Almost since I started using php and MySQL based website development tools I have been having a recurring problem. When editing posts or content lists of items would fail to appear.
In Joomla Content Management System the lists of articles, sections, categories and users would fail to appear, but not in any consistent manner.
In WordPress the categories and tags would fail to display, also quite randomly. Continue reading WordPress and Joomla MySQL Problems
A few weeks ago I hit a largish, and quite hard, anthill with the passenger-side front wheel – hard enough to pinch the sidewall against the rim. On inspection I could see a small bulge, suggesting that there was hidden damage under the intact rubber. As I was only running at low speeds around town I left it alone, but knew I would have to replace it before the next 500km trip home.
I didn’t think it would be a problem to find 195/65R15 tyres, but I went to all (well, both) of the regular outlets – Maxiprest and Tyre Services. No stock. Interestingly there was a council bakkie that kept arriving 30 seconds after me at each depot. Maybe the same problem?
Eventually I found an independent tyre supplier: Tyre Max. In Boseja industrial area, on the road parallel to the main road to Francistown, behind Buy n Build and Cashbuild. Continue reading Tyres and wheel alignment in Maun
I received my new camera this morning – a Fuji Finepix S2000HD.
Main criteria for choosing this model was that it has a 15x optical zoom (looking for 10x minimum), and was available at Incredible Connection, Gaborone, Botswana. I had been waiting for a similar camera to come on special at Game in Francistown, but it never [...]
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Moremi – December 2008 A drive through Moremi National Park with the kids during rainy season, with some concrete action thrown in.
What can you see? (Look the other way, in the bushes.)
What can you see? (In the bushes.)
Typical housekeeping.
Is he coming this way?
Elephant strolling past Moremi, South Gate.
One [...]