus Mutation May Help Explain Their Remarkable Intelligence: Researchers found a rare ribosomal RNA break in several shallow-water octopus species. Posted on 24 August 2026.

Anatomy of an Autonomous Attack: 5 Alarming A.I. Capabilities: When OpenAI’s agents went rogue in July, they demonstrated ingenuity and drive beyond what many experts imagined — a dangerous harbinger of what such bots could do in the future. Posted on 24 August 2026.

This high-speed star is whipping around the black hole in the middle of our galaxy: Researchers have identified a speed demon at the heart of the Milky Way. Posted on 19 August 2026.

Octopus Mutation May Help Explain Their Remarkable Intelligence: Researchers found a rare ribosomal RNA break in several shallow-water octopus species. Posted on 24 August 2026.

Amazon Hikes Hardware Prices By 60%, Blaming Memory Shortage: Amazon has raised the prices of its hardware devices by as much as 60%, blaming "significant increases in memory and storage component costs. Posted on 25 August 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.

As cervical cancer rates fall, HPV is causing more throat and mouth cancers in men — why?: HPV vaccination is helping knock back cervical cancer rates, but meanwhile, mouth and throat cancers caused by the virus are up in men. Posted on 24 August 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

  • Tue 25: sky is clear

    12 ° - 19 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 26: overcast clouds

    12 ° - 21 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Thu 27: overcast clouds

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  • Fri 28: broken clouds

    15 ° - 20 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 64 %
  • Sat 29: overcast clouds

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  • Sun 30: overcast clouds

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  • Mon 31: scattered clouds

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  • Tue 01: overcast clouds

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  • Wed 02: moderate rain

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  • Thu 03: sky is clear

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  • Fri 04: sky is clear

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