Alistair Fairweather
Alistair is the founder of PlainSpeak, a technology consultancy based in Cape Town.
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/ 15 April 2008

Why lightning is no flash in the pan

You are four times more likely to be killed by lightning in South Africa than anywhere else in the world — and that’s official. According to the South African Weather Service (Saws), South Africa’s number of lightning-related deaths is quadruple the global average, making the country a literal lightning hot spot.

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/ 14 November 2003

Pushing boundaries

Does the phrase ”digital film festival” leave you cold? Do you imagine three hours of Frankensteinian film clips, interspersed with clumsy effects designed to show how good the filmmaker is at operating a Mac? Resfest Digital Film Festival is the kind of joyous celebration of creativity and passion that stops such cynicism dead, writes Alistair Fairweather.

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/ 1 January 1995

Crunch time for Microsoft

The European Commission stepped closer to imposing -million a day fines on Microsoft on Monday when it gave the software group eight days to comply with sanctions imposed last year. Neelie Kroes, competition commissioner, said in Madrid: ”The deadline is the end of this month and if it’s not met then it’s the end of the game.”