We recently had a new password policy implemented at the office. We changed from an 8 character complex password (3 of 4: alpha, number, capital, special char) to 16 character simple passwords.
DFUs kept forgetting their passwords or typing them wrong and locking them. I really wonder if the stats have …

So yesterday I had to me delivered a brand new R60k server at work. A server that, in my opinion, has no function and no need. This really incenses me and I’ll try to explain why in the course of this entry.
This year my company has gone on what appears …

If you live in Joburg, and you drive around at all, I’m sure you’ve noticed that our roads are increasingly becoming littered with little runnels tracking across the city. If you haven’t, you either don’t leave home much or you live in some remote dorpie where smoke signals are still …

So it’s been over 2 weeks since I returned my Xbox. I phoned the guys today and was told that I needed to wait 14 – 21 days before they would give me a response. That’s really nice and helpful, but it was much what I had anticipated before they …

Last Tuesday saw my overstayed trip to Cape Town ending on the heels of a rising chronic asthma attack that would probably have seen me in the hospital at some point if I had stayed in Cape Town. One thing can be said for Joburg, it certainly is easier to …