Archive for May, 2008



Firefox 3 | Guinness World Record attempt

May 30th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 1 Comment

Download Day 2008 FireFox is trying for a World Recor – trying to get as many downloads for an application over a 24 hour period.   Pledge HERE to list your name to the thousands! South Africa already has 822 Pledgers – Add your name NOW! Set a Guinness World Record Enjoy a Better Web [...]



Fucking 'xenophobic' bullshit | Attacks in the Western Cape begin

May 23rd, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 4 Comments

As the great Mr Khoza said: These attacks on Zimbabweians are te start of the end if you ask me. The government can’t put a stop to a small minority being targeted by a bunch of unruly people who are taking the law into their own hands. Pathetic. Acts like this make my blood boil, [...]



riply.co.za under revision..

May 17th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 8 Comments

I’ve been running this little corner of the web for a few months over a year now.. like all good things, it’s coming to an end. Fret not though – there will be something new and exciting coming. It is time to allow that little amatomu counter to reach some 4 figure numbers and then, [...]



Net Neutrality – i'm fighting for it! MKii

May 9th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 6 Comments

Wogan, a new regular on riply.co.za commented this in an older entry (lurkers unite) There’s a very good video for this on YouTube, called “Humanity Lobotomy, second draft” While it is scary, it’s only taking place in the US. Maybe Europe. But those of us here in Africa won’t lose access to local sites, since [...]



Microsoft to buy Facebook?

May 8th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 3 Comments

Wall Street Journal has reported that Microsoft and Facebook are in talks with each other over possible merger. A Microsoft source claimed that its financial team is in contact with Facebook’s team to see if they are willing to sell or not. The talk is in early stage and no time frame could be given [...]



FREE Coldplay Violet Hill DOWNLOAD

May 4th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 5 Comments

A couple nights ago, Coldplay released their new single – Violet Hill on their website for the online community to swallow up whole. And swallow they did. Within 3 hours, Youtube had almost a hundred thousand hits on the music video which was then blocked as a copyright infridgement. Needless to say, the song oozes [...]