Andrew Newdigate

I’m very confused. I upgraded my iPhone to the latest operating system, but somehow it’s running Windows Vista now.

The best Damian Willemse has ever played???

Networking mess of cables, switch, raspberry pis, power supplies, antenna

Custom size 4U Lab-Rax network rack and underwear cable management

Sorted out another big networking mess in my house with 3d printed organisation using a custom size Lab-Rax 4U Network Rack, openGrid, and Underwear Cable Management.

Before and after pics:

Selfie overlooking Camps Bay, Lions Head, and Table Mountain

Klein Leeukoppie, Sunder Peak, Llandudno and the Atlantic Ocean

Constantiaberg from Grootkop

The Atlantic Seaboard of Cape Town, looking towards Camps Bay and Lions Head

Sunday Table Mountain Back Table Trail Run: Constantia Nek, Woodhead Dam, Kasteelspoort, Grootkop, Llandudno Corner. 750m vertical over 14.5km. Beautiful winter weather and spectacular views.

Totally! If you want to chat about options let me know 😅 (and, it’s been ages…!)

I printed it in PLA, which isn’t super strong but it’ll be fine for my purposes, holding only a fibre terminator, router, switch and controller. I figured that if it wasn’t strong enough I can easily replace load-bearing parts with PETG which is much stronger, but don’t think I’ll need to do that.

Yeah, as components, then bolted together with m6 nuts and bolts.

A half-completed 10” 4u network rack with the name Lab Rax written on it.

Finally surrendered and brought myself a 3d printer, a Bambulab A1 Combo. I’m loving it. Currently printing a Lab Rax 10” 4u mini rack for my network equipment which currently exists as a knotted bundle of cables and boxes. So many things to print!

Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates show that, unless the a...

Put another way: Musk will earn about $2000 for each of the 14 million deaths that DOGE’s USAID cuts will lead to by 2030 (as estimated by The Lancet)

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Arguably, the main advantage of dynamically typed programming languages is improved developer efficiency. In a vibe-coded world, efficiency of humans writing code is less of a bottleneck. Correctness, verifiability and readability are more important: all things better done in static typed languages.

One thing that's struck me as I've been vibe coding recently: languages with real static type system are *much* nicer to use for vibe coding than those that don't. Having types also provides good guardrails and an early warning to let you know when the AI has fallen off the wagon.

Gaza.

Imagine how difficult it would be if you had two colleagues, one called Ian and one called Iain, but Iain only had one eye.

Sunrise from Vlakkenberg Mountain above Cape Town

Early morning view from Vlakkenberg across Hout Bay

Blackburn Ravine overlooking Hout Bay

Took part in the GONE4GOOD trail run from Constantia to Hout Bay this morning. 16km with 800m vert. Reminded of just how glorious winter in the Cape can be. #capetown #trailrunning

An exchange between myself and a chatbot. "I am trying to check in online for my flight today, BA58 from Cape Town, and the page is returning an error.". It returns a very unhelpful: "Sorry, I'm having trouble understanding. Is your question about one of the following topics? "

State of the AI Support Bot, 2025, British Airways edition.

Oh right. My web login seems pretty reliable.

If my phone has the briefest of network blips as I’m opening the app of iOS, the app makes me log back in.

What a win for South Africa. A hell of a chase against an all-time attack after being rolled on Day 2.

A fairytale, with Temba Bavuma at it's heart: one of the most gentle, humble, dedicated cricketers you'll see. What a journey it's been for him ❤️

Deserved champions, Test cricket is the best 💯

Trail runners watching the sunset over the sea

Thursday nights is for running with Trail Leopards 🐆

Today it’s Llandudno to Sandy Bay Dunes.

Re-upping this again because it's properly on point.

Review Companies Online | Customer Service & Company Ratings | hellopeter.com

Should've checked before purchase, but they've got a -79 NPS score on HelloPeter 🤡 🤡 www.hellopeter.com/istore-south...

Lesson learned. If you're in South Africa, looking to purchase Apple products, I strongly recommend avoiding iStore.co.za. First, "next day" deliveries are "delayed", many days later, still nothing arrives. When you cancel the order, they'll withhold funds. Plus, hours wasted with support.

“.. Mixed into the deck of papers he unveiled before South African leader Cyril Ramaphosa, however, was a months-old blog post featuring a photo from the Democratic Republic of Congo ..” 🤡

@barrons.com
www.barrons.com/news/trump-d...

Good day for a wet, rainy run to Skeleton Gorge.

It definitely feels like winter is on its way now.

This is the best thing written about monorepos I have ever read
blog.swgillespie.me/posts/monore...

Why wouldn’t you use vi?

It will certainly be that! Hopefully not too many orcs though! 😬😅😉

Out trail running this morning, I came across this river of cloud, streaming through Constantia Nek and into Hout Bay. Pretty spectacular!

#capetown #trailrunning #clouds #timelapse

They're not Afrikaner 'refugees' — they’re background extras in Maga’s noisy scam Bathing these Boers in the language of victimhood, Trump has fast-tracked their exodus through an executive order and welcomed them in.

Richard Poplak on The Great Tsek boers: "Let’s not call them refugees. They’re background extras in MAGA’s noisy scam."

Spot on.

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...