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Java / JEE specialist - SEO optimisation - e-Commerce - bidorbuy CTO. Blogging about Synology, XBMC & Kodi, e-Commerce and all things digital. I am a complete gadget freak.
2021-11-28 12:33
VVS Finance — the simplest DeFi venue for everyone – VVS is designed to be the simplest DeFi platform for users to swap tokens, earn high yields, and most importantly have fun!… Read More
2021-11-27 15:11
Crypto.com represents one of the world’s most popular crypto debit card providers. Founded in 2016, the company believes that people throughout the world should have the liberty of fre… Read More
2021-11-15 08:48
Blockchain domain NFTs are the latest arrival in the block(chain) party. Part URL, part collectible, these fascinating assets are becoming the hottest new crypto in town. In this introducto… Read More
2021-01-05 18:42
I have optimised my iTerm setup with a number of plugins to increase my productivity – Using powerlevel10k on iTerm2 with OhMyZsh with plugins. If you want to… Read More
2019-12-29 19:29
How to get your Austrian “Führerschein”
As with most other countries across the world, you are allowed to use your South African drivers license for six months provided that… Read More
2019-01-13 10:10
This article originally appeared on Leaving.Africa
Almost 4 weeks ago we cleared out our already sold house with the remaining furniture and started to get ready for the permanent departure… Read More
2018-08-24 09:07
This article originally appeared on Leaving.Africa
TL;DR: I immigrated to South Africa in 1992 and have lived here for 25 years. I raised a family. I built (and failed) numerous businesses… Read More
2018-08-18 06:43
My appeal against Afrihost spam dating back to 2017 is still ongoing. I was never satisfied with the weak ruling, the bias shown by ISPA and the numerous delays until ISPA fined a company va… Read More
2018-07-01 06:36
In this tutorial we will setup a RaspberryPi as the ultimate adblocking and DHCP server on your network. We will round this up with adding automatic Let’s Encrypt SSL via dns-01 challe… Read More
2018-06-22 05:47
A multi-stakeholder research paper, titled “Indlulamithi South Africa Scenarios 2030” was published which goes into three possible scenarios how South Africa’s future might… Read More
2018-06-17 06:01
In a recent discussion about unemployment in South Africa ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa has called on companies to employ young graduates despite their lack of work experience with the… Read More
2018-06-13 11:49
The instructions below are working on OSX and should equally work on any distribution with OpenSSL. From Chrome58 onwards only the SAN (subject alternative name) extension is used to match t… Read More
2018-04-12 07:06
The recent announcement of Sagarmatha establishing a MSP (Multi Sided Platform) as a “first” in South Africa has drawn a large amount of criticism from people in the know. Novice… Read More
2018-02-01 15:13
Despite SSL being widely used, Java mutual SSL authentication (also referred to as 2-way SSL authentication or certificate based authentication) is a fairly simple implementation when unders… Read More
2017-12-31 06:38
If you do not know what a Ledger Nano S is, read my review here first – it is a great secure device to store all your crypto-currency.
In this tutorial we will use https://www.mye… Read More
2017-12-29 06:04
It all started of with hungry BitcoinTalk member laszlo wanting two pizzas at 12:35am on 18th May 2010:
This turned then promptly in perhaps the very first semi-online crypto-currency e-com… Read More
2017-12-27 08:13
The dump-and-pump was run against $ICN on Binance. It started at 3pm GMT and lasted 4 minutes during which time ICN turned for some a profit of $1,2 per coin (this equated $350 profit per ET… Read More
2017-12-26 10:37
Coinbase is not available to South Africans and Germans (and is only supported for these countries): Coinbase changed their TOS in 2017 and has started revoking access for users from non-sup… Read More
2017-12-22 09:57
Update 26/12/2017: I have posted a detailed guide on how to transfer ETH/BTC from Coinbase into Binance.
Although I live in South Africa, I avoid the local exchanges and trading platforms (s… Read More
2017-12-08 08:13
So this weekend (10th December) CBOE is launching their futures trade of BTX. CME will launch it on 18th December. Both are large derivatives exchanges in the world and CME for example is th… Read More
2017-12-07 09:52
The recent surge in trades on crypto-currency such as IOTA has started to attract many main-stream “crypto-investors” using platforms such as Luno Money, Coinbase, Binance (my fa… Read More
2017-12-06 16:57
THIS IS AN IMPORTANT WARNING:
With IOTA becoming popular, people want to store their coins in a local wallet. Since IOTA requires a seed, people just randomly click on any web-site link to c… Read More
2017-12-03 07:45
One of the best tools to get for your MacBook Pro with Touch Bar is BetterTouchTool. I use it for many different use cases and one of them is my financial bar:
Once you install the BetterTo… Read More
2017-11-05 09:51
Let’s start off with the most obvious: Local IT websites such as MyBroadband do not cover one of South Africa’s largest ISP breaches with objectivity and without bias. What will… Read More
2017-10-20 06:39
If you missed the previous updates, it’s good to read “What should have happened in the Master Deeds leak” and “South African Master Deeds data leaked via MySQL data… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
To get the full back-story leading up to this event, you need to read Mybroadband.co.za censors consumer activism about Afrihost SMS- & email-spam first. The short story is:
As… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
It all started off with receiving unsolicited SMS from Afrihost towards the end of May 2017 when Afrihost wanted to do a Net Promoter Score campaign to randomly ask customers about their ser… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
With the release of Java SE 7 the Server Name Indication (SNI) extension was introduced as a default in the JSSE client. This enables TLS clients to connect to virtual servers (SNI is e… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
In a blog post 3 years ago I raised the issue about Jaybird Bluebuds not being sweat-proof and from the comments at the blog, I am surprised to see that 3 years later, the issues contin… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
In this tutorial we will setup OpenVPN SSL authentication on your Ubiquiti USG which will then allow you to access your home-network remotely and securely via TLS certificate authentication… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
Apple in it’s infinite wisdom decided years back that no-one uses SNMP and then removed the SNMP configuration settings from their AirPort Utility. This is problematic for people needi… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
My Ubiquiti network gear is an awesome “prosumer” device and it supports a number of enterprise features for gadgeteers to use. Over the years I tried various meth… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
The UniFi kits is truly amazing and I classify it a “prosumer” device – simply as it has near enterprise networking features at fairly reasonable consumer level pricing. Al… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
It all started off with the installation of fibre and the expectation that a 50mbps connection over the previous 20mbps VDSL connection would show a significant improvement with lower latenc… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
Let’s Encrypt is great as it is free, but it also has downsides: (1)certificates need to be renewed every 90 days and (2) your internal servers need to be accessible. I was reluctant t… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
The one downside with Let’s Encrypt has always been the limitation that for verification any internal server needed to open up ports. Using Cloudflare and acme.sh gives my old Syn… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
During the installation of my new Ubiquiti UniFi home-network I noticed that the Cloud Key management console uses a self-signed certificate which annoyed me for days:
There is no… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
I previously blogged about my issues with the Calix 813-G FTTH router being complete rubbish. Despite having moved from a 20Mbps VDSL connection to a 50Mbps fibre connection, my through… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
Let’s face it: It is impossible to trust the South African Postal Service with any delivery – my “priority express” parcel from the US was shipped middle of August an… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
Job-card number 700110012910 was supposed to connect the adjacent stand #174 in Broadacres Country Estate on 21st August 2015 to an already existing connection point.
A supposedly simp… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
Instead of wading through the various GUI options you can set the unique names for how your computer name appears locally with the help of the scutil command. The following command will set… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
With my 50Mbps fibre installation I received a Calix Gigahub 813G FTTH ONT (ONT = Optical Network Terminal) or in short a fibre router:
As the end-consumer you do not really have much choic… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
Since I recently replaced my Xtreamer Ultra 2 with a shiny Xtreamer Wonder Pro (warning: do not get the WonderPro, as Xtreamer has locked down firmwares, and you will not be able to upg… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
During my ongoing ISPA complaint against MyBroadband.co.za, I required additional information from MyBroadband.co.za, which I could not retrieve since my access was blocked without notice or… Read More
2017-07-09 23:42
Since my recent banning on MyBroadband where the main reason for the ban seems to have originated from providing consumer advice as an Afrihost customer in an Afrihost support thread, I… Read More
2016-11-04 12:06
When I wanted to exercise my right for a regular refund request for the broken game No Man’s Sky as per the South African Consumer Protection Act, I not only discovered that… Read More
2016-11-04 08:18
With Synology DSM 6.0 and upwards Docker is natively supported and this allows you to easily configure services without having to download or manually install services. The first step is to… Read More
2016-11-03 08:00
NZBGet is a great application to automate downloads. Synology has introduced with DSM 6.0 full Docker support which now makes it even easier to install and run any 3rd party application… Read More
2016-11-01 07:17
After my previous posts about Standard Bank overcharging on all iTunes, Steam and PSN purchases which surfaced during my No Man’s Sky refund issue, I found that with the help… Read More
2016-10-26 12:35
In my previous post about the refund issue with No Man’s Sky I detailed the background about what happened. Over the last 2 months I attempted to receive answers from “Sony Plays… Read More
2016-10-05 11:09
While I wait for the formal letter from Standard Bank, I received the following from PASA regarding the 2.5% irregular charge on my purchases.
Standard Bank has indicated that they are in th… Read More
2016-09-08 16:17
During my current issue getting a refund for the broken No Man’s Sky PS4 game I noticed a discrepancy of credit card charges vs the advertised product price for the game. I pre-or… Read More
2016-08-28 05:40
When Sean Murray, the CEO of HelloGames, demoed No Man’s Sky, I thought that this space-sim is a must-have for my PS4 game collection. I pre-ordered the indy game for a steep R899 (abo… Read More
2016-08-25 06:49
The Apple OS X Server is a great and cheap server-extension and works very well to cache iOS- and OS X updates. It requires literally zero configuration (except that all connected devices ne… Read More
2016-06-14 11:39
You will recall that in October 2015 ISPA ruled in my favor against Afrihost. I was not 100% satisfied with the ruling as ISPA did not rule in my favor for the other complaints I raised. As… Read More
2015-07-01 06:31
South Africa’s CellC CEO Jose Dos Santos “proudly” announced that from today, 1st July 2015, CellC in co-operation with Facebook will offer zero-rated internet ac… Read More
2015-06-01 07:56
In one of my previous posts about SSL implementation is poor across South African financial institutions, I raised the issue that most local banks do not implement security properly. As… Read More
2015-05-05 13:41
With the recent security issues across many South African mobile iOS applications, I thought it would be an important exercise to establish how well South African financial institutions… Read More
2015-04-24 12:55
SourceDNA has released a report titled “AFNetworking Strikes Back: 25,000+ Apps” which highlights that over 25,000 iOS apps face exposure due to a security flaw (which has b… Read More
2015-04-21 06:23
Update: A second vulnerability was found – read the follow-up post here: Several South African iOS apps vulnerable
A security report was released which higlights that more than 15… Read More
2015-04-17 07:45
A decade filled with Xenophobic attacks and the South African government is incapable of containing a situation where shops and homes owned by Somalis, Zimbabweans, Ethiopians, Malawian… Read More
2015-03-25 07:33
While everyone is still trying to figure out how to pronounce “fracas” and what it is (“a noisy disturbance or quarrel”) there are already rumours out, that suspended… Read More
2015-03-23 09:09
Reminder: Submission deadline 15th July 2015 4pm – please send an email to [email protected] with this:
Dear Film and Publications Board,
I am writing to add my… Read More
2015-03-13 11:29
John Mueller confirmed in today’s Google Webmaster hangout one of my questions, which frequently is spread as FUD by “SEO experts”:
Our website syndicates our products… Read More
2015-03-04 10:20
In my previous article I mentioned how broken Google structured data is and here we have another example where Google did not do a good job: it is impossible to track the usage of the Siteli… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
If creating blazing fast mobile HTML5 apps with Sencha Touch has been your day to day task for some time and you are interested in working for coolest eCommerce internet company in South Afr… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
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2006-06-07 11:16
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2006-06-07 11:16
Mountain Lion checks for updates every 7 days – this is way too long for me and a quick fix is this: sudo defaults write /Library/Preferences/com.apple.SoftwareUpdate ScheduleFrequency… Read More
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