Brendan Cornelius

Have you been looking at getting a cheap internet deal for your home? There's a few options out there at the moment so I thought I would highlight the best one. Just over a year ago I purchased the 24 Gig Data Special from CellC .  I paid R1499 once-off although it was available on a 12 month subscription for R149 a month. The data plan expired recently and I started looking for a cheap data bundle .  My first stop...CellC. I expected the data plans to drop in price as it was over a year since I paid R1499 and the competition from Telkom, MTN and Vodacom had increased. CellC dropped the ball it seems.  Their current "special" for the 24 Gig Data Bundle (2 Gigs x 12 months) costs R1999 After browsing their website I found a couple other "amazing specials": 3 Gigs of Data , valid for one year, for R599 (includes USB Modem) or 3 Gigs Data SIM , valid for one year, for R399 It seems 8ta (powered by Telkom) has the best deal out there at the mom...

Go to http://whois.co.za Open up your list of COZA domains (In Excel, Google Docs or Text Document etc.) NB: Each domain should one a separate line without the (www.) Find and Replace all ".co.za" and replace with nothing (blank) so 123.co.za will be 123 Copy your list of domains Back in the Whois browser window click on "Banking Details / Payments" on the top-middle of the page Click "Credit Card Payments" Paste your list in the "Domain Name:" textbox Fill in the notification email for the invoices in the "Payment Confirmation Email:" textbox Click "Add" Domains not up for renewal will be kicked out of the list.  Only new domains and renewals will be in the list. Check which domains up for renewal need to be deleted.  Tick the checkbox under the "Remove" column. Click "Remove" If domain is not paid and three invoice/statements are sent to the owner then the domain is deleted.  Be careful tha...

Hi Guys I recently purchased the Cell C HSDPA USB dongle with 24Gb of data for R1499. Here is how you get it to work on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Plug in your USB dongle. Install "usb_modeswitch" (sudo apt-get install usb_modeswitch). Run "sudo updatedb" Locate "usb_modeswitch.conf" the file should be in /etc/usb_modeswitch.conf and add code below to the end of the file ######################################################## # Huawei E1752 # # Contributor: DefaultVendor= 0x12d1 DefaultProduct= 0x1446 TargetVendor= 0x12d1 TargetProduct= 0x1001 MessageEndpoint= 0x01 MessageContent= "55534243000000000000000000000011060000000000000000000000000000" ######################################################## Run "sudo usb_modeswitch" This should say found one(1) device in the terminal Then go System->Preferences->Network Connections and click on the "Mobile Broadband" tab. Click "Add". Check under "Create a connection fo...

Check out a great book by Jono Bacon, a Community Manager at Ubuntu , called The Art Of Community. Jono is regular co-host on FLOSS Weekly and is also well known from LugRadio. Check out his website .

Tried this after checking out the Out of Bounds contest on Worth 1000 .

If you are a new user to the Linux operating system it can be difficult to get information and advice from some expeienced users. I have found some podcasts which helped me learn alot about Linux OS and made the transition from from the Windows environment alot more easier. Check out these Podcasts: Linux Reality Going Linux Linux Install Podcast The Linux Reality podcast ran from February, 2006 through March, 2008 and more than 100 episodes were produced. The host of Linux Reality, Chess Griffin did a fantastic job and I promise this podcast will make a big difference to your Linux experience. Check it out.