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> <channel><title>Sven Welzel - blog.sven.co.za - www.svenwelzel.com &#187; Did you know</title> <atom:link href="http://blog.sven.co.za/category/did-you-know/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><link>http://blog.sven.co.za</link> <description>The Blog of Sven Welzel</description> <lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 09:13:45 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en</language> <sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency> <generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator> <item><title>#Surface- and touch-based #interfacing via #mobile devices</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/03/surface-and-touch-based-interfacing-via-mobile-devices/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/03/surface-and-touch-based-interfacing-via-mobile-devices/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 08:57:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[human interaction]]></category> <category><![CDATA[surface]]></category> <category><![CDATA[touchscreen]]></category> <category><![CDATA[android]]></category> <category><![CDATA[glass]]></category> <category><![CDATA[samsung galaxy tab]]></category> <category><![CDATA[touch]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1056</guid> <description><![CDATA[Touch surfaces and ubiquitous computing. I&#8217;m going through the exercise at the moment with portable touchscreen communicators and business enablers. I&#8217;ll relate my experiences with the Samsung Galaxy Tab, Slate etc when I&#8217;ve spent enough time with the devices to form a full picture. For now, just a short video relating to a view - [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/03/03/surface-and-touch-based-interfacing-via-mobile-devices/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>3G SMTP servers for MTN, Vodacom, CellC etc</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/03/3g-smtp-servers-for-mtn-vodacom-cellc-etc/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/03/3g-smtp-servers-for-mtn-vodacom-cellc-etc/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:36:41 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[8ta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[afrihost]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cell c]]></category> <category><![CDATA[cellphone]]></category> <category><![CDATA[is]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mail server]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mtn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[neotel]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outgoing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[settings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[smtp]]></category> <category><![CDATA[telkom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[vodacom]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1048</guid> <description><![CDATA[On 3G and outgoing mail not sending? Chances are, you need to set the SMTP server specific to your network. Here&#8217;s the list that may grow over time: Cell C: smtp.cmobile.co.za Vodacom: smtp.voda.co.za / smtp.vodacom.co.za MTN: smtp.mtn.co.za iBurst: smtp.iburst.co.za IS (3G): smtp.isgsm.net / smtp.dial-up.net 8ta: smtp.saix.net For land-based networks: Neotel: smtp.neomail.co.za Telkom (and Telkom resellers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/02/03/3g-smtp-servers-for-mtn-vodacom-cellc-etc/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>The Mobile Phone and Social Interaction [an advertisement]</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/16/the-mobile-phone-and-social-interactio/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/16/the-mobile-phone-and-social-interactio/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 16 Jan 2011 16:50:25 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apple]]></category> <category><![CDATA[communiation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[microsoft]]></category> <category><![CDATA[social interaction]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1042</guid> <description><![CDATA[As one of the elements of modern society, family life and meeting etiquette, the mobile phone has become that always-on irritating device that, like the traditional land-line telephone, often times gets priority over even human contact (staff interaction in a shop comes to mind &#8211; when the phone rings, the telephonic customer more often than [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/16/the-mobile-phone-and-social-interactio/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Expire private images to protect privacy on the Internet?</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:24:11 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1038</guid> <description><![CDATA[A new product over at x-pire.net (which redirects to x-pire.de) was unveiled in Germany today, with the aim of embedding expiry times and information into images so that they cannot be viewed after a certain time. In that way there should be a maximum lifespan to digital images on the web to prevent future embarassment, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2011/01/11/expire-private-images-to-protect-privacy-on-the-internet/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> <enclosure
url="http://www.infsec.cs.uni-saarland.de/projects/forgetful-internet/Vergessendes_Internet_Grundkonzept.wmv" length="7110026" type="video/asf" /> </item> <item><title>Upgrade to WordPress 3.0.4 &#8211; HTML Sanitation bug</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2010 11:46:26 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1031</guid> <description><![CDATA[From the WordPress Development Blog: Version 3.0.4 of WordPress, available immediately through the update page in your dashboard or for download here, is a very important update to apply to your sites as soon as possible because it fixes a core security bug in our HTML sanitation library, called KSES. I would rate this release [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/30/upgrade-to-wordpress-3-0-4-html-sanitation-bug/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AXXESS / Afrihost / IS / MWeb DSL slow-to-no international browsing update</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:39:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[General]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1026</guid> <description><![CDATA[For what it&#8217;s worth: an alleged SEACOM cable break a few kilometers from Alexandria &#8211; eta of 2.5hrs or so&#8230; ﻿]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/browsing-speed-update/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>WordPress 3.0.2 is out</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/wordpress-3-0-2-is-out/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/wordpress-3-0-2-is-out/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:33:17 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[php]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1020</guid> <description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t forget to upgrade inplace or download! It is a mandatory security update for all previous WordPress versions, and upgrades are easy]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/wordpress-3-0-2-is-out/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>AXXESS / Afrihost / IS / MWeb DSL slow-to-no international browsing</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/axxess-afrihost-is-mweb-dsl-slow-to-no-international-browsing/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/axxess-afrihost-is-mweb-dsl-slow-to-no-international-browsing/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 06:30:55 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fail]]></category> <category><![CDATA[international browsing]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offline]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=1017</guid> <description><![CDATA[Seems like there is an upstream cable fault (being investigated) that has caused international browsing from South Africa outward to fail. Pings reveal failing terminations on the entry points into continental Europe and the US. IS has reported it as follows, all others are piggy-backing (or just silent on the matter): AFFECTED SERVICES: International Consumer [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/12/02/axxess-afrihost-is-mweb-dsl-slow-to-no-international-browsing/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Your Kindle, PDFs, EPUBs, file and format conversion and you</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/28/your-kindle-pdfs-epubs-and-you/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/28/your-kindle-pdfs-epubs-and-you/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2010 06:24:02 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[azw]]></category> <category><![CDATA[books]]></category> <category><![CDATA[calibre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[conversion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[epub]]></category> <category><![CDATA[format]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobipocker]]></category> <category><![CDATA[nook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[reader]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=994</guid> <description><![CDATA[There are two irritations when it comes to the Kindle. First of those is  your collection of PDFs you bought or own that you&#8217;d like to read as a &#8216;book&#8217; on the Kindle (without going through the whole long USER@[free.]kindle.com) email and Whispernet delivery process. The other is the EPUB Sony Book reader format files [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/28/your-kindle-pdfs-epubs-and-you/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Firefox: Paste HTML code from one child frame to parent text-box &#8211; src stripped</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/10/firefox-paste-html-code-from-one-child-frame-to-parent-text-box-src-stripped/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/10/firefox-paste-html-code-from-one-child-frame-to-parent-text-box-src-stripped/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 10 Sep 2010 06:50:58 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firefox]]></category> <category><![CDATA[javascript]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=988</guid> <description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s something fun: use Firefox 3.6.9 to have a set of Javascript code in a child frame append HTML code to a text box in the parent frame, and content of the string is modified: what was &#60;img src="foo.jpg" alt="bar" width="1" height="1" /&#62; becomes &#60;img alt="bar" width="1" height="1" /&#62; which is pretty pointless&#8230; From what [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/09/10/firefox-paste-html-code-from-one-child-frame-to-parent-text-box-src-stripped/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>MTN Business Data lines crash &#8211; down again</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/30/mtn-business-data-lines-crash-down-again/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/30/mtn-business-data-lines-crash-down-again/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:58:42 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[business]]></category> <category><![CDATA[connectivity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[crash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[datacentre]]></category> <category><![CDATA[lines down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mtn]]></category> <category><![CDATA[offline]]></category> <category><![CDATA[outage]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=984</guid> <description><![CDATA[Last time, generator maintenance in Johannesburg took everything offline. There was just notification with the subject line &#8220;unknown&#8221; (referring to the categorisation of the issue) at 14h22: SYMPTOMS EXPERIENCED: Intermittent Degradation in Service SEVERITY: Critical STATUS: Attending ATTENDING: MTN Engineers ADDITIONAL: Please note that we are currently experiencing packet loss and browsing issues to some [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/30/mtn-business-data-lines-crash-down-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Afrihost ADSL Uncapped &#8211; throttled at 32GB to 0.56Mbps</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/28/afrihost-adsl-uncapped-throttled-at-32gb-to-512-kbps-connection/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/28/afrihost-adsl-uncapped-throttled-at-32gb-to-512-kbps-connection/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 10:29:19 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[adsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[advertising]]></category> <category><![CDATA[afrihost]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bandwidth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[dsl]]></category> <category><![CDATA[is]]></category> <category><![CDATA[speed]]></category> <category><![CDATA[throttle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[uncapped]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=979</guid> <description><![CDATA[So &#8211; Afrihost ADSL uncapped&#8230; the promise of &#8220;Pure Internet Joy&#8221; is part of the offering&#8217;s headline. On a 4Mbps line, the offering of the uncapped account is quite good. Then came the warnings &#8212; throtteling may occur based on usage patterns. Then came the notification that there would be an hour-to-hour usage analysis to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/08/28/afrihost-adsl-uncapped-throttled-at-32gb-to-512-kbps-connection/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Kindle Firmware upgrades</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:43:32 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Other]]></category> <category><![CDATA[security]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[collections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[facebook]]></category> <category><![CDATA[firmware]]></category> <category><![CDATA[fonts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[kindle]]></category> <category><![CDATA[password]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pdf]]></category> <category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=965</guid> <description><![CDATA[Remember to upgrade your Kindle from Amazon &#8211; there&#8217;s a new firmware upgrade available, taking the system to version 2.5.2 (24.3MB &#8211; you may want to transfer via USB&#8230;)Updates include: PDF Pan and Zoom (finally) &#8212; you can zoom into small print! Collections &#8211; to group books and documents by topic or type (not just [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/kindle-firmware-upgrades/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[UPDATE] SEACOM cable back up (for now)</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/update-seacom-cable-back-up-for-now/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/update-seacom-cable-back-up-for-now/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 13:27:52 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bandwidth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capacity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[congestion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[downtime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[router]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stm4]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=961</guid> <description><![CDATA[Notification at 20:04 on 23 July 2010 read that the link was back up and stable. For now.From the update from SEACOM: SEACOM is pleased to confirm that all repairs to the submarine cable have been successfully completed. With the entire network now fully operational, our technical teams will continue to work closely with customers [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/25/update-seacom-cable-back-up-for-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[UPDATE] SEACOM &#8211; finally, a light of hope after cable outage and line down: 23 July</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/22/update-seacom-finally-a-light-of-hope-after-outage-and-down-time-23-july-now/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/22/update-seacom-finally-a-light-of-hope-after-outage-and-down-time-23-july-now/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 13:03:43 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bandwidth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capacity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[congestion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[downtime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[router]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stm4]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=956</guid> <description><![CDATA[SEACOM expects all connectivity to be restored to full pre-crash conditions by 23 July 2010. The repairs are not complete yet, but, officially, &#8220;in the final stages of completion&#8221;, with only testing to go before the cable goes back down into the water. SEACOM&#8217;s official statement made today just after lunch: SEACOM is pleased to [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/22/update-seacom-finally-a-light-of-hope-after-outage-and-down-time-23-july-now/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[UPDATE] SEACOM operational update re repairs and down time</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/17/update-seacom-operational-update-re-repairs-and-down-time/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/17/update-seacom-operational-update-re-repairs-and-down-time/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:57:12 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bandwidth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capacity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[congestion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[downtime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[router]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stm4]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=948</guid> <description><![CDATA[Finally, SEACOM has posted new (well, another) report regarding the undersea outage off Mombasa, which, though initially projected to be completed by 11 July will most probably only be finished by 22 July 2010 according to latest reports. Finally, though, they have announced that the &#8220;designated ship has been deployed to the location of the [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/17/update-seacom-operational-update-re-repairs-and-down-time/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[UPDATE] SEACOM still eyeing the 22 July as targeted restore date</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/15/update-seacom-still-eyeing-the-22-july-as-targeted-restore-date/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/15/update-seacom-still-eyeing-the-22-july-as-targeted-restore-date/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[seacom]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[bandwidth]]></category> <category><![CDATA[capacity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[congestion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[down]]></category> <category><![CDATA[downtime]]></category> <category><![CDATA[eta]]></category> <category><![CDATA[router]]></category> <category><![CDATA[stm4]]></category> <category><![CDATA[website]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=944</guid> <description><![CDATA[Nothing much new, there is not even an operational update from SEACOM. However, unofficial reports are still pointing to 22 July 2010 as the targeted completion date forthe service to be restored for the submarine cable running up the East African coast. At present, though, &#8220;they have not yet settled the mobilization of the repair [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/15/update-seacom-still-eyeing-the-22-july-as-targeted-restore-date/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>On the fly compression of a tar-ball or mysqldump</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/14/on-the-fly-compression-of-a-tar-ball-or-mysqldump/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/14/on-the-fly-compression-of-a-tar-ball-or-mysqldump/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:47:49 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[bash]]></category> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysql]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[backup]]></category> <category><![CDATA[compression]]></category> <category><![CDATA[gzip]]></category> <category><![CDATA[locking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[mysqldump]]></category> <category><![CDATA[on the fly]]></category> <category><![CDATA[pipe]]></category> <category><![CDATA[tar]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=942</guid> <description><![CDATA[Just to jot it down lest I forget: Tar&#8217;ing the local directory and streaming the tarball straight to gzip: tar cvf - . &#124; gzip &#62; target.tar.gz MySQLdump&#8217;ing directly to gzip: mysqldump --opt --single-transaction -h HOST -u  USER -pPASS DATABASENAME&#124; gzip &#62; OUTPUT.sql.gz Using --single-transaction above to avoid locking restrictions on the tables, and it&#8217;s [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/14/on-the-fly-compression-of-a-tar-ball-or-mysqldump/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>1</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>[SOLVED] qlikView installation on Windows 7 &#8211; installation error</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/13/solved-qlikview-installation-on-windows-7-installation-error/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/13/solved-qlikview-installation-on-windows-7-installation-error/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:23:05 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows]]></category> <category><![CDATA[error]]></category> <category><![CDATA[installation]]></category> <category><![CDATA[prematurely]]></category> <category><![CDATA[qlikview]]></category> <category><![CDATA[windows 7]]></category> <category><![CDATA[wise installer]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=939</guid> <description><![CDATA[You may encounter the following error on installation: Installation ended prematurely because of an error when trying to install 32-bit or 64-bit qlikView on Windows 7. With or without UAC (User Access Control), installation fails. Suggestions to (re-)install vbscript.dll using regsvr32 vbscript.dll in the c:\windows\system32 (64-bit equivalent) directory didn&#8217;t help. On execution of the installer, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/13/solved-qlikview-installation-on-windows-7-installation-error/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>2</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>End of life for Ubuntu versions</title><link>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/12/end-of-life-for-ubuntu-versions/</link> <comments>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/12/end-of-life-for-ubuntu-versions/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:22:07 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Sven Welzel</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[code]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Did you know]]></category> <category><![CDATA[linux]]></category> <category><![CDATA[open source software]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sysadmin]]></category> <category><![CDATA[ubuntu]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt]]></category> <category><![CDATA[apt-install]]></category> <category><![CDATA[command line]]></category> <category><![CDATA[LTS]]></category> <category><![CDATA[upgrade]]></category> <category><![CDATA[version upgrade]]></category> <guid
isPermaLink="false">http://blog.sven.co.za/?p=935</guid> <description><![CDATA[In the story relating to release upgrades for Ubuntu, below the end-of-life table for the Ubutu Releases from the Ubuntu Wiki &#8211; just to have it all in one place; I&#8217;m only including the LTS (long-term support) editions, as these should be the only ones deployed on live production systems. In the meantime, Maverick Meerkat [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://blog.sven.co.za/2010/07/12/end-of-life-for-ubuntu-versions/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>
