It seems Alpha ESS is having a maintenance nightmare. Planned maintenance window from 13h00 until 18h00 UTC+8. First they seemed to start early, but come on now, 7 hours post maintenance window and cloud monitoring (mobile apps, web app and API) is still down. Not a peep out of

Discovered something weird at Woolworths. Rainbow Trout Skin Salt and Vinegar Flavoured Crisps. Couldn’t resist trying them. Very fishy aftertaste and not great in my opinion. Now let’s see if my cats or dogs will eat them. Woolworths SA

Random funny video of the day.

Sometimes I wonder if companies like @Discovery_SA realise how much damage they are doing to their brand when they don’t quality control their social media. Never mind the fact that their don’t have a simple function in their online only banking platform that means that users

In September 2023 I was admitted to hospital after uncontrolled high heart rate events. Finally I got diagnosed in November 2023 with POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome). I lost confidence in going anywhere outside of my home as my heart rate would go crazy whenever

Why do I stick with Discovery Vitality? This new Personal Health Pathways “feature” is buggy and poorly designed. I’ve provided feedback directly to a Discovery agent and got zero follow up so I’m not going to hold my breath, but I feel the need to vent. 1. There is no way to

The original Gears of War returns. Gears of War: Reloaded drops August 26 in Xbox Game Pass With Xbox Play Anywhere, relive the fight across Xbox Consoles, Xbox PC, or stream it with Cloud Gaming in Game Pass—wherever you play, Delta Squad is back. See more: xbx.lv/4jXAtUu

On behalf of the DA, I would like to formally extend our deepest condolences to the friends and family of a great South African, Douglas Gibson. As we carry on the fight he so long waged, for a better South Africa, we will strive to honour his memory.

You might know her from YouTube as Physics Girl. Her story, while sad, is amazing. People need to try and understand that it can happen to anyone. Rare Diseases South Africa #LongCovid

Kudos to the FNB online shop. Ordered something this morning from the iStore using e-Bucks and was pleasantly surprised that it delivered before my Takealot order from 2 days ago that was available for same day delivery but I missed the chance to order by 2 mins. FNB just needs

In terms of online stores I think Pet Heaven must be one of the worst run businesses in the country. I placed an order for cat food on the 9th. Express delivery scheduled for the 10th. Turns on 2 of the 3 items were not available in their warehouse so they decided not to

While this might be great for markets that have reward points, some markets do not. So thank you for not thinking about all of us. Xbox Xbox South Africa Xbox Game Pass

It’s time to cancel my Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscription. 1. No cloud gaming support for South Africa. 2. No rewards programme support for South Africa. 3. A 75% price hike from R199 to R349 per month to maintain status quo. 4. No annual subscription discount option anymore.

Coming up in next weeks podcast episode, Khobe's health Sanctuary is talking about Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (HEDS) vt.tiktok.com/ZSUaWNpP8/ Rare Diseases South Africa #heds #EDS

If you ever order off Temu and they send it via GFS Express, you might as well just forget your order. My orders were packed in one parcel and arrived in JNB on the 17th Dec. It’s been status of out for delivery since the 20th. Nothing. I called them. Was told my parcel is

Why do mobile app providers like 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 so greedy? I’ve been a long time user of the Medisafe app. At first it was free to use and then they introduced premium features and added a subscription model. Great. The basic medication tracking and reminders functionality

Should South African medical aids be POPIA compliant or is it acceptable to provide access to online health services that are only GDPR compliant? What is the impact on data sovereignty, protection of patient rights and cross-border transfers? #privacy #legal #GDPR #POPIA