DISQUS

Great news Scott. Quirk are lucky to be getting you back!

BTW do you have to give back the BMW?

Such a shame cause I really enjoy their wine :-(

When social goes bad...

I've got to manage you guys better...

Congrats Justin!!!

What an amazing post, truly from the heart.

Finally, I hope he grows up to become a better developer than you :-p

What a great initiative!!! Wish I had thought of it ;-p

After what happened last year, I'm not touching this one with a barge pole...

Thanks for the mention but I'm a little bleak that working with me lost out to the news that your wife was pregnant again as "the greatest highlight of the year" ;-p

Pity they didn't erase their new logo whilst they were at it...

There's an excellent, detailed article on the Time Machine and how to use it here: http://tinylink.co.za/e0e99e

A must read for anyone with/or thinking about installing Leopard

But JJ I thought you liked those electric jolts to your arm? You once told me that it made you feel "alive" or something...

Justin - So what you are saying is that in 10 years the site will be renamed to newtinylink.co.za?

"TinyLink can hold a total of 2,176,782,336 urls"

Ok. And then wat?

If that doesn't get the message across...

You need to blame the record companies, not Amazon

Well done Justin! I knew you could do it...

Thanks for pointing out those problems Paul. We are aware that there are still quite a few "niggles" on the site which are proving to be more difficult to fix than first thought, mostly due to a terribly outdated CMS and web framework. That notwithstanding, I hope we will be able to make the necessary changes that you pointed out as soon as possible in order to keep you and other readers on the site longer ;-)

Thanks for pointing out those problems Paul. We are aware that there are still quite a few "niggles" on the site which are proving to be more difficult to fix than first thought, mostly due to a terribly outdated CMS and web framework. That notwithstanding, I hope we will be able to make the necessary changes that you pointed out as soon as possible in order to keep you and other readers on the site longer ;-)

Chicken

Very cunning Justin...

Is this something Eric Edelstein would deem to be a "conspiracy"?

Justin your uncanny ability to critically deconstruct expressions such as Aye-Aye during office hours is exactly why we hired you ;-p

LOL! I've only just stopped perspiring... thanks for a great start to the morning :-0

This will definitely go down in the annals of The Times (errrrr.... hope this comment makes it past Netgear)

Was there anything said in public or private about rumours of a Microsoft-Yahoo merger or are they laughing it off?

That deserves 10 of the best Vin!

Justin - Forgive me if I implied that you were bashing us as employees. There are most certainly other people that I was pointing fingers at but you weren’t one of them.

I also understand that since we work here, our blogs may be under public scrutiny. To make it clear to everyone, our blogs are not affiliated with the Sunday Times nor it's holding company. They are intended as a personal publishing space and are hosted on external servers. While we occasionally make announcements related to the Sunday Times on our own blogs, they are most definitely not an official or authorised response. The response on my own blog was intended to be in jest to lighten things up so please don't read too much into it.

Now that the legalese and misgivings are over, chat to you soon!

Justin - I definitely think the flu is getting to your head. If you are even a casual reader of Bullard's column, you would know that some of his opinions need to be taken with a pinch of salt. That's why IT'S a column and NOT a hard news story because columns DON'T need to be fact; they are very subjective, kinda like a blog.

Instead of complaining about the way we reacted, you should mention the fact that we actually responded at all. How many other print editors or journalists would've posted a response on their own blogs within the same day?

The other thing that particularly irks me, is the way certain "bloggers" have implied that either myself, Ray, Carly or Gregor could've done something about the column since we work within the organisation and play in the same digital space. While I don't necessarily agree with what was said in his column that is the beauty of a free and democratic press and no one can silence our journalists, especially David Bullard. Sorry to disappoint, but we are also not a PR agency so don't expect a humble apology or a sugarcoated explanation for why he said the things he said. It prompted debate and served its purpose... in the words of our good Police Commissioner - finish and kla.

In a nutshell, I think this says a lot about the Sunday Times as a brand and it's one of the reasons so many people continue to read the paper religiously (hence the exaggerated huff 'n puff).

I look forward to discussing this with you over coffee or a cold beer when we finally meet in person and I hope you get well soon!