Comments for The World According to Nils http://nils.jeppe.de Coping with a world built to lousy specs Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:29:59 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 Comment on The Jeppe High Schools by E. Stolk http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/comment-page-3#comment-70699 E. Stolk Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:29:59 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/#comment-70699 <p>In 1910, the Government of Japan decided to appoint Mr Julius Otto Jeppe, who was at the time living in Cape Town, as the honorary consul of Japan in South Africa. The nomination was made to ensure the status of Japan and Japanese citizens in South Africa as well as to promote trade with South Africa.</p> <p>Mr. Jeppe was a Briton of German decent, resident in South Africa and engaged in trade and maritime affairs. He worked as the honorary consul of Japan from 1910 until 1918 at an office located in Short Market Street in Cape Town. Moreover, he pioneered the exporting of South African wool to Japan and introduced Cape wines to East Asia, contributing as such to strengthening the relationship between Japan and South Africa. In 1916, Mr. Jeppe paid a courtesy call to the then Taisho Emperor and received the golden cup for his contributions.</p> <p>2010 marks the one hundred years since the appointment of Mr. Jeppe as the honorary consul.</p> <p>This just one of a lifetime's worth of amazing things I could tell you about Jeppe High School for Boys.</p> <p>If you are interested please ask me for more.</p> <p>Regards E. Stolk (Impala, 1997)</p> In 1910, the Government of Japan decided to appoint Mr Julius Otto Jeppe, who was at the time living in Cape Town, as the honorary consul of Japan in South Africa. The nomination was made to ensure the status of Japan and Japanese citizens in South Africa as well as to promote trade with South Africa.

Mr. Jeppe was a Briton of German decent, resident in South Africa and engaged in trade and maritime affairs. He worked as the honorary consul of Japan from 1910 until 1918 at an office located in Short Market Street in Cape Town. Moreover, he pioneered the exporting of South African wool to Japan and introduced Cape wines to East Asia, contributing as such to strengthening the relationship between Japan and South Africa. In 1916, Mr. Jeppe paid a courtesy call to the then Taisho Emperor and received the golden cup for his contributions.

2010 marks the one hundred years since the appointment of Mr. Jeppe as the honorary consul.

This just one of a lifetime’s worth of amazing things I could tell you about Jeppe High School for Boys.

If you are interested please ask me for more.

Regards E. Stolk (Impala, 1997)

]]> Comment on The Jeppe High Schools by Alan Butler http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/comment-page-3#comment-70698 Alan Butler Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:51:39 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/#comment-70698 <p>Oh yes 1973 to 1974 wrote subs 1975</p> Oh yes 1973 to 1974 wrote subs 1975

]]> Comment on The Jeppe High Schools by Alan Butler http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/comment-page-3#comment-70697 Alan Butler Thu, 25 Feb 2010 11:50:51 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/#comment-70697 <p>I went to Jeppe Hated the boarding school and just managed to pass matric, I think school was a gas.</p> I went to Jeppe Hated the boarding school and just managed to pass matric, I think school was a gas.

]]> Comment on Jeppe the Mineral by Carol http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/comment-page-1#comment-70593 Carol Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:53:16 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/#comment-70593 <p>Hi Sandra (Pentz) i would love to know know more about the Pentz family. my mother in law is Valerie (nee Pentz) - she was born in Bloemfontein in South Africa - i look forward to hearing from you warm wishes Carol</p> Hi Sandra (Pentz) i would love to know know more about the Pentz family. my mother in law is Valerie (nee Pentz) – she was born in Bloemfontein in South Africa – i look forward to hearing from you warm wishes Carol

]]> Comment on Jeppe the Mineral by Carol http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/comment-page-1#comment-70592 Carol Fri, 22 Jan 2010 13:51:01 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/#comment-70592 <p>hi Mimi i read you emial in 2008 only today i am also trying to get more info on the Jeppes my great grandmother was a sister of the Jeppes and Married a Captain Dietrich in Germany ( i've heard he was from Dresden) - they came to South Africa on honeymoon to visit her brothers and stayed - i would love to get more info on the Jeppe Family and the Dietrich family if you could help i would so appreciate it many thanks warm wishes Carol</p> hi Mimi i read you emial in 2008 only today i am also trying to get more info on the Jeppes my great grandmother was a sister of the Jeppes and Married a Captain Dietrich in Germany ( i’ve heard he was from Dresden) – they came to South Africa on honeymoon to visit her brothers and stayed – i would love to get more info on the Jeppe Family and the Dietrich family if you could help i would so appreciate it many thanks warm wishes Carol

]]> Comment on ITIL Nonsense by Rob http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/10/22/itil-nonsense/comment-page-1#comment-70582 Rob Tue, 19 Jan 2010 12:50:43 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/?p=16#comment-70582 <p>We are implementing ITIL at the moment, from the first day of the training course I thought it was a load of crap and i'm still of that opinion now.</p> <p>2 Years later they are still trying to make it stick / work, all we have acheived so far is renaming the help desk to "Service Desk"</p> <p>Glad i'm not the only one who thinks its crap</p> <p>Need we say any more....</p> We are implementing ITIL at the moment, from the first day of the training course I thought it was a load of crap and i’m still of that opinion now.

2 Years later they are still trying to make it stick / work, all we have acheived so far is renaming the help desk to “Service Desk”

Glad i’m not the only one who thinks its crap

Need we say any more….

]]> Comment on Jeppe the Mineral by Sandra Pentz http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/comment-page-1#comment-70553 Sandra Pentz Tue, 12 Jan 2010 12:51:50 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/#comment-70553 <p>My father was born Francois Louis Biccard Pentz in South Africa, his grandfather Louis Biccard, who had two brothers, Willie and Joshua. Joshua Biccard went to Australia after the Boer War I think. With all the familiar names of Carl Louis and Joshua Biccard in your family, just wondered if you know the history of your ancestors from South Africa? Would love to hear if there is a connection between our families.</p> My father was born Francois Louis Biccard Pentz in South Africa, his grandfather Louis Biccard, who had two brothers, Willie and Joshua. Joshua Biccard went to Australia after the Boer War I think. With all the familiar names of Carl Louis and Joshua Biccard in your family, just wondered if you know the history of your ancestors from South Africa? Would love to hear if there is a connection between our families.

]]> Comment on ITIL Nonsense by council IT worker http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/10/22/itil-nonsense/comment-page-1#comment-70522 council IT worker Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:52:23 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/?p=16#comment-70522 <p>ITIL is junk example 1: user logs a call on service desk. service desk decide they can't or won't do the work so its gets passed to 2nd line 2nd line watch the call arrive in their stack 2nd line engineer has to assign call to himself from team stack 2nd line have to "acknowledge" the call (add a call note saying 'ack') 2nd line have write what they plan to do about this call. Since every call will involve calling the user to fix their problem, every call has 3 call notes added to it + "assign to XXX" + "acknowledge" +"I will call the user"</p> <p>when 1 would do.</p> <p>example 2: ok i have a user who wants to access a website on an odd port number. he logs an "incident" I have to log a "change" and fill in the form + Who am i/ contact etc + What i want the change to be called + What I want to happen + who i want to do the work on the firewall</p> <p>I then have to forward the form to the firewall team to detail how they are going to do the change. Once they have filled in how they're are going to do the change i then have to forward the form back to them to say "this is how i want you to do it"</p> <p>All this monitored by a non technical change team who haven't a clue how anything works or its impact. the form will get forwarded around a few departments to make sure it won't have any undesired effects. But these will probably not be the correct departments ( my department does not normally get copies) Since I fill the form in and the firewall team do the work, what do the change team actually do???</p> ITIL is junk example 1: user logs a call on service desk. service desk decide they can’t or won’t do the work so its gets passed to 2nd line 2nd line watch the call arrive in their stack 2nd line engineer has to assign call to himself from team stack 2nd line have to “acknowledge” the call (add a call note saying ‘ack’) 2nd line have write what they plan to do about this call. Since every call will involve calling the user to fix their problem, every call has 3 call notes added to it + “assign to XXX” + “acknowledge” +”I will call the user”

when 1 would do.

example 2: ok i have a user who wants to access a website on an odd port number. he logs an “incident” I have to log a “change” and fill in the form + Who am i/ contact etc + What i want the change to be called + What I want to happen + who i want to do the work on the firewall

I then have to forward the form to the firewall team to detail how they are going to do the change. Once they have filled in how they’re are going to do the change i then have to forward the form back to them to say “this is how i want you to do it”

All this monitored by a non technical change team who haven’t a clue how anything works or its impact. the form will get forwarded around a few departments to make sure it won’t have any undesired effects. But these will probably not be the correct departments ( my department does not normally get copies) Since I fill the form in and the firewall team do the work, what do the change team actually do???

]]> Comment on The Jeppe High Schools by S.King http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/comment-page-3#comment-70491 S.King Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:07:59 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/#comment-70491 <p>Today was my last day as a Matric at Jeppe High School for boys... I have never fully realized why there is so much pride centered around the School by the old boys until this day. After 5 amazing years, I have nothing negative to say about the school, the boys or the teachers.</p> <p>It saddens me greatly that i will never put on my black and white blazer again to physically go to school and be a Jeppe boy.</p> <p>Forti Nihil Difficilius!</p> Today was my last day as a Matric at Jeppe High School for boys… I have never fully realized why there is so much pride centered around the School by the old boys until this day. After 5 amazing years, I have nothing negative to say about the school, the boys or the teachers.

It saddens me greatly that i will never put on my black and white blazer again to physically go to school and be a Jeppe boy.

Forti Nihil Difficilius!

]]> Comment on Nils in Berlin (The “Another New Job” Post) by screamerct http://nils.jeppe.de/2009/05/31/nils-in-berlin-the-another-new-job-post/comment-page-1#comment-70436 screamerct Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:25:33 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/?p=1087#comment-70436 <p>What's up? I've hung around watching and reading for ages here.</p> <p>Umm so like does anyone know how to browse just about any old site easily while at school?</p> What’s up? I’ve hung around watching and reading for ages here.

Umm so like does anyone know how to browse just about any old site easily while at school?

]]> Comment on Raider of the Lost Instance by Xavia-World-of-warcraft http://nils.jeppe.de/2009/04/22/raider-of-the-lost-instance/comment-page-1#comment-70123 Xavia-World-of-warcraft Tue, 11 Aug 2009 07:08:35 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/?p=1073#comment-70123 <p>"Everybody needs to do their job well; a weak link means a wipe - death of the entire raid" - yeah i agree our whole raid went down the other night because of 1 person went in trigger happy.</p> <p>Great post.</p> “Everybody needs to do their job well; a weak link means a wipe – death of the entire raid” – yeah i agree our whole raid went down the other night because of 1 person went in trigger happy.

Great post.

]]> Comment on ITIL Nonsense by Adam http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/10/22/itil-nonsense/comment-page-1#comment-70095 Adam Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:54:26 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/?p=16#comment-70095 <p>I'm studying ITIL v3 Foundation, and having been in IT for 15 years, am finding it a complete waste of time and effort.</p> <p>The study material is simply pages and pages of terminology; lists within lists within lists; bullet points within bullet points within bullet points.</p> <p>Most of it is commonsense.</p> <p>I think this was developed for the public sector simply to create jobs for people.</p> I’m studying ITIL v3 Foundation, and having been in IT for 15 years, am finding it a complete waste of time and effort.

The study material is simply pages and pages of terminology; lists within lists within lists; bullet points within bullet points within bullet points.

Most of it is commonsense.

I think this was developed for the public sector simply to create jobs for people.

]]> Comment on Phishing by Phone by Nils http://nils.jeppe.de/2006/03/08/phishing-by-phone/comment-page-1#comment-70064 Nils Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:06:45 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2006/03/08/phishing-by-phone/#comment-70064 <p>Okay, ich glaube ich muss dann wohl doch mal die Citibank auf meine Liste der Firmen aufnehmen, mit denen ich nichts zu tun haben moechte. Liebe Citbankerin, Sie sollten sich bewusst sein, was fuer ein Image Sie Ihrer Bank verpassen, wenn Sie hier auch noch frech werden...</p> <p>'So, werde jetzt mal etwas arbeiten und arme “möchte-gern-phishing-opfer” anrufen.'</p> <p>Ja, alles klar. Wir hatten doch anfangs eigentlich festgestellt dass jede serioese Bank bei einem Anruf anders vorginge, als der Anruf den ich vor einigen Jahren erhielt.</p> <p>Ich war schon von der Teilnahme der Citibank an der Mikado-Aktion nicht begeistert, jetzt disqualifizieren sich Citibank-MA auch noch in meinem Blog? Nene, das geht so ueberhauptnicht.</p> <p>Deutschland, die Servicewüste. Fail!</p> Okay, ich glaube ich muss dann wohl doch mal die Citibank auf meine Liste der Firmen aufnehmen, mit denen ich nichts zu tun haben moechte. Liebe Citbankerin, Sie sollten sich bewusst sein, was fuer ein Image Sie Ihrer Bank verpassen, wenn Sie hier auch noch frech werden…

‘So, werde jetzt mal etwas arbeiten und arme “möchte-gern-phishing-opfer” anrufen.’

Ja, alles klar. Wir hatten doch anfangs eigentlich festgestellt dass jede serioese Bank bei einem Anruf anders vorginge, als der Anruf den ich vor einigen Jahren erhielt.

Ich war schon von der Teilnahme der Citibank an der Mikado-Aktion nicht begeistert, jetzt disqualifizieren sich Citibank-MA auch noch in meinem Blog? Nene, das geht so ueberhauptnicht.

Deutschland, die Servicewüste. Fail!

]]> Comment on Phishing by Phone by Citibankerin http://nils.jeppe.de/2006/03/08/phishing-by-phone/comment-page-1#comment-70048 Citibankerin Tue, 07 Jul 2009 08:11:26 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2006/03/08/phishing-by-phone/#comment-70048 <p>Natürlich nennen wir auch den Namen unserer Bank, wenn wir uns melden, aber wir wissen doch z. B. nicht, ob wir gerade den Nachbarn oder Hausarzt am Telefon haben. Daher ist "Citibank" halt nicht das erste Wort, was wir auf den Lippen haben.</p> <p>Zum anderen denke ich, man sollte selbst einen Überblick über seine Finanzen haben, dass man sich eigentlich schon denken können sollte, welche Bank anruft. Wenn ich irgendwo rückständig wäre, wüsste ich wo.</p> <p>So, werde jetzt mal etwas arbeiten und arme "möchte-gern-phishing-opfer" anrufen.</p> <p>Wünsch euch noch einen schönen Tag.</p> Natürlich nennen wir auch den Namen unserer Bank, wenn wir uns melden, aber wir wissen doch z. B. nicht, ob wir gerade den Nachbarn oder Hausarzt am Telefon haben. Daher ist “Citibank” halt nicht das erste Wort, was wir auf den Lippen haben.

Zum anderen denke ich, man sollte selbst einen Überblick über seine Finanzen haben, dass man sich eigentlich schon denken können sollte, welche Bank anruft. Wenn ich irgendwo rückständig wäre, wüsste ich wo.

So, werde jetzt mal etwas arbeiten und arme “möchte-gern-phishing-opfer” anrufen.

Wünsch euch noch einen schönen Tag.

]]> Comment on Open-Source Genealogy Software by Gustaf Eichbaum http://nils.jeppe.de/2007/06/28/open-source-genealogy-software/comment-page-1#comment-69876 Gustaf Eichbaum Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:29:39 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2007/06/28/open-source-genealogy-software/#comment-69876 <p>Just at the moment I´m working at a large family tree of the Jeppe family There is one person missing Friedrich Wilhelm Jeppe, born May, 25, 1815 in Grebenstein at that time Kurfürstentum Hessen-Kassel, he is mentioned as emigrated to South Africa, without any knowledge about him and his further fate The Jeppe from Lower Saxony had a branch here in Northern Hessen starting with Chritoph Jeppe, b. 1695, d. 1768 a farm manager in Burguffeln, an baronial, then state estate. Best wishes Gustaf Eichbaum chairman, Northern Hessen genealogical society, GFKW</p> Just at the moment I´m working at a large family tree of the Jeppe family There is one person missing Friedrich Wilhelm Jeppe, born May, 25, 1815 in Grebenstein at that time Kurfürstentum Hessen-Kassel, he is mentioned as emigrated to South Africa, without any knowledge about him and his further fate The Jeppe from Lower Saxony had a branch here in Northern Hessen starting with Chritoph Jeppe, b. 1695, d. 1768 a farm manager in Burguffeln, an baronial, then state estate. Best wishes Gustaf Eichbaum chairman, Northern Hessen genealogical society, GFKW

]]> Comment on Jeppe the Mineral by Joshua John Biccard Jeppe http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/comment-page-1#comment-69803 Joshua John Biccard Jeppe Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:21:19 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/jeppe-the-mineral/#comment-69803 <p>Hello all</p> <p>Just stumbled upon this page and quite happy to see a few other Jeppe Clan out there. ;)</p> <p>My father was Dr Carl Louis Biccard Jeppe.</p> <p>you can contact me on face book.</p> <p>Take Care All</p> Hello all

Just stumbled upon this page and quite happy to see a few other Jeppe Clan out there. ;)

My father was Dr Carl Louis Biccard Jeppe.

you can contact me on face book.

Take Care All

]]> Comment on The Jeppe High Schools by Geoff Carter http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/comment-page-3#comment-69577 Geoff Carter Tue, 28 Apr 2009 13:27:55 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/#comment-69577 <p>What a pleasure to see some of the names of boys I remember well from my days at Jeppe. I was a boarder from 1962 to 1972 in both Mpiti and Oribi. I remember well teachers like Sid Thomas, Scotch Mc leod, Taffy, that awful Schoeman, the lovely Monica Eva and the evergreen Bonkie Silburn, to name but a few. Who can ever forget Taffy's Camp...?? Mike Robbertze, I bet you remember us hiking from Scottburugh to Shelly Beach to visit Caroline Tipper...??</p> <p>To Simon Ward, Mike Grispos, Mike Robbetze, Stewie Johnstone, Graham Rye, David Thompson, Gavin du Plessis ( and your brother 'Monster')....all small but significant pieces of the tapestry of my life. I greet you all.</p> What a pleasure to see some of the names of boys I remember well from my days at Jeppe. I was a boarder from 1962 to 1972 in both Mpiti and Oribi. I remember well teachers like Sid Thomas, Scotch Mc leod, Taffy, that awful Schoeman, the lovely Monica Eva and the evergreen Bonkie Silburn, to name but a few. Who can ever forget Taffy’s Camp…?? Mike Robbertze, I bet you remember us hiking from Scottburugh to Shelly Beach to visit Caroline Tipper…??

To Simon Ward, Mike Grispos, Mike Robbetze, Stewie Johnstone, Graham Rye, David Thompson, Gavin du Plessis ( and your brother ‘Monster’)….all small but significant pieces of the tapestry of my life. I greet you all.

]]> Comment on Wikipedia is starting to annoy me by Carl Rogers http://nils.jeppe.de/2008/12/24/wikipedia-is-starting-to-annoy-me/comment-page-1#comment-69542 Carl Rogers Tue, 21 Apr 2009 21:40:51 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/?p=1041#comment-69542 <p>Moin dude! Totally agreed w/ you -- Wikipedia is becoming a real nag...</p> Moin dude! Totally agreed w/ you — Wikipedia is becoming a real nag…

]]> Comment on The Jeppe High Schools by Maria de Fátima Manzano (Neé da Cruz) http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/comment-page-3#comment-69536 Maria de Fátima Manzano (Neé da Cruz) Fri, 10 Apr 2009 22:41:23 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2004/05/27/the-jeppe-high-schools/#comment-69536 <p>Graduated from Jepper Girls High in 1987. Looking for Rhonda Knott? Am living in Portugal. Anyone from 87 class? Can clearly see all my colleagues faces but can't recall names, micaela and can't recall your name, you used to be a fantastic swimmer.....and constantly sneezed (very much like a mouse sort of sound)....</p> <p>Miss those days at Jeppe Girls so so much.... :(</p> <p>Maria</p> Graduated from Jepper Girls High in 1987. Looking for Rhonda Knott? Am living in Portugal. Anyone from 87 class? Can clearly see all my colleagues faces but can’t recall names, micaela and can’t recall your name, you used to be a fantastic swimmer…..and constantly sneezed (very much like a mouse sort of sound)….

Miss those days at Jeppe Girls so so much…. :(

Maria

]]> Comment on Phishing by Phone by Nils http://nils.jeppe.de/2006/03/08/phishing-by-phone/comment-page-1#comment-69533 Nils Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:50:01 +0000 http://nils.jeppe.de/2006/03/08/phishing-by-phone/#comment-69533 <p>@Citibankerin: I think every respectable bank would have at least stated which bank it is... ;)</p> @Citibankerin: I think every respectable bank would have at least stated which bank it is… ;)

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