Archive for August, 2008



How to share folders between Ubuntu & Microsoft XP using VMware in a couple easy steps.

August 23rd, 2008 | Linux | Ubuntu | Christopher J Combrink | 8 Comments

Recently, I installed MS XP Pro onto my Desktop at home which I use for admin and now, the occasional Photoshop task. The problem with installing a VM Machine is that a new partition, completely seperate from your other OS’ is created for the Virtual Machine. To explain it simply – you can’t see your [...]



The basics of VI for Linux

August 23rd, 2008 | Linux | Ubuntu | Christopher J Combrink | 4 Comments

We all had to start somewhere.. ..today marks my first day of decent linux development. I am in the process of setting up my own DNS Server and needed to know good old “VI” backwards. I’m using Ubuntu Server (Completely command line driven) so it’s a little more challenging than the “point & click” mentality [...]



The month of August: Death, murder, robery, sickness..

August 21st, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | No Comments

..but to name a few. This month has been exceptionally challenging on more than one front! While I have (sort of) started posting regular, current content, I have also been working madly on a personal project that I’m hoping is going to create oodles of opportunity for readers like yourselves to make some money. No [...]



In R300 we trust..

August 15th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 13 Comments

I just popped off to the local PC Shop to get a printer cable and on the way I ran into a rather destrought man. An American. A Red-headed American. I mention the redness coz it’e relevant. Mostly becuase I don’t trust them A long story short, he and his family had been robbed in [...]



Man hanged himself in Black River Cape Town | PICTURES

August 15th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 38 Comments

This morning, the 15 August 2008, traffic was backed up on Liesbeek Parkway, Observatory, Cape Town due to a man having hanged himself. Here’s a picture of the man hanging himself that I took, passing by on my trusty Mobile. click for HIGH res



Will the real Riply please stand up?

August 12th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 12 Comments

It would appear that I have been the victim of fraud/spoofing. I ran into Charl Norman while servicing a client the around a week ago. Charl and I are old buddies from the days before he was as famous as he is now-a-days in both the SA Blog Sphere and the Commercial Scene. I have [...]



Botched Snake Attack

August 8th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | No Comments

This was mailed to me earlier today and I thought it was classic! A little Rabit gives this snake the finger and chases it up a tree after the snake tries to bite it. Granted, the rabit wasn’t exactly innocent



The world's dumbest hacker.. I loled SO hard!

August 6th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 10 Comments

I was mailed a link to this script – it is nerdy. Only the nerdy will appreciate it, so be warned! This is a transcript of the worlds dumest hacker on an IRC channel. The original can be found here: http://www.jellyslab.com/~bteo/hacker.htm The comments are not mine, they belong to the original poster of the dialogue. [...]



Only once all the Drugs are gone..

August 5th, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 6 Comments

..I feel like dying. This song sumized my mood for today. The combination of the 4th and 5th of August 2008 have been whorish to say the least.



Man commits suicude by jumping off of Cavendish Shopping Center

August 1st, 2008 | Banter | Christopher J Combrink | 4 Comments

A few minutes ago, a man jumped to his death, leaping off of Cavandish Shopping Center, in Claremont, Cape Town. Sad. What’s even sader is the premis: According to the local by-standers, his motivation was a fight with very recently ‘ex’ girlfriend. She had broken up with him and refused to give him another chance. [...]