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Today's quotable quote: Jason Kidd, upon his drafting to the Dallas Mavericks: We're going to turn this team around 360 degrees.

This day in history: 10 November 2026: Mary Anderson Patents the Windshield Wiper (1903). Today we take for granted the fact that we are able to flip a switch and clear our windshields of precipitation or debris, but this was not always the case. Early drivers were forced to manually clear their windshields of snow, rain, dirt, and the like, that is, until Mary Anderson invented the first effective windshield wiper system. It was not long before windshield wipers were standard equipment on American cars.


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.

A robot just built a structure in space for the first time: Pushing big things into Earth’s orbit is no easy task. Posted on 10 November 2026.

RFK Jr. Is Seeking To Spend Taxpayer Dollars On ‘Faith-Based’ Addiction Recovery Programs: The injection and prioritization of religion into government institutions, specifically Christianity, is a very real thing. Posted on 10 November 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Tue 10: broken clouds

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 53 %
  • Wed 11: sky is clear

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 9 %
  • Thu 12: sky is clear

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  • Fri 13: scattered clouds

    15 ° - 20 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 37 %
  • Sat 14: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 2 %

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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.

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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Silicon Valley and Trump rally behind Nvidia CEO after his affair with alleged Chinese spy: Elon Musk and other finance moguls defend Jensen Huang after he admitted to the affair, as Trump says FBI ‘is looking into it’ Nvidia’s board needs to do some succession planning – sharpishDonald Trump, Elon Musk and prominent finance moguls have expressed their support for embattled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, as the head of the world’s most valuable chip company faces an internal investigation over a romantic relationship with an alleged Chinese spy. Posted on 10 November 2026.

Medical breakthrough offers hope to people with same stiff person syndrome as Céline Dion: Some patients with autoimmune condition in the trial have been able to return to work and resume hobbiesDoctors have made a potentially significant breakthrough in the hunt for a treatment for stiff person syndrome, the autoimmune condition that affects the singer Céline Dion. Posted on 10 November 2026.

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The swan sanctuary wetland fighting climate change: The global campaign to restore the "soggy secret weapon" that can combat against climate change. Posted on 10 November 2026.

Why a South Korean city is turning to a U.S. college to outsmart AI?: Through civic participation and liberal education, South Korean educators hope to "quietly stitch the fabric of our democracy…before it unravels beyond repair. Posted on 09 November 2026.

Is Jensen Huang Too Powerful to Be Punished by Nvidia?: The chief executive has a tight grip on his company, presenting a challenge for Nvidia’s board, which is investigating his affair with a woman believed to be a Chinese spy. Posted on 10 November 2026.

How Many People Work From Home?: A closer look at U.S. remote-work estimates suggests the share of work days done from home is closer to 20% than to higher online-survey figures. Posted on 10 November 2026.

How Did Greek Fire Work? And 6 Other Lost Inventions.: Even once-widespread innovations have been forgotten, leaving scholars puzzling over the details. Posted on 10 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.

How Many People Work From Home?: A closer look at U.S. remote-work estimates suggests the share of work days done from home is closer to 20% than to higher online-survey figures. Posted on 10 November 2026.

FDA Warns GLP-1s May Increase Risk of Sudden Blindness: An anonymous reader quotes a report from NBC News: The Food and Drug Administration said Monday that GLP-1 drugmakers must add a warning label about a rare eye condition that can cause sudden blindness. Posted on 10 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.

Iran war helps fuel global drop in fossil fuel emissions — but there’s a catch: In the run-up to the COP31 U. Posted on 10 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

  • Tue 10: broken clouds

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 53 %
  • Wed 11: sky is clear

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 9 %
  • Thu 12: sky is clear

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 6 %
  • Fri 13: scattered clouds

    15 ° - 20 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 37 %
  • Sat 14: sky is clear

    16 ° - 22 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Sun 15: sky is clear

    16 ° - 21 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Mon 16: few clouds

    16 ° - 21 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 16 %
  • Tue 17: overcast clouds

    16 ° - 25 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 91 %
  • Wed 18: sky is clear

    16 ° - 25 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 0 %
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  • Fri 20: sky is clear

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  • Sat 21: sky is clear

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  • Sun 22: light rain

    16 ° - 20 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 98 %
  • Mon 23: light rain

    15 ° - 17 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Tue 24: sky is clear

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 25: broken clouds

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 83 %