2024-01-17 21:17
Many moons ago, in the region of 20 years or so, I abandoned the MTN ship and made the jump to Cell C. At the time, Cell C were a fresh alternative to the reigning cellular networks in South… Read More
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2023-06-17 09:31
I've been running this little blog on the side for a while now.Back in September 2009, I decided to kickstart it by jotting down bits and bobs about IT, techie stuff, and pretty much anythin… Read More
2023-01-10 19:08
During the dark, dire days of Covid lockdown, one of the biggest changes was the move from office-based to home-based work.Microsoft Teams and Zoom are now the order of the day, much to the… Read More
2020-05-15 07:39
It's a brave new world that we're living in... like something out of a 90's sci-fi movie!Now that the Covid-19 lockdown and quarantine are the temporary "new normal", we have been forced to… Read More
2020-04-09 10:27
Technology moves insanely quickly nowadays.I work in the IT field daily, and I often find myself having to play catch up as new tech trends emerge.Older people that I meet often have a huge… Read More
2019-05-26 14:03
Web design is not my thing, mostly because the code messes with my brain too much, and my eye for good looking design is weak at best.I therefore usually rely on clean, pre-built templates w… Read More
2019-01-06 20:38
With 2019 now officially underway, I thought this would be a good time to jot down some of the lessons that I have taken from the past year. A lot of the time, these lessons came in the form… Read More
2018-10-30 13:55
I work with a lot of people who are stressed out a fair deal of the time.Working in Jozi will do that to you - the pace in this city is fast, and we all want to try keep ahead of the game an… Read More
2018-03-18 09:50
In the world of Bluetooth speakers, you really do get what you pay for.I've sampled a few models in my time, and the sub-R1000 units, while they may be loud, are usually very tinny with a la… Read More
2016-12-13 11:37
Everything is WiFi nowadays.There is hardly a dead spot anywhere, and we are constantly being bombarded by the wonderful convenience that is wireless internet.From an end-user point of view… Read More
2016-09-13 20:21
I tend to be a rather loyal consumer when it comes to brands.I've always liked Nokia, and I have stuck it out with Cell C ever since I left MTN over 10 years ago, but there comes a point at… Read More
2016-09-13 20:07
I tend to be a rather loyal consumer when it comes to brands.I've always liked Nokia, and I have stuck it out with Cell C ever since I left MTN over 10 years ago, but there comes a point at… Read More
2016-01-13 10:40
Windows 10, by and large, has been a decent addition to the Microsoft OS family.Apart from isolated glitches and snags which I have encountered, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoy the exp… Read More
2015-10-06 09:38
I had a rather joyous moment last week when after a very, very long wait, a small "L" suddenly appeared at the top of my Lumia 930 screen, in place of the usual boring "H+"...Cell C (Photo c… Read More
2015-09-27 20:42
Following on from my previous post about Cryptowall, Avast recently launched a free business version of their proven antivirus software.Avast! (Photo credit: Wikipedia)While the personal ver… Read More
2015-09-27 12:44
Back in 2014, a nasty virus called "Cryptowall" reared its unsightly head in the computer world, and it proceeded to leave a fair deal of pandemonium in its wake.Of course once antivirus def… Read More
2014-11-20 13:19
In my line of work, I install new ADSL modems on an ongoing basis, and I often need to change the default IP address that the modem is setup with.One of my best sellers is the Netgear DGN220… Read More
2014-11-08 06:50
This is not what you want to see when copying files from a Samsung Galaxy S4 Mini...: Read More
2014-10-08 08:26
So the school mid-term break is now in full swing for the parents among us, and after Disney Junior (DSTV channel 309 for those non-parental readers) is all maxxed out, we have to start gett… Read More
2014-10-06 10:31
There are dozens of cloud storage providers out there today who all provide free and paid storage options to new customers.Putting a copy of your data on the cloud is a g… Read More
2014-10-04 08:00
How much data do you generate in a single day?Between documents, images, videos and other content, I would guess that the figure is somewhere in the tens of megabytes at least, if not hundre… Read More
2014-10-01 20:19
All too often nowadays, I come across Apple owners who are at their wits end because they have run out of USB ports.Well the obvious solution would be to go out and buy a USB hub to upgrade… Read More
2014-09-25 21:21
Of late I have noticed that most of the big players in the smartphone game are releasing new phones with obvious improvements over older models, but lacking any real sanity-smashing game-cha… Read More
2014-09-25 21:18
Of late I have noticed that most of the big players in the smartphone game are releasing new phones with obvious improvements over older models, but lacking any real sanity-smashing game-cha… Read More
2014-09-22 12:05
Evernote, for me at least, is the king of all note-taking apps.Evernote (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Let's go through some essential features that set it apart from the crowd:Cross platform: Thi… Read More
2014-08-04 20:33
So I was fortunate enough to get my grubby paws on a pretty funky piece of techno gadgetry recently, in the form of the Turtle Shell 2.0 Bluetooth Speaker.Everything today is going wireless… Read More
2014-06-23 08:18
I kinda got bored watching the daily Google Doodle every day since the beginning of the Soccer World Cup, but the one today probably hits home with soccer supporters everywhere:Go take a pee… Read More
2014-06-12 07:08
What is it about the Soccer World Cup that gets the world so pumped up?I mean any sports world cup event is a big deal, but there is something extra special about the Soccer World Cup that j… Read More
2014-06-06 09:21
For as long as I can remember, Cadbury's chocolate has always been one of my favourite treats.I have never actually tested this, but I am pretty certain that I could go through a few slabs i… Read More
2014-04-13 19:52
There isn't much that I can add to the current hype about Heartbleed - the recently-discovered flaw in OpenSSL which puts a tons of online resources at risk.What I did find online however, w… Read More
2014-04-13 17:02
This is probably going to sound like one of those "When I was your age..." type stories, but for those of you who know what I am on about, it will make sense :)Kinder Surprise eggs were a hu… Read More
2014-04-10 13:44
Summer is slowly slipping away over here in the Southern Hemisphere, and each morning is starting to feel just a hint more chilly than the last.As our Autumn approaches (that's "Fall" for ou… Read More
2014-04-10 12:08
As you may have noticed if you have visited Nybbles and Bytes before, we have just undergone some major cosmetic alterations.Now a key part of blogging is often the ability to monetize the b… Read More
2014-04-01 12:36
Driving and talking on a cellphone.Not a great combo at the best of times - your mind is actively engaged in the content of the conversation, while still having to do all of the things that… Read More
2014-03-05 08:41
I am so out of the blogging world at the moment - not sure exactly why, but I have found that 2014 started off with an excessively loud bang...So this morning when I booted up and saw the Bi… Read More
2014-01-05 20:04
I won't rant too much here (or maybe I will), but if you know me or my blog even a little, then you will know that one of my hugest gripes is that of "sampling" in music - i.e. the act of ta… Read More
2014-01-04 20:12
Last year this time, I jumped onto the New Year's resolution bandwagon, and predicted that 2013 would be the year of the smoothie for me.Thankfully, that one played out well, and I still sta… Read More
2013-11-21 20:26
I wonder if Steve Jobs and his Apple Inc. co-founders popped into The Apple Bite Roadhouse in Edenvale early in the 1970's for a quick bite, and saw the sign below as inspiration for the log… Read More
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