Ever wondered what 400 Volts looks like...?

Here in South Africa, our wall plugs push out about 220 Volts normally. If you are really clued up on how to reconfigure a substation though, (let's say by removing a few cables here and there), then you can boost this meagre figure to 400+ Volts...! ....which is exactly what happened to a client of...

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FIFA still offline for ticket sales...

So I spent the better part of this morning playing the waiting game at several FNB branches - some had no ticket application forms, others had forms but it was no use since the FIFA ticketing system has been offline the whole day. I wonder if any tickets at all have been sold today?FNB Park Meadows...

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Why the Nokia N97 is still a strong contender against the iPhone 3GS...

I have had my ups and downs with the Nokia N97, mainly due to the instability factor in the Symbian software - the primary issue has always been the random reboots that the phone does whenever it gets the urge to do so. Firmware updates have certainly helped out on this front, but I still cannot report...

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Aurel Manea strikes again... stunning Iceland photos

I think that Iceland must now be the most-photographed place on the planet after all the volcano-related photos that have flown around the net. There are some awesome ones to be found - I even posted a few here. Just today though I came across these beauties by photographer Aurel Manea, the work of...

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Don't hold your breath for Cell C... 3G is only coming in August now (apparently...)

So after all my expectant blogging about Cell C soon launching 3G, it seems that the whole process has once again hit a major speedbump.Earlier today I heard news that the launch has now moved to sometime in August (2010 I hope...!).Oh well, nothing more to do here but wait and see... I wonder if Cell C really will deliver on this one?Quite honestly I will be surprised if anything happens anytime...

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Cruise ships are just becoming insane...

I recently read about one of the latest (and now the largest) pleasure cruise ships in the world - the 225000 ton Oasis of the Seas. Check out this behemoth: The ship can carry in excess of 6000 passengers, which is just crazy. Add to that 2000+ crew, and you have a floating megamall for loonies...

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How much power is your car losing on the Highveld?

I am no auto-mechanic, nor can I claim to know an extensive amount of stuff on the subject, however this is something that a lot of people don't realise about living in Jo'burg (or other cities at a significant elevation above sea level - JHB sits at around 1600m above sea level). Up here on the Highveld, or the "Reef" as it is often referred to, an internal combustion engine loses power due to the...

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Ok that wasn't too bad...

Hmm ok - so I was right about the oddly placed image in my previous post.Apart from that it looks ok - at least the photo was submitted successfully.So it's onward and upward with more mobile blogging trials. Hopefully Nokia or Google will soon release a dedicated Blogger app for the N97... Unless it already exists and I am just not aware of it perhaps...?If you are an N97 owner and you know of such...

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Trying my hand at some mobile blogging ...

Ok, so after a bit of a blogging break, I decided to try out some mobile blogging from my trusty Nokia N97 (which has been somewhat less than trusty in the past... :), and this is the result...Now the plan here, is to try and insert a photo right about now:What I think might happen though, is that the...

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May the 4th be with you...

Okay okay, so this is a day late... but who cares - it made me smile! May the 4th be with you...

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