Friday, December 31, 2010

Happy New Year to one and all! 2011 is going to be one helluva year :)

In typical style, Google's logo has changed today to celebrate the coming of 2011... FYI - MMXL = 2011 in Roman numerals... :) So to all my readers and to everybody out there, Happy New Year and may 2011 be the most incredible year yet!Thanks for reading my ramblings everybody, and if you are going...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Time for a dilemma of note... Nokia N8 / Nokia E7 / iPhone 4 / Android... what to choose?

Time sure as hell is moving at a rapid pace... It seems like just yesterday that the courier arrived with my brand spanking new Nokia N97, much to my disbelief (and joy!) at the time...! I can hardly believe that I am due for another handset upgrade in about 3 months - 108 days to be precise. So the...

Friday, December 17, 2010

Stuck for Christmas gift ideas? Check out this 8Gb Waterproof MP3 Player for only R600.00

I came across a nifty 8GB Waterproof MP3 Player at the Namhost online store, and I did a bit of delving to find out more about the product - click on the photos to view them full size. Now I am not a very sporty type person, and when in the sea I am a total wuss - more than knee deep and my eyes are...

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

I wonder when some random newbie pseudo-musician will wreck "Come on Eileen"...

I would guess that "Come on Eileen", by Dexys Midnight Runners, must be one of the most instantly recognizable and popular dancefloor songs pretty much all over the world. The track is a great example of a "one-hit wonder", although the band did achieve a number one spot on the UK charts 2...

New Pick 'n Pay store now open in Orchards...

If you work or live in Orange Grove, Orchards or Norwood, there is now a conveniently situated Pick 'n Pay store open on the corner of Louis Botha Avenue and Louis Road, Orchards. Situated right next door to the 24 Carrots Event Design building, the store opened at the end of November, and it is...

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Brendan Venter's embarrassing interview after a defeat to Racing Metro 92...

I don't really follow rugby at all, but this clip is just classic. It shows Brendan Venter's rather strange interview to Sky Sports, after Saracens lose 21-24 to Racing Metro 92 in the Heineken Cup on December 11th 2010. Watch and be amazed... and amused :) Hat tip to Marco for this gem...:)Related...

Who makes the best pizza in JHB?

Now that's a blog post title to get people talking - after all, when it comes to pizza, EVERYONE has an opinion :) So first off, for all the Italian readers out there, "my Nonna" is not a valid answer in this case :)It's restaurants that I am talking about here... When I was but a wee lad, I did not...

Monday, December 13, 2010

Christmas tree spotting in JHB malls...

Spotted these funky Christmas trees recently, at Village View Shopping Centre (Bedfordview) and Stoneridge Shopping Centre (Greenstone) respectively.More to come as they get spotted!Seen any awesome Christmas trees or spectacular decorations in your hood lately?Send them my way and I will put them up...

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Lateral thinking - a real world example...

Having been fortunate enough to travel locally recently, I found myself in a situation where lateral thinking was demonstrated in a good way, in an everyday situation.Slowing down as I approached the MariaanHill tollgate just outside Pinetown, I spied an empty looking gate to the right and made a bee line for it - it is always amusing to watch how all the cars scurry in the final dash to get the emptiest...

Thursday, November 18, 2010

So Cell C has now OFFICIALLY upgraded JHB and Pretoria... So how will this benefit you?

Well for starters, you will only feel any kind of benefit if you are a Cell C subscriber (duh) :) Second to that, your phone needs to be capable of the data speeds that Cell C now offers. The JHB upgrade actually started about 2 weeks ago - all of a sudden one Saturday, my Nokia N97 started displaying a little blue "3G" icon under the network signal... Much to my disbelief, I was able to download...

Thursday, November 11, 2010

Plebs with Kids has gone live!

In case you missed it, or in case you have not been picking up my updates on Facebook and Twitter, I launched my new blog "Plebs with Kids" this week. Plebs with Kids has been a work in progress for over a year now - something that I have been working on and building up gradually. In a nutshell,...

Get yourself the HP G62 Core i3 laptop for only R 6750!

*Please note that this special is no longer available*: The HP G62 notebook has been making a few waves in the industry of late, mainly due to the impressive specs it boasts, for the decidedly competitive price tag that it carries. Check it out - stylish and sleek: ...and the specs: Intel...

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Sunday, October 31, 2010

Some more money savers that I conjured up... :)

I posted this article a short while ago, outlining a few simple tips to save a few bucks each day. For any international visitors who are perhaps a trifle confused at this point, I am not talking about wildlife conservation here. Bucks = South African Rands. :) Since then, I have picked up on a few...

Saturday, October 30, 2010

Cell C has upgraded JHB... finally!

I never thought I would see this day...A bit earlier today, my phone started showing a small 3G icon just below the network signal. "Could it be?"... I wondered in a cautious, yet ever so slightly hopeful manner...So I quickly located a 3MB song online on my phone, and downloaded it... in 10 seconds flat! That equates to roughly 300 Kilobytes (or 3 Megabits) per second, and that means that Cell C...

Friday, October 29, 2010

Cell C update - latest cities just upgraded to HSPA+ data network...

Cell C are in the process of upgrading their data network locally in a big way - to the point that a new city is being added every 2 days in some cases. This is the current situation as regards their rollout - for some obscure reason, JHB and Pretoria are not yet featured as red dots on this map......

Thursday, October 28, 2010

It must have rained glue last night in JHB...

Were the roads in JHB coated in a thick layer of glue this morning? No? Strange then, that every possible road in existence here was a traffic nightmare this morning... and I didn't see a single prang or broken down vehicle anywhere - nothing to indicate what was actually causing the congestion. -...

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

I thought Pretoria was supposed to be "the Jacaranda City"...

Indeed, I have always associated Pretoria with the purple wave of Jacaranda trees that inundate the city in springtime - a truly beautiful sight!These photos, however were snapped this weekend in Houghton, Johannesburg - and this was just the tip of one truly gargantuan floral iceberg...In areas with...

Alex and Twitch on SYTYCD - a hip-hop routine you will want to watch over and over again...!

If you watch So You Think You Can Dance (the American series), then you would no doubt have been blown away last night, by this gem of a routine by Alex Wong (a trained ballet dancer) and Twitch (SYTYCD Hip-Hop All Star from a previous season). The routine was choreographed by "Nappytabs" - Napoleon...

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

I wonder if Cell C thought of this...

A Cell C riddle to start the day :) If Cell C's new broadband offering is running at full speed, i.e. 21Mbps, how long would it take for a user to max out their monthly 5GB cap if they are on the 60GB data bundle?Let's also assume that we are talking about someone who likes to download a lot of stuff...

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Mid-November is the ETA for Cell C to upgrade JHB and Pretoria broadband speeds...

I must be one of the most ardent followers of this one - for years now South Africans have been sitting on Cell C to upgrade their outdated EDGE data network, to one that can compete with the likes of Vodacom and MTN. While some South African cities have already been upgraded to the HSPA+ 900/2100...

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Can you be TOO secure when it comes to internet banking and viruses?

Of late, South African banks have stepped up their efforts to stop internet banking fraud, by introducing a number of 3rd-Party applications that are supposed to protect the end-user from potential threats. The ones that I have encountered include Prevx (FNB) and Rapport (Nedbank), and they add an...
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