MTN targeting 'freeloading' WhatsApp

January 19, 2016 by Christoff Truter

If you've been following South African news lately, you would have undoubtedly seen the title of this post before.To be completely fair, WhatsApp pays for data-usage just like everybody else, there is however much more to the topic than the title suggests

South Africa  

Personal Movie Database Part 2 - Service (PHP)

January 15, 2016 by Christoff Truter

Last year in the first part of this series of posts we had a quick look at the technologies that makes the frontend tick, in this post we're going to have a look at the backend service used for saving movie metadata.

PHP   Architecture  

Paris Terror Attacks

November 14, 2015 by Christoff Truter

Six sites were attacked in Paris beginning at around 9:20 PM yesterday local time, officials have said leaving at least 153 people dead.

Breaking News  

Personal Movie Database Part 1 - UI Overview (JQuery Mobile AngularJS)

November 10, 2015 by Christoff Truter

Over the years I've collected quite a number of movies and especially since I got burgled again in 2013 it's getting rather hard to keep track of everything. So I decided to create a little web application to keep track of my surviving collection.

JavaScript   Angular   Jquery Mobile  

Space, the negligible frontier

November 2, 2015 by Christoff Truter

Since the early 90's the crew of the Starship Enterprise under Captain Picard stirred my imagination, the possibilities of space immensely fascinated me.I remember my excitement when I saw the majestic tail of Comet Hale-Bopp streaking through the sky clearly visible through my bedroom window.

Astronomy   Rant