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Category Archives: History
Review: 2019
2019 was a year full of anniversaries, astronomical achievements, cataclysmic failures and other maladies on a global scale disrupted by brief glimmers of hope for humanity. Let’s recap, shall we? Continue reading
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Tagged 2019, environment, in the news, murder-death-kill, privacy, Weltschmerz
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The fall of walls
It was thirty years ago today that the Berlin Wall fell. The Iron Curtain had been breached, the Eastern Bloc was beginning to crumble. This most cruel of social experiments had finally run its course. A peaceful revolution was under way, and there was no stopping this tide from turning. The world was evolving. Even in a country as far away as South Africa, the developments made headlines. Continue reading
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Tagged 1989, censorship, change, Germany, humanity, in the news, liberty, politics, South Africa
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Review: 2018
As 2018 nears its end, it’s time to reflect on a year that isn’t particularly memorable. Thanos snapped his fingers. Courage, our Jack Russell terrier died. Continue reading
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Tagged 2018, babes, fake news, GDPR, in the news, murder-death-kill, privacy, Yuletide
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Review: 2017
It’s Christmas. 2017 is almost history, and what a busy year it’s been! I quit an unsatisfying job and took a minor sabbatical. A lot of old stuff was deleted, sold, thrown out, or upgraded. December’s me is certainly not the same as the one in January. 2017 was the year in which humanity manoeuvred itself into a situation where our lives depend on the wisdom of Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. Continue reading
Rewind: 2016
2016 is one of those years that shouldn’t have been. It’s a leap year we could rather have skipped over entirely. The world changed for the worse. Quite frankly, 2016 can fuck right off and die. A few glimmers of hope aside, it was wrought with death, shocks, disappointments and technical failures. Even circumstances at work are getting progressively intolerable. Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, facepalm, humanity, in the news, murder-death-kill, Weltschmerz
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Rewind: 2015
What an eventful year. Marred by the wilful decimation of fellow human beings, this year has once again shown how adept the human race is at causing its own demise. We love harming one another. France was a particularly popular place for getting executed by people of Arab origin who take their religious beliefs way too seriously. Continue reading
The Computer Faire & BEXA
While not nearly in the same league as its overseas counterparts, COMDEX, CeBIT, CES or IFA, the annual “Computer Faire” was a key South African exhibition for those interested in IT/computer technology and office automation. It was the largest event of its kind in the southern hemisphere. This page showcases their most interesting and historically relevant content. Continue reading
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Tagged archaeology, CD-ROM, IT, names, old shit, retro, software preservation, South Africa
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Rewind: 2014
2014 was a strenuous year. In fact, it was a terrifying year. 2015 must hurry up and get here. Continue reading