Would you like an apostrophe with that, ma’am?
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Writer, editor, designer, programmer, activist. Follow me on Twitter. Welcome to my home.
Recently Written
- Turn a broken doorbell into a geek opportunity
- 750 words to clear the head
- The parallel world of Apple: Where open is not always open
- Would you like an apostrophe with that, ma’am?
- Ubuntu Lucid: The good, the bad and the ugly
- Microsoft's new anti-Linux patent strategy
- Song of the day: Taken by Trees
- Film and Publications Act: Media independence under fire
- Closing Tectonic and moving on
- Making decisions and changing focus
Me on Twitter
- @taraturk1 Doing okay. In between at the mo' as I think about new opportunities/directions 21 hours ago
- The Tippex video is excellent. But really, who actually uses Tippex in this day and age? Surely this is targeted at the wrong audience? 23 hours ago
- Watched Wipeout with kids last night. The scriptwriter for the US version has a great sense of humour. Much funnier than the UK version. 24 hours ago
- @taraturk1 Thank you for the #FF 24 hours ago
- Summer salads: Tabbouleh http://bit.ly/9Knl2L 2010/09/03
- RT @kmf: I'm looking for a CIO https://www.jonti.co.za/?cladv=DST13893 pls RT 2010/09/03
- @hackerjargon excellent. Be keen to hear how it goes. #ubuntu 2010/09/03
- Any suggestions for a weather plugin for Wordpress that does decent reports for South African cities? #wordpress 2010/09/03
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Me on Twitter
- @taraturk1 Doing okay. In between at the mo' as I think about new opportunities/directions 21 hours ago
- The Tippex video is excellent. But really, who actually uses Tippex in this day and age? Surely this is targeted at the wrong audience? 23 hours ago
- Watched Wipeout with kids last night. The scriptwriter for the US version has a great sense of humour. Much funnier than the UK version. 24 hours ago
- @taraturk1 Thank you for the #FF 24 hours ago
- Summer salads: Tabbouleh http://bit.ly/9Knl2L 2010/09/03
- RT @kmf: I'm looking for a CIO https://www.jonti.co.za/?cladv=DST13893 pls RT 2010/09/03
- @hackerjargon excellent. Be keen to hear how it goes. #ubuntu 2010/09/03
- Any suggestions for a weather plugin for Wordpress that does decent reports for South African cities? #wordpress 2010/09/03