Justin Hartman

iBook G4 now sporting Ubuntu Edgy Eft

2006-11-20T00:54:02+02:00

It had to happen and today it did. I have just completed a brand new Ubuntu 6.10 (codename Edgy Eft) Linux installation on my Apple iBook G4 laptop. I have to admit that I have always been very curious about Ubuntu on the whole and in particular the noise that they have made but for some reason I have avoided it up until lately.

PowerPC canned by Ubuntu

2006-12-05T01:50:06+02:00

So go figure. 15 days after installing Ubuntu on my Apple iBook G4 a decision was made today to drop future support for PowerPC. For those who don’t know PowerPC is the chip inside the “now old” Apple computers much like the Intel chips that are made for PCs and now also Apple.

Mark Shuttleworth puts me in my place

2006-12-07T17:58:32+02:00

So this Ubuntu PowerPC issue has been bugging me a lot, so much so that I left the following comment on Mark Shuttleworth’s blog site this morning.

Debian etch is now my local flavour

2006-12-15T01:19:37+02:00

After grappling long and hard about the whole Ubuntu dropping PowerPC support issue I have made a decision to move my Apple iBook G4 from my recently installed Ubuntu 6.10 to the ever popular Debian platform.

Firefox not free?

2006-12-17T15:54:18+02:00

I’ve been running Debian on my Apple iBook for about a week now and a recent upgrade to the unstable version of Debian made me realise that Firefox has been renamed Iceweasel. This was particularly strange to me and I couldn’t understand where this funny name came from suddenly so I decided to do some research.

How to swap Control and Command keys on PowerPC

2006-12-20T22:17:14+02:00

As a previous Apple OS X user I find that having to use the control key on my keyboard versus the Apple command key a real pain in the backside. Most Windows users don’t have a problem with this as the transition from Windows to Linux is easy with regards to using the control key. I’ve searched and asked and low and behold nearly a month later I now know how to swap the two around.

DNS Installation and Setup using BIND9

2007-01-15T18:45:00+02:00

This HOWTO will assist you in getting a Domain Name Server (DNS) up and running using BIND9 on Debian Etch.

PureFTPd Installation and Setup

2007-01-15T20:53:00+02:00

The following HOWTO is aimed at installing and setting up a FTP server, based on Pure-FTPd, which supports multiple Virtual Hosts.

Installing a second hard drive

2007-01-29T20:53:00+02:00

Installing a second hard drive is easy if you know how. I needed to do this on my server and below is the steps I followed.

Installing a Debian Etch base system

2007-02-05T18:16:00+02:00

The following is a mini HOWTO on setting up a base Debian Etch system.

Automated backup to Amazon S3 with Duplicity on Debian Etch

2007-03-05T20:05:00+02:00

If you’ve tried to use Debian Etch’s version of Duplicity you’ll know there is no way to use Amazon S3 servers for remote backup as Duplicity on Etch is simply not current enough. This tutorial will show you how to install the most current Duplicity and set it up to backup your Debian Etch server.

Setting the time using Terminal

2007-03-06T20:25:00+02:00

This is really basic stuff but if you aren’t running a GUI then it isn’t as easy as opening up a Time & Date Settings control panel so this is the way to do it.

How to change Apple Command key and CTRL key on Ubuntu 17.04

2017-07-17T10:22:00+02:00

If you want to swap both the Command keys with the default Control key on Ubuntu 17.04 inverting what they do currently then this is for you.

My New Blog

2004-10-09T01:02:00+02:00

Well after months of having the service available to me I have finally decided to go ahead and begin using blogs properly for the first time.

Pic of my 10 1/2 month old son Luke

2004-10-09T01:20:00+02:00

Pic of my 10 1/2 month old son Luke (what a gorgeous little child).

My Website

2004-11-06T01:57:00+02:00

For those of you who are remotely interested you can view my companies website [Hartman Productions](http://www.hpcc.co.za/) for a brief understanding of what I do with my life all day and all night :)

Asia Tsunami

2004-12-29T01:53:00+02:00

I'm sure that most of you have all been shocked by the recent events that have taken place in Asia as have I. More importantly a close friend of my brother-in-law has allegedly been reported among one of the South African's dead in the tragic events of the last few days.

What is an Entrepreneur?

2005-03-04T01:11:00+02:00

This has been a very interesting question to me lately. I recently read two fantastic articles about this exact question (sorry I can't remember where) and it has started a chain reaction of events not only in my mind but also in my personal life.

Terri Schiavo Right To Die Case

2005-03-25T01:07:00+02:00

Since March 18th I've been following the American case about Terri Schiavo and her right to Life, or death depending on how you look at it. What has interested me mostly is the apparent lack of respect to a disabled persons right to live.

Luke's First Day of School!

2005-04-04T14:12:00+02:00

It's been a while since I last posted something on the blog and with good reason. The last month and a bit I've been hectic with adding new services to Hartman Productions and also getting the business more automated.

I'm a Business Warrior

2005-04-17T01:54:00+02:00

The Up Side Of Anger

2005-05-15T02:19:00+02:00

It's A Good May Day!

2005-05-22T00:56:00+02:00

Well things are certainly looking up. I'm writing my first blog entry from a new Apple Mac which was kindly given to me.

In Loving Memory - Kevin Sweidan

2005-09-16T03:26:00+02:00

It's that time of year again when I remember that horrible day on September 15th 2003 when my best friend and business partner, Kevin Sweidan, passed away so horribly.

Is bad publicity good? and why i do grabble

2006-12-20T02:55:30+02:00

It has been said that any publicity, good or bad, is good either way. Well I experienced my first bit of ‘bad’ publicity today with Grabble and I’m still undecided if it’s good for Grabble or not. In a recent post by Uno De Waal about the Grabble search engine I got less than rave reviews and it seems as if the readers of Uno’s Blog were just as perplexed.

I'm looking for a new job

2006-12-27T15:22:54+02:00

It’s a little sneaky of me posting this on my blog but I am in the process of looking for new employment. Someone has to pay the bills seeing as my various projects don’t pay for themselves so I’m putting my feelers out there to see what may lie ahead for the new year.

Words that end in gry

2007-01-09T02:37:00+02:00

Yesterday I received a riddle sent to me via email without a solution and while I had seen this riddle before I had completely forgotten the solution to the problem. After a little research I managed to find the answer and I have to admit I found the whole thing very intriguing indeed. So below is the riddle and what follows is the solution to the problem. Give it a bash and see what you can come up with before reading the solution.

Seriously, Google is starting to scare me

2007-01-09T10:19:52+02:00

I know I run a competing website to Google however it has to be said that I am growing very worried at some of the decisions being made at Google. I am(was) the biggest fan of Google and the boys at Mountain View inspired me to start my own search engine but a recent anomaly in Search Engines being removed from Google page results are a growing concern.

Ja! Productions decided to hire me

2007-01-26T15:23:39+02:00

A special thanks must go out to Mike Stopforth and Dave Duarte for helping me to find a new job. Mike and Dave introduced me to Johan Reyneke of Ja! Productions and after a lengthy process I received an offer of employment from Johan this morning.

Of 9/11 and being pessimistic

2007-02-06T23:20:36+02:00

So the new job is going great (thanks Carls for asking) but I’ve had little time to blog recently. I really wanted to share my experience I had on Sunday but I’m only finding the time to do so today… rather late than never.

Apple is promoting the idea of ending DRM

2007-02-07T01:42:57+02:00

Apple’s Steve Jobs is encouraging the music labels to sell their digital music without any protection at all. If the labels stopped wrapping the music with DRM, then Jobs said he would “switch to selling only DRM-free music on our iTunes store.”

How I spent my Valentines Day

2007-02-15T20:44:06+02:00

As is the trend lately my current news seems to be stale news by the time I get around to blogging about it but nonetheless it’s one post I still feel relevant and somewhat important to me.

Social Networking = hard work!

2007-02-22T23:02:45+02:00

I love Web 2.0 stuff and more importantly I love community involvement but hell it’s hard work to keep up with the various subscriptions I have to social network sites.

Technology Thursday kicks off

2007-03-01T09:30:59+02:00

Today sees the launch of my new weekly contribution I’ll be doing for SA Rocks. Technology Thursday, will focus on South African technology and the impact it has on the world today. As South Africans we have created a vast array of technological innovations and will continue to do so and I’m privileged to pay homage to these achievements.

Twac.co.za - my new baby

2007-03-08T10:10:35+02:00

I was hoping to hold off a little on blogging about Twac as we're still working through a list of changes/bugs/feature requests but my article today on SA Rocks takes a high-level look at the new video sharing websites and Twac is now one of them.

Kudos to Mike Stopforth

2007-03-27T14:00:24+02:00

I have personally never seen a personal recommendation in the South African community as what Mike's just done and it is an amazing thing for all the 10 highly talented individuals to have so well done Mike.

I lost my virginity

2007-03-28T10:40:22+02:00

Well it's official - I'm no longer a virgin and my first introduction into the real-world geek community was fab.

The Cleaners Revenge

2007-03-29T10:11:31+02:00

So there's this really cool clip I came across yesterday on the Twac website which I thought I have to share with you. It lacks a little plot and is a little silly but the technique is brilliant.

The power of Afrigation

2007-04-05T19:57:48+02:00

With Afrigator only a couple days old I've already noticed the power of content Afrigation.

KillerStartups.com thinks we're hot

2007-04-07T01:51:24+02:00

The coverage of Afrigator, it would seem, doesn't stop within the African borders. I was notified via email on a few minutes ago that Afrigator had been reviewed at this unique website as the next big thing!

Is David Bullard an utter wanker?

2007-05-07T00:44:59+02:00

If you haven't read it already David Bullard, Sunday Times journalist and holier than thou author, has published an article today in the Sunday Times attacking the entire 70 million strong blogosphere.

Bullard responds - now even a bigger wanker

2007-05-07T16:53:42+02:00

So Bullard has responded via video and while bloggers all over South Africa may have asked for an apology from the Sunday Times all we got was more of the same shit.

Shirley, Goodness and Mercy

2007-05-09T10:38:24+02:00

So last night I did something I haven't done in more than six years - I went to the theater. Zane Meas of 7de Laan and Twac fame stars in the lead role of a beautiful coming of age story set in the coloured community of Riverlea called Shirley, Goodness and Mercy.

Bullardgate: A very interesting twist

2007-05-09T19:49:23+02:00

Now I was one of the first to react to David Bullard’s rant and I still maintain rightfully so however tonight I found an intersting twist to the Bullardgate campaign.Sunday evening Vincent Maher posted this and asked us all to join the revolution by signing up to the Facebook group which he had created in protest which I diligently did. However, browsing my Facebook profile tonight I realised that Vincent has left the very group he started:I’m confused. How can the General abandon his troops right in the middle of the battle? Does this mean that Vincent has now revoked the whole Bullardgate campaign? At the time of writing this there are currently 64 supporters of which Vincent is no longer one of them so what sort of message does this carry to the rest of us?At least Bullard has stuck to his guns.

The new Afrigator hits the block

2007-05-21T10:58:21+02:00

On a very cold and windy morning here in Johannesburg I'm comforted by the latest version we just released for Afrigator.

Show me the Gatorlove

2007-05-24T12:49:40+02:00

Some things just tickle my fancy but I have to admit Gatorlove is really blowing my hair back! It's such a simple yet cool new feature to Afrigator and I can already see the benefit of having Gatorlove on the site.

The big Cameroon domain conspiracy

2007-05-24T20:34:12+02:00

People say that this blogosphere is boring and to an extent I agree however I must admit I am finding some serious value in reading all the African blogs on Afrigator.

SA Top Sites and Blog Top Sites clarified

2007-05-28T10:29:08+02:00

The time has come for me to make a public statement about the current status of SA Top Sites, Blog Top Sites and Blog247.

27-5 yet another success

2007-05-28T11:25:28+02:00

One of the first things Nic Haralambous had to say to me on arrival at the 27dinner was - why are you not at home working? My response was quite simply that once every two months I take a night off to socialise and interact with like-minded Geeks and last night was no different.

Afrigator at TED

2007-06-07T20:46:19+02:00

The following pic was taken at TED and features Ory Okolloh from kenyanpundit.com talking about the cool things happening in Africa.

What to do with 1,300 images?

2007-06-11T02:48:12+02:00

Picture the scenario: thousands of personal pictures located across three machines, a multitude of CDs and DVDs and so many duplicates one doesn't know where to start. Well this was me.

The end of a football era

2007-06-25T12:57:42+02:00

Football is a way of life for me and Thierry, over an eight year period, played a integral part in my teams success and my admiration for the legend is without doubt one of the strongest I've felt for a sports celebrity in some time.

My Digital Life?

2007-06-25T17:59:29+02:00

Found on iburst this afternoon. Anyone know what the relationship is because I don't see any other advertising anywhere on the site...

In Loving Memory - Rodney John Hartman 25/02/1949 - 18/05/2010

2010-05-19T08:30:11+02:00

At exactly midnight my father passed away after a long battle with Cancer. Today I remember my father as loving, dedicated and humble person who endured many hardships to make our lives a little easier. The world has lost a great human being. I lost my hero.

Since You've Been Gone...

2016-05-18T23:12:47+02:00

I'll never forget the 18th of May for as long as I live. Today symbolises not only the wedding anniversary of my parents, Carine and Rodney, but it also represents the day in which my father died.

The Day My Father Died

2018-04-03T21:05:28+02:00

At around midnight on 18 May 2010 my father passed away after a long battle with Cancer. I was 15 years old when he was first diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL).

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

2018-05-25T15:49:48+02:00

Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That's it. No big deal. Just three stories.

Grabble.co.za is launched

2006-10-30T00:01:26+02:00

It's the latest addition to my stable of projects and I'm extremely proud to share it with you! Grabble is a new South African search engine which gives you fast, accurate and AD FREE results from only South African websites.

Debian Wiki Launched

2007-01-18T02:42:11+02:00

The Debian Wiki was created solely because I needed something to help me keep track of what I was doing when setting up Debian servers and as such it has developed into a whole series of HOWTO tutorials.

Afrigator - the history behind the project

2007-04-04T12:39:46+02:00

Afrigator is our solution to a social media aggregator and directory built especially for Africa. Its _leak_ comes only two weeks after Amatomu was launched which in comparison becomes our biggest competitor but I've tried to avoid, where possible, us conflicting with each other.

TinyLink - My latest clone

2007-10-02T10:57:58+02:00

I've been a big fan of TinyURL for some time now and I've been quite fascinated with how the whole thing is put together so I decided to have a go and see what I could come up with.

Diceware Password Generator

2018-03-16T21:12:00+02:00

The Dicewear Password Generator is open-source software I wrote in Python that uses a world list and "dice" to output an easy to remember, yet highly secure password based on a sequence of words.

Bootstrap 4 Boilerplate Template Kit for Espresso

2018-09-15T15:09:18+02:00

A Boilerplate Template Kit for Espresso that speeds up your project development by providing templates, code, CSS, fonts and scripts using the Bootstrap 4.1.3 framework.

Hats Off To Google

2004-10-09T01:20:00+02:00

I can't help but feel inspired by Larry Page & Sergey Brin (founders of Google) and the rest of the Google team. Last night I spent most of my time on the web doing a little research on both the guys and found some interesting pieces.

New Website Development

2004-11-06T01:57:00+02:00

I must say I am very excited at the new development of our new website. I have been unhappy for a long time with the current website and I have been feeling the need to develop a new one since the launch of the current one.

Siblings are convicted in first felony spam case

2004-11-06T01:57:00+02:00

Well times are certainly changing and the first conviction in the US for spam proves this. I know that laws have gotten tougher and it is a continual battle to combat the spam issue and I only hope that this helps change many peoples mind before doing so.

New Website Released

2004-11-08T01:18:00+02:00

I am very excited about the release of the website... Finally!

Firefox Ignites Demand For Alternative Browser

2004-11-10T13:42:00+02:00

For those of you not using the Firefox browser here is an interesting article about its development. Co-developed by a 19-year old techie (Ross) it has far surpassed what Internet Explorer can do and I highly recommend you download it to see what it can do.

Microsoft to Launch New Search Engine

2004-11-10T16:58:00+02:00

It appears that if you have a lot of money you can be anti-competitive and illegal and get away with it by paying everyone off.

Judge Puts Microsoft Deal Under Scrutiny

2004-11-26T14:38:00+02:00

It appears that if you have a lot of money you can be anti-competitive and illegal and get away with it by paying everyone off.

Google Desktop Search

2004-12-07T01:32:00+02:00

If you're like me you've probably accumulated close on 9000 emails this year alone and I'm sure that the amount of files lying on your computer is getting far too unmanageable...

Microsoft's Passport fails to travel far as Web strategy

2004-12-31T12:00:00+02:00

I love to see a Microsoft failure...

Technology - Can't live with it and can't live without it!!!!

2005-02-10T02:26:00+02:00

I'm in the IT world. I live and breath internet and IT technology yet somehow I wish I could throw it all away... Since Friday two weeks ago I have been inundated with the Beagle virus.

My new pet hate

2005-02-10T03:02:00+02:00

Most of you wouldn't have noticed but if you now type in www.google.com in your browser you are automatically taken to the .CO.ZA google domain.

Gmail has arrived for me...

2005-02-18T03:19:00+02:00

Well finally I get to test out Google's Gmail. Gmail is Google's answer to email and has a massive capacity of 1GB of storage space.

Get Gmail now

2005-02-23T02:27:00+02:00

It took me nearly 6 months to crack an invite to get a Gmail email account and now I have found an even simpler way to get one.

My PageRank moves to 7

2005-07-19T10:53:00+02:00

Imagine my suprise when I realised yesterday that my Google PageRank jumped from a minute 4 out of 10 to 7 out of 10!!!!! I have been working very hard over the last few months to get this PageRank up and finally I can see the rewards.

I Got Hacked...

2005-07-27T16:54:00+02:00

On entering my web site I was hit with a very nasty surprise... I had been hacked. I am so angry with these guys and even managed to log onto their IRC chat to give them a piece of my mind.

Some new features to SA Top Sites

2006-10-26T02:16:20+02:00

Two major enhancements have been added to the SA Top Sites system which I am very excited about. The first is a Google PageRank display and the second is a New Members page on SA Top Sites.

Grabble shopping goes into beta

2006-12-18T02:37:20+02:00

Grabble Shopping is the first of many new add-ons to the Grabble portfolio. This new sub-product of grabble is an initiative between Grabble and PriceCheck and hopes to provide a useful comparison shopping website for all users of the Grabble search engine.

Google Browser Sync

2006-12-21T14:03:55+02:00

I think that the majority of people are aware of the Google Toolbar for Firefox but what I don’t know is if people are aware that Google have developed a whole series of Extensions for Firefox.

WordPress 2.1 Ella

2007-01-23T22:46:03+02:00

So yesterday the guys over at WordPress launched the newest version 2.1 of the popular blogging software. I of course run WordPress on my site so I’ve just upgraded to 2.1 in the last few minutes. While there isn’t much too look at in terms of visual changes there are a ton of new features which should make things run smoother and more efficiently. As with any WordPress upgrade in the past the process was as simple as uploading the files and running the 1-Step upgrade script. Simple, easy and fast.

Web Standards

2007-01-26T12:20:51+02:00

I’ve been spending a few minutes this morning reading on the net and it seems that Web Standards has crept into the wood-work once again. I say once again but in truth this is an issue that should be on the forefront of everyone’s mind more so if you are a website owner.

Back online

2007-03-21T21:26:37+02:00

So it's been almost two weeks but I'm finally back online. I've learnt the hard way that if you don't have RAID configured on your server you will lose everything if your hard drive packs up.

Game Over for Sony PlayStation 3

2007-03-23T11:11:22+02:00

Let me state before I start ranting that I am was a huge supporter of Sony in that I own a PS1, PlayStation 2 and PSP. All in all I've been a very happy customer of Sony for many years now up until I saw the price tag of the new PS3.

CSS Expert needed

2007-04-02T01:17:13+02:00

OK so I'm getting really frustrated with CSS and Internet Explorer. Why Micro$oft can't create a better standards-based browser I will never know. They've done much better with IE7 but still it's a freeking mess if you ask me.

Afrigator goes Mobile... and then some

2007-04-13T11:40:49+02:00

It's been just over 10 days since Afrigator hit the waters and so much has happened it's scaring the living crap out of me.

New Firefox Security Issue

2007-04-26T14:15:20+02:00

A new FireFox Security issue told through a cartoon.

iGoogle and Afrigator

2007-05-10T18:14:35+02:00

It's no secret and it's been out for a long time but iGoogle is really starting to amount to something. Previously known as Google Personalized Homepage the team at Google are now officially calling it iGoogle.

MyBlogLog is being re-branded

2007-05-15T09:50:19+02:00

At the recent SOBcon conference in Chicago Robyn Tippins spoke about several major upcoming changes with MyBlogLog. Yahoo! recently purchased MyBlogLog and Robyn was hired as the MyBlogLog community manager.

Facebook has lost its appeal

2007-06-14T13:57:31+02:00

When I heard about the launch of Facebook Apps I got a little concerned and I think, rightfully so.

Complete List Of Html Meta Tags

2017-06-09T02:00:00+02:00

Ever wondered how many HTML meta tags there are? Ever wanted a complete list of all of them? Well, here you go. The most concise list of meta tags are at your disposal below. Enjoy.

Installing CakePHP on Mac OS X running XAMPP

2017-06-16T01:21:00+02:00

The following Howto will install CakePHP and get you up and running using XAMPP on Mac OS X 10.7.5+.

Create a humans.txt file with a Last Updated timestamp in Jekyll

2017-06-23T11:35:00+02:00

I wanted to create a humans.txt file but at the same time I did not want to manually update the `Last update` variable in `/* SITE */` section every time I made a change. I wanted to automate the process so that I never have to worry about it again.

How to Find Your Device's MAC Address

2018-04-25T15:52:10+02:00

The following HOWTO will show you how to find a device's MAC Address on either Android, iPhone, iPad, Windows or macOS.

GitHub + Microsoft = Not a Bright Future for OSS

2018-06-04T17:38:24+02:00

Really concerned to read this morning that GitHub is going to be acquired by Microsoft for $7.5 billion. Yes, that is billions!

Migrating Jekyll from GitHub Pages to GitLab Pages

2018-06-06T17:21:06+02:00

This post will show you how to migrate a Jekyll site from GitHub Pages to GitLab Pages.