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Today's quotable quote: Dave Barry: The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills of celery.

This day in history: 14 July 2026: St. Mark's Campanile Collapses (1902). Originally built in the 9th century, St. Mark's Campanile is the 323-foot (98.6-m) bell tower of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy. It has been damaged many times in its history, including by fire and an earthquake. In 1902, a crack appeared in its north wall. On the morning of July 14, the campanile collapsed. Remarkably, no one was killed by the collapse, and only one building was damaged. Reconstruction of the campanile was completed in 1912.





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

Daddy longlegs seen catching and eating frogs in astonishing first: Daddy longlegs, also called harvestmen, have been documented catching and consuming living frogs larger than themselves in South American rainforests. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Fixed-wing drone looks like Baymax from Big Hero 6 and flies 10+ hours: So, you need to inspect pipelines – either because you work for an oil company or you’re an environmental monitor trying to prevent ecological disasters. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Former CDC CMO: RFK Jr. Is Doing ‘Irreparable Harm’: I’m not sure who out there is in RFK Jr. Posted on 14 July 2026.


Cape Town weather

5 day forecast

  • Tue 14: few clouds

    11 ° - 17 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 20 %
  • Wed 15: scattered clouds

    12 ° - 17 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 39 %
  • Thu 16: overcast clouds

    13 ° - 18 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Fri 17: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 18: overcast clouds

    15 ° - 19 ° Wind 2 km/h / Clouds 100 %

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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.

Alums launch company to streamline cash flow processes: The newest podcast from Entrepreneurship at Cornell features the founders of Tabs. Posted on 09 July 2026.

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The New York nurses replaced by AI: ‘It should concern every patient who cares about quality of care’: The union for 12 nurses laid off by Montefiore hospital say company broke contract they recently won through a strikeMarilyn Shuler has worked as a utilization review nurse for 39 years at Montefiore hospital in the Bronx in New York City, helping to read patient charts and communicate with insurance companies over coverage. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Sale of multimillion-dollar T rex skeleton is big headache for scientists: Palaeontologists warn before auction at Sotheby’s in New York that super-rich collectors are harming researchWith its dagger-like teeth, bone-crushing bite and behemothic size, the fearsome Tyrannosaurus rex ruled western North America during the late Cretaceous period. Posted on 14 July 2026.

I changed these 12 YouTube settings to limit Shorts, stop autoplay, protect my privacy, and more: YouTube works well with default settings, but I tighten some privacy controls and enable a few features to make it even better. Posted on 14 July 2026.

How deadly have the heatwaves in England and Wales been?: Experts suggest more than 2,700 people may have died from heat-related causes during the heatwaves. Posted on 14 July 2026.

'The Trojan Teddy Bear': The promise and peril of childhood in the age of AI: AI is moving beyond chatbots and into toys, dolls, and robots built to befriend children. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Europe Takes Step Toward Possible Social Media Ban for Children: After the release of a new report, the European Commission is considering changing the rules across the 27-nation bloc. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models: Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Researchers Claim to Have Solved the Perplexing ‘Reverse Sprinkler’ Problem That Stumped Feynman: For more than a century, physicists have argued about which way a submerged sprinkler sucking in water would spin. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Critical fire weather complicates firefighting efforts in massive Utah wildfire: Firefighters working on the nation's largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions. Posted on 27 June 2026.

Simulating everything, sort of: The promise and limits of world models: Experts explain how they work, what they can do, and what's still unsettled. Posted on 14 July 2026.

Scientists Find Sugar Deep In Our Galaxy: Astronomers have detected erythrulose, a sugar found in raspberries and self-tanners, in a gas cloud near the center of the Milky Way. Posted on 14 July 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.

'It affects your daily life suddenly': Sea level researcher explains why once-in-a-century floods could become the new normal: Live Science spoke with sea level expert Sönke Dangendorf about how human-caused sea-level rise is increasing extreme water levels, as once-in-a-century flooding events become decadal. Posted on 14 July 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 14: few clouds

    11 ° - 17 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 20 %
  • Wed 15: scattered clouds

    12 ° - 17 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 39 %
  • Thu 16: overcast clouds

    13 ° - 18 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Fri 17: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sat 18: overcast clouds

    15 ° - 19 ° Wind 2 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Sun 19: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 18 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Mon 20: sky is clear

    13 ° - 19 ° Wind 4 km/h / Clouds 2 %
  • Tue 21: light rain

    13 ° - 15 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 93 %
  • Wed 22: moderate rain

    13 ° - 15 ° Wind 14 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Thu 23: light rain

    11 ° - 14 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 76 %
  • Fri 24: sky is clear

    9 ° - 16 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 0 %
  • Sat 25: sky is clear

    13 ° - 19 ° Wind 3 km/h / Clouds 3 %
  • Sun 26: overcast clouds

    13 ° - 16 ° Wind 8 km/h / Clouds 98 %
  • Mon 27: overcast clouds

    14 ° - 20 ° Wind 5 km/h / Clouds 100 %
  • Tue 28: moderate rain

    14 ° - 16 ° Wind 12 km/h / Clouds 77 %
  • Wed 29: light rain

    13 ° - 15 ° Wind 9 km/h / Clouds 91 %