Nov
20
Donn is
being bullied by
QVC for their Carlswald based marketing. He is being sued for defamation. Now I'm no lawyer, but I'm sure truth is a defence to defamation, as is it being in the public interest. If someone asked me whether to buy services from QVC, I would strongly recommend against it for the below reasons based on my experiences (an reiterated by a wealth of negative complaints on
hellopeter, even with them diluted through their user of different company names, and several blogs).
Continue reading "Why I think the Quality Vacation Club is a Dubious Organisation"
Posted by Dominic White
Last modified on 2008-11-20 05:26
Nov
18
Donn Edwards is being sued by QVC, the group who appear to be behind the less-than-honest "You've won a car" scheme I
previously blogged about. Read
his story, and
press statement, and send in an affidavit, legal support or donations if you can.
Posted by Dominic White
Oct
1
I got a phone call from Divine today telling me I was one of 15 lucky people who had made it to the final draw for a Cheverolet Spark. This is part of an ongoing scam (or network marketing) run by a company that keeps changing it's name. They are currently
EcoWorld and were previously
Prestige Business Solutions, which use the scam to try and get you to buy a time share at the
Quality Vacation Club.
Divine told me that Anna, the "events coordinator" would be phoning
me tomorrow morning to give me the address. Does anyone have ideas for
what I should say? I'm thinking of accusing her outright and getting a
response. Ideally someone with lawyering skillz could tell me what charge to lay and get a case number?
Continue reading ""You've won a car" Scam - Carlswald"
Posted by Dominic White
Last modified on 2008-10-06 17:52
Sep
10
I was interested to see if my political leanings (as described by the Political Compass test) had shifted since having left University, gotten a job, started paying taxes, converted to Catholicism and having grown older.
It is interesting to note that my results are very similar to what they were in 2004, and less libertarian and economically right wing than they were in 2006. Me and Nelson Mandela are still home boys though.
Economic Left/Right: -7.38
Social Libertarian/Authoritarian: -3.13
Continue reading "Political Compass 2008"
Posted by Dominic White
Last modified on 2008-09-16 06:59
Sep
8
Apparently
Forrester reckons Information/Data Architects and
Information Security Experts are the Hottest roles in IT (note 'Hottest' is hotter than 'Extremely Hot').
Continue reading "InfoSec Professionals are the Hottest according to Forrester"
Posted by Dominic White
Sep
1
You know who you are :)
Posted by Dominic White
Last modified on 2008-09-01 21:24
Jul
14
If you've decided you want to make better coffee, here are my tips for the changes that will yield the biggest results. These aren't comprehensive, just some quick tips for quickly making better coffee.
- Don't use instant, use proper Arabica grounds.
- Espresso is the best, then French press, then percolator. A Moka Express or Brikka are quick ways to get into espresso.
- Use hot milk. This makes a big difference in taste, 30-40s in the microwave should do it. A French Press can be used with hot milk to make decent froth for cappuccino too.
- Grind your own beans. A grinder is cheap, and freshly grinding your own beans just before you make a cup makes a subtle increase in flavour. Remember to store your beans in an airtight container in a cool dry place (not the fridge).
Posted by Dominic White
Jul
14
After 4 years I have finally decided to change my theme. It is very Mac OSX oriented, but I just like it so much. I've also removed a Gig of spam block logs from the DB, so it should be a bit snappier. Finally, I figured out why Google hates me, I somehow didn't run a DB upgrade script on the last blog upgrade, and a ton of links weren't working. They are now.
Posted by Dominic White
Last modified on 2008-07-17 21:30
Oct
23
Deloitte has gather together some
good climate change resources. If you want some white papers, formal research or the like, this has some good links.
Posted by Dominic White
Jun
9
On Monday, the beautiful Daniela and I will be off to backpack around Italy for two weeks. This is my first bit of travelling and I can't wait. If you've been, and have any tips, please share. We start off with five days in Rome, then five in Florence with a few day trips to Pisa and Assisi, then cap it off with two days on the beautiful Island of Ischia.
Continue reading "Ciao! We're off to Italy"
Posted by Dominic White
May
7
Satire: Blending criticism and humor to expose a fault or problem; often used ironically.
David Bullard, a noted South African columnist specialising in satire, had a dig at bloggers. There has been a major sense of humour failure [1], and there is a full on multi-blog, distributed flame war going on against the guy. I guess this is why satirists aim for the holy cows: the response is so much fun.
[1] Personally, I rarely find Bullard's satire funny.
Posted by Dominic White
Last modified on 2007-05-08 09:00
May
2
Daniela and I are now a four-year-old. This means we can read, have matched presidential terms of office, and received an honours degree (in love [sic]).
So here's to our B.Luv (Hons) and the awesome woman who made it all possible, Daniela: You rock and I love you.
Posted by Dominic White
Last modified on 2007-05-02 20:59
Apr
17
I'm currently sick as a dog, but lying in a 5 star hotel. I guess I break even.
I highly recommend the Arabella Sheraton in Cape Town. They have been nothing short of fantastic. There are few things better than arriving back at your room, feeling rubbish, to find a gown, slippers, Lindt chocolate and drugs on your bed. While this is Cape Town, they were only flu drugs.
Posted by Dominic White
Feb
28
Jason van Niekerk has put an
excellent article together for the iCommons site. He details the theoretical and moral force that underpins the necessity for the types of collaboration being pioneered by movements such as free software and creative commons. It includes a
podcast too.
Definately worth a read for those of you that think Ubuntu is a linux distribution.
Posted by Dominic White
Feb
5
The beginning of February has a few anniversaries; today marks the third birthday of my blog, and last week marked the first birthday of my job. And so I thought it would be a good time to talk about the last year.
The very short summary is that it has been a wonderful year in all aspects of my life. If you are interested in the rest of it, read on (Hi Mom).
Continue reading "Blogaversary III and the Year in Review"
Posted by Dominic White
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