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Today's quotable quote: Woody Allen, “Clown Prince of American Humor”: I wanted to be an arch-criminal as a child, before I discovered I was too short.

This day in history: 28 September 2026: European Explorer Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo Discovers California (1542). In 1520, Cabrillo, an explorer in the service of Spain, landed in Mexico and joined in the conquests of Mexico and Guatemala. Some 20 years later, he accompanied an expedition up the west coast of Mexico, assuming its command after the death of its original commander. He then proceeded to explore much of the coast of what is now the state of California, becoming the first European to do so.








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

Quantum computer chip crams more info into less volume – by vibrating: Quantum computing has always struggled to achieve the necessary division of labor between processing and memory. Posted on 23 September 2026.

Epson’s radical 4K laser projectors make 100-inch TVs look small: Epson seems to think your 100-inch TV isn’t quite big enough. Posted on 28 September 2026.

Free Speech, Consumer Groups Make Last Ditch Effort To Block Paramount Merger: Last week California Democrats — including Governor Gavin Newsom, LA Mayor Karen Bass, and AG Rob Bonta buckled under pressure and got 12 states to drop their antitrust lawsuit against Paramount’s $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers. Posted on 28 September 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Mon 28: broken clouds

    13 ° - 21 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 66 %
  • Tue 29: sky is clear

    12 ° - 24 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 30: sky is clear

    17 ° - 27 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Thu 01: broken clouds

    14 ° - 22 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 74 %
  • Fri 02: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 17 ° Wind 9 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.

Study reveals how echo chambers form and what prevents them: Study reveals how a few very general constraints can lead to echo chambers – self-reinforcing feedback loops – in biological systems such as birds in a flock, cells in tissue or ants in a swarm. Posted on 23 September 2026.

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AI godfathers warn of runaway ‘intelligence explosion’: OpenAI chief scientist also among authors of report on prospect of ‘most consequential technological development in history’Two of the “godfathers” of modern AI and senior executives at OpenAI and Anthropic have warned governments to prepare for an AI “intelligence explosion”, which they say could be the most consequential technological development in history. Posted on 28 September 2026.

‘Starship is in orbit’: cheers go up as huge SpaceX rocket circles Earth for first time: Mission goes ahead despite some fears an initial engine failure after the Texas launch would scupper the attemptSpaceX has sent its enormous Starship rocket into Earth’s orbit for the first time on a milestone flight intended to pave the way for future missions to the moon and Mars. Posted on 28 September 2026.

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Watch: Starship splashdown ends in fireball: The mission was supposed to last 10 hours, but SpaceX announced it was ending after 90 minutes. Posted on 28 September 2026.

AI assessors says current science hasn't caught up to the safety measures people want: Anthropic and OpenAI say they are working with third-party evaluators to make sure their products are safe. Posted on 28 September 2026.

Nvidia Adds $150 Billion to Massive Stock Buyback, the Largest Ever: The increase comes four months after the chip giant added $80 billion to its buyback program, bringing the total remaining authorized amount to $235 billion. Posted on 28 September 2026.

The Drawn World: A map of every border and coastline people have drawn while playing Borderline, with strokes weighted by accuracy and repeated guesses darkening the map. Posted on 28 September 2026.

SpaceX’s Starship Makes It to Orbit for the First Time, but Returns to Earth Early: The 14th test flight marks a crucial milestone toward the company’s ambitions of sending people to the moon and Mars, but it was not a complete success. Posted on 28 September 2026.

These 6 charts show how NIH research funding has been reshaped under Trump: Stories of science funding being cut, labs shutting down and scientists losing jobs have flooded the media under Trump's administration. Posted on 24 September 2026.

The Drawn World: A map of every border and coastline people have drawn while playing Borderline, with strokes weighted by accuracy and repeated guesses darkening the map. Posted on 28 September 2026.

Nvidia Unveils AI Agent Safety Platform With Hardware-Based Watchdog: wiredmikey shares a report from SecurityWeek: Nvidia on Monday announced the Open Agent Safety Platform, which combines open source software and a reference system design to keep AI agents within set boundaries from testing through deployment. Posted on 28 September 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.

SpaceX's Starship reaches orbit for the first time, then returns early and explodes: SpaceX got its Starship rocket into orbit, but after a tense few minutes of comms and the loss of an engine, the call was made to end the mission early. Posted on 28 September 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

  • Mon 28: broken clouds

    13 ° - 21 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 66 %
  • Tue 29: sky is clear

    12 ° - 24 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Wed 30: sky is clear

    17 ° - 27 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Thu 01: broken clouds

    14 ° - 22 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 74 %
  • Fri 02: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 17 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 03: light rain

    14 ° - 17 ° Wind 12 km/h / Clouds 99 %
  • Sun 04: sky is clear

    13 ° - 21 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 3 %
  • Mon 05: light rain

    14 ° - 19 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 79 %
  • Tue 06: light rain

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 72 %
  • Wed 07: scattered clouds

    12 ° - 17 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 42 %
  • Thu 08: broken clouds

    13 ° - 19 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 77 %
  • Fri 09: sky is clear

    14 ° - 21 ° Wind 6 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Sat 10: sky is clear

    15 ° - 23 ° Wind 7 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sun 11: sky is clear

    17 ° - 26 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Mon 12: overcast clouds

    17 ° - 23 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Tue 13: broken clouds

    17 ° - 21 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 69 %