Author: Shaun

So I decided to dig up some interesting musical stats related to this kinda special day in my life.
From EveryHit.com:

On 4th Aug 1979 …

The Number 1 single was:
The Boomtown Rats – “I Don’t Like Mondays”

The Number 1 album was:
Various artist compilation (WEA) – “The Best Disco Album In The World”

Well, at least that explains the don’t do mornings thing, and the bad dancing thing!

Born on 4th Aug:
1901 – Louis Armstrong ( vocalist; deceased )
1940 – Larry Knechtel ( guitarist, keyboard player, Bread )
1947 – Klaus Schulze ( multi-instrumentalist, Tangerine Dream )
1951 – Roy Flowers ( of Sweet Sensation )
1952 – Máire Ní Bhraonáin ( vocalist, harpist with Clannad )
1968 – Rob Cieka ( drummer, The Boo Radleys )

Tags: Shaun, ShaunDewberry, birthday, music, hits

Getting into the swing of the Snakes on a Plane meme, here are 10 places a snake just don’t belong:

• Snakes on a Jet-Ski
• Snakes on Campus
• Snakes on a Chopper
• Snakes in a Car
• Snakes in a Bank
• Snakes on a Little Plane
• Snakes in a Greenhouse
• Snakes in the Mail
• Snakes on the Town
• Snakes in a Can

Tags: snakes, plane, snakesonaplane, movie, meme

Tomorrow, July 28 is international System Administrator Appreciation Day. Please show your love for us poorly appreciated souls. Cash, vehicles, houses and other large gifts are much appreciated. (and as donations may even be tax deductible!)

Be sure to seek out creative ways to make use of your system adminstrator here.

Tags: sysadmin, sysadminday, systemadministrator

I had the extreme privilege of seeing Chris Chameleon perform last night at the new Tings an Times in Hatfield.

A great experience. Excellent food, cold beer, fantastic music.

Chris Chameleon is an entertainer like no other.
He is a truly talented person and his willingness to share his gift is a privilege to us all.

I’ll have some photo’s on flickr soon enough.

Tags: Chris Chameleon, Tings an Times, Tings, Hatfield, Pretoria, music, South Africa Music, guitar

The Virgin Money website is not as Firefox friendly as they claim.
When trying to apply for their credit card, I found their validations for your personal details are really badly broken.

See the screenshot:

Their site requirements states:
We support any browser with SSL 2.0; SSL 3.0 and a 128 bit cipher, but our site is best viewed by using Internet Explorer 6.0 SP 1, or Netscape 7.2 or Firefox 1.5. You can confirm your browser version by selecting the Help drop-down menu and then clicking on the About option.

I am using Firefox, so what is the problem Sir Branson?
You launch a product with all the flash and fanfare and media but *the site doesn’t work!!!*

I hope their banking software developers can build better applications than their web development team, because right now if I had a Virgin Money card, I wouldn’t feel so secure.

Tags: virgin money, credit card, credit, bank, vmoney, richard branson, firefox, compatibility, browser, browser wars