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As pointed out by Cherryflava and Marc Forrest from Satellite ZA, Google Maps is now starting to cover areas of South Africa. The two sites above have a multitude of interesting locations covered in Google Sightseeing style. Commentary.co.za also has a bunch of good spots to check out. So now I’m joining the hunt for [...]
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So, surprisingly, it was not very difficult to figure out how to replace a guitar string on my acoustic once I had a bit of guidance from guitar.about.com. I got a set of extra light gauge strings, it was recommended by the guy at the store, so I’m guessing they should be fine to use [...]
Thursday evenings are quickly becoming “new music talent scout evenings” for Brad and I. Last night a four piece rock outfit going by the name ‘Burst’ took the stage at Charelli’s. From the outset it was obvious that the guys were not as polished as other acts we’ve seen, but somehow that was a good [...]
I caught a glimpse of a true president yesterday – someone who stood up and said enough is enough to corruption in his government. Sure Thabo Mbeki had plenty of opportunity to hide behind the principle of “innocent until proven guilty”, but apparently there is sufficient evidence to implicate Jacob Zuma from Shabir Shaik’s verdict [...]
Four words to comment on President Mbeki’s required actions following the conviction of Shabir Shaik and the implication of Deputy President Jacob Zuma in a “generally corrupt relationship”: “Thabo, fire JZ’s ass!”.
I was not going to post any comment on the story of a stowaway hiding in the wheel-well of an SAA aircraft flying from Johannesburg via Dakar to New York City, and then I realised I had to. There is a profound security issue here. The fact that the stowaway managed to get that close [...]
In truth, Saturday evening’s wedding of two new friends of mine at L’Aquila near Pretoria turned into a lot of fun. It started a little late because the brother of the bride went missing, but in the end it all turned out very well. I even had the opportunity to practise my “langarm” and “sokkie” [...]
Last night’s adventures turned into an unexpected treat – Brad and I went out for what was supposed to be a quick drink at Charelli’s – and discovered a great rock band playing there. Saving Silence is a 5 piece outfit boasting powerful melodic rock, solid acoustic guitarwork and a few edgy twists in their [...]
I’ve just received news that I passed both my LPI level 2 exams I recently wrote at LinuxWorld. That rocks! Feel free to verify my certs here.
So according to the folks at Channel9, Microsoft has just announced their new XML-based file formats. This goes a long way towards finally reaching a documentation standard for all office suite vendors. No doubt OpenOffice will be able to read these documents (the idea for zipped XML was swiped from them anyway) , as will [...]
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