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Today's quotable quote: Mark Twain: Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times.

This day in history: 24 June 2026: Emperor Trajan Inaugurates the Aqua Traiana (109 CE). The Aqua Traiana was an aqueduct built under Roman Emperor Trajan in the 2nd century CE. The structure channeled water to Rome from sources around Lake Bracciano, about 25 mi (40 km) northwest of the city. In 1605, Pope Paul V initiated the Aqua Traiana's repair to augment the city's water supply. Renamed the Acqua Paola in the pope's honor, it was completed in 1612 and boasted a lavish fountain with columns of granite and marble.





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

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I didn't mean to build a homelab, I just wanted my music back: Traveling with music was always a cumbersome affair. Posted on 24 June 2026.

Kotaku’s Pre-Judging AI In Gaming Coverage Is Getting Very Dumb: I recognize that when we talk about AI generally, and specifically AI in the gaming industry, there are some people out there who will simply dogmatically insist that this technology doesn’t have a place in the industry and never will. Posted on 24 June 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Wed 24: light rain

    12 ° - 16 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 99 %
  • Thu 25: overcast clouds

    13 ° - 20 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 97 %
  • Fri 26: sky is clear

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sat 27: light rain

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 95 %
  • Sun 28: moderate rain

    14 ° - 15 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 100 %

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.

Smart drones, safe skies: Student’s system tests, coordinates drone fleets: Doctoral student’s project devises an autonomous airspace coordination system built around a real-time simulation and validation technology. Posted on 23 June 2026.

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‘Navigating the unknown together’: me and my idiot AI boyfriend: I believe that chatbots have no place in a decent society, and am repelled by the topic of AI in general. Posted on 24 June 2026.

Interstellar comet may be oldest object seen in our solar system, scientists say: Observations suggest comet spent billions of years on ‘vast unimaginable trajectories’ around our galaxyAn interstellar comet that blazed past the sun last year could be nearly three times older than our solar system and is unlike anything ever before seen in our cosmic back yard, astronomers said on Monday. Posted on 24 June 2026.

Power your whole home for 47% off with these EcoFlow Prime Day deals: These EcoFlow portable power stations and batteries are getting some big discounts during Prime Day 2026. Posted on 24 June 2026.

Environmental plan is largely off track, warns watchdog: A report says many of the measures are "well within the reach" of government and it was a matter of "moving away from planning into delivery". Posted on 24 June 2026.

Is AI 'one big bubble'? Behind the tech sell-off: Investors are selling off AI-related stocks as doubts are starting to surface over whether the massive spending on AI is worth the investment and whether it's "one big bubble. Posted on 23 June 2026.

Meta Has Created a Prediction Markets App: The experimental app, internally called “Arena,” would be independent of Facebook and Instagram. Posted on 24 June 2026.

Silvia’s Mother: A language teacher reflects on how native intuition shapes collocations, the subtle word pairings that make English sound natural. Posted on 24 June 2026.

California Needs Water and Clean Power. It Might Have a Fix for Both.: A pilot program is building solar panels over irrigation canals to generate electricity. Posted on 24 June 2026.

Is a transparent fish the future of brain science? This center is betting on it: One of the world's leading brain research centers is shifting away from fruit flies and toward a tiny, transparent fish. Posted on 16 June 2026.

Extreme Heat: Improving governance and strengthening action around the world — cancelled: Cancelled due to a red extreme heat warning from the UK Met Office. Posted on 24 June 2026.

US AI Stock Sell-Off Shakes Markets From Wall Street To Asia: An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: A tech sell-off shook global markets on Tuesday as attention turned away from developments in the US war with Iran and toward the future of AI companies and chipmakers that have driven stock markets to record highs. Posted on 24 June 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.

'Unequivocal evidence' of the age of Earth's oldest impact crater turns out to be off by half a billion years: A new study updates the age of Earth's oldest known meteorite impact crater, the North Pole Dome crater, which scientists previously claimed was 3. Posted on 23 June 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

  • Wed 24: light rain

    12 ° - 16 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 99 %
  • Thu 25: overcast clouds

    13 ° - 20 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 97 %
  • Fri 26: sky is clear

    15 ° - 21 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sat 27: light rain

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 95 %
  • Sun 28: moderate rain

    14 ° - 15 ° Wind 11 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Mon 29: moderate rain

    12 ° - 14 ° Wind 10 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Tue 30: light rain

    11 ° - 14 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 92 %
  • Wed 01: overcast clouds

    11 ° - 14 ° Wind 2 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Thu 02: light rain

    11 ° - 15 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 21 %
  • Fri 03: light rain

    12 ° - 13 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 04: light rain

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 95 %
  • Sun 05: sky is clear

    14 ° - 20 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Mon 06: light rain

    13 ° - 17 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 70 %
  • Tue 07: sky is clear

    13 ° - 19 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 5 %
  • Wed 08: sky is clear

    13 ° - 17 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Thu 09: broken clouds

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 1 km/h / Clouds 70 %