Jub Jub gets a rash...

Who is Jub Jub? That's the question on a lot of people's minds after watching Survivor SA tonight. Answer: Jub Jub is a JHB-based musician / hip-hop artist who gained additional fame and exposure by revealing that he had a crotch rash on Survivor SA. Ouch. So that's 2 deserters already and its...

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And still more rain... "Vaal flood gates to be opened", says News24.

Further to my earlier post about the flooding in Johannesburg, this news just in from News24.com: 2010-01-27 @ 11:34 Johannesburg - The flood gates on the Vaal dam will be opened because of the ongoing rainfall and will lead to higher water levels along the Vaal river on Wednesday, Gauteng police warned. "Because of ongoing rainfall that impacts on the Vaal river water system, it has become a necessity...

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Rain, rain and more rain... this is what Benoni looks like in flood!

For the past week or more, Johannesburg has been pounded by storm after storm, to the point that some areas are actually flooding. Just check out these pics of Benoni yesterday: At this rate we...

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Download the new version of Avast (free) now...

Over the years I have used many different antivirus packages, some good, some dodgy. I often get asked which is the best one to use, and to answer this you need to think about several things: - Price - Effectiveness (does it perform?) - Resource Requirements (how slow will your PC run after...

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The World is just Awesome :)

Yup, that's the word according to this incredible Discovery Channel ad :...

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Windows 7 "Black Screen of Death" rears its ugly head...

By now a lot of PC users have made the switch to Windows 7, being that it is clearly lightyears ahead of Vista in terms of usability and stability... or is it? Most recently, the "Black Screen of Death" has made its presence felt among the Windows 7 community. The result is a machine that...

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Survivor South Africa - the first casualties...

I never really got into the first Survivor S.A. - I think my expectations were way too high after being addicted to the original CBS show for too long. After watching the Yanks do their thing for so long, sitting through an episode of the first season of Survivor S.A. was like trying to get out of...

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David after Dentist... this kid is on some strong stuff!!

If you haven't already seen the "David after Dentist" clip on YouTube, check it out below. You can read the background to this hilarious clip at http://davidafterdentist.com/ - the site even features a D.A.D. (David after Dentist) store where you can buy merchandise such as T-Shirts, stickers, logos etc. Isn't it amazing how something so simple can become such an internet epidemic? Crazy...

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Amazing photography - in my humble opinion at least... :)

I have added a new site to my cool links on the right - http://www.aurelm.com/ Manea Aurel is a Romanian Computer Graphic Designer, who is also pretty handy with a camera - to see  just how handy, pay his site a visit or check out these beauties: I also included some...

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This is one awesome card trick...!

Check out this nifty card trick by magician / actor James Galea - very cool...

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Let's get artistic. Not that I know anything about art...

I recently received an email about a photographic artist by the name of Chris Jordan. Specifically, it centred around one of his books called "Running the Numbers", which, to quote the author, "looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper...

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Amazon gets smart...

Down the right of my blog you can see my Amazon affiliate ads, which I though would display specials of the day, good deals etc. - that kind of thing generally. So I was pleasantly surprised this morning when I saw how Amazon had cleverly picked up the context of my blog, and added in products related...

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Nybbles and Bytes E-Store goes live

Recently I joined the Amazon Affiliates Program, which allows me to create my own online store, powered by Amazon themselves. In other words all orders, payments, tracking and delivery is handled by Amazon - I just act as the referring party, and I select what categories or products I want to include on my site. I have added an "e-store" link at the top of Nybbles and Bytes, where you can now go...

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Aaaaah The Maldives... OMG is that an island made entirely from trash???

The Maldives... the mere mention of the name conjures up images like these: Wow what an amazing place - crystal clear seas, not a wave in sight... paradise! Except for one little thing called "Thilafushi", and it 'aint so little either. Thilafushi is an...

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Finally some updates :)

I have been meaning to add some more meaningful stuff to Nybbles and Bytes lately, and to start I have added some links to my sidebar: Vibrasphere - an awesome Psychedelic / Melodic / Progressive Trance act from Sweden. If this is your kind of thing, you need to hear some of their stuff. A lot of their...

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Google's search term predictions can be pretty funny... :)

We all know that Google's Search Engine is pretty clever as a whole. Their layout is simple and clean yet it renders very useful results. One of its' features that can produce some rather funny results is the predictive feature when you type in a search term, for example: - Type "dog"...

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Happy New Year everybody! 2010 is going to be one amazing year... :)

So there it is - 2010 has arrived and it promises to be an awesome year for South Africa!Among other things, the FIFA Soccer World Cup will be held here in June 2010 - an event whose true scale I believe will only become apparent closer to the time... It's gonna be seriously huge!Looking around Johannesburg, there are also clear indications that parts of the Gautrain project are making good progress...

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