Running on empty...? Maybe fill up tonight... just in case!

Strike, strike and still more strike it seems... Geez this is beginning to sound like a baseball game...! The latest wave of panic that is making the rounds relates to petrol stations not being open from tomorrow, due to an apparent petrol attendant strike. An email (of course!) has also been circulated...

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Got a Dell? Control Panel been crashing lately...? This might help...

I am a Dell supporter through and through - ask me to recommend a laptop and you can be pretty sure I will mention Dell somewhere in there... Lately though, I came across a rather irritating little problem on some Dell machines with a built in wireless card. What happens is that the Control Panel hangs when opened for the first time after you start up. Sure you can always force it to close, Explorer...

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Proof that spring is just around the corner... ;)

nuff sed...

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...and still Cell C keeps on yapping but not delivering...

For ages now I have been following the Cell C 3G (now supposedly 4G) debacle, initially with great interest, but of late more with sarcasm and doubt. Having been in touch with customer liaison officers, retentions departments etc. etc. blah blah at the company, all I ever seem to get from this rather...

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My chin is back... but alas - my wisdoms are gone!

What an odd title for a post, you must be thinking... :)In order to shed some light on it though, it would help to know that I had all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed today... Yup - all 4 in one shot.I can almost see the grimaces on faces of future readers of this post - everybody knows that horror stories are common and widespread, when it comes to the much-feared topic of wisdom tooth extraction.Anyway,...

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This is so funny you might even cry... if you appreciate a bit of healthy iPhone4 competition :)

As always, let me start by saying that Apple products are great - I work with them everyday and I am no Apple hater... but you have got to watch this hilarious take on the iPhone4 vs the HTC Evo cartoon on Youtube. I just had some colleagues in tears of laughter... :) there is some bad language involved......

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Cool HTML5 / Flash games and goodies - check out this nifty site...

I came across this link today and had to share it - there is some fun to be had over at this site :) http://www.monocubed.com/ Check out the HTML and Flash "doodles" - there is also some nice photography on the site, as well as an addictive Gmail-styled asteroids type game ...

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Radio stations use sneaky ways to make you spend money and listen for longer...

As I drive around JHB daily, I often find myself at a loss when it comes to which radio station to listen to. I am pretty sure I am not alone here - Jacaranda seems to play some decent tunes for most of the day, while 5FM and Highveld have their moments too. When all 3 options are exhausted though,...

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Petermann Ice Island 2010 poses no immediate threat, say ice experts...

It is old news by now that a 250 square kilometre iceberg broke off Greenland on 05 August 2010. Check out the NASA satellite photo below, where the bulk of ice is clearly visible as being separated from the rest of Greenland: The debate is already on the go, as to what the giant iceberg will do next,...

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A little bit about The Arrows...

Over the past few weeks a certain track has been catching my attention on the radio airwaves, and I could never catch who it was or what the song was called. Then recently when I heard the track on radio, I waited patiently for the DJ to announce the eagerly-anticipated information directly after the...

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A simple, old school way to keep track of your life...

One of my biggest personal challenges each day, is to remember stuff. Remembering stuff is the first step towards getting everything done in your day, be it personal tasks, business tasks or anything else for that matter. So often I get asked to do something, and while I am going into my Tasks / To-do's on my phone to make a note, the damn thing rings, I take the call and then my train of thought...

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Brand new Dell Mini 10v Netbook for sale @ R 4700

I have 1 x  brand new unit of the following Netbook available - normally priced at R 5000, but now going for R 4700: Dell Inspiron Mini 10v (Jade Green) Intel Atom 1.6Ghz CPU 1GB RAM 10.1" LCD 160GB Hard Drive Wireless LAN Bluetooth LAN 3 x USB Ports Built-in 3G 1.3MP Webcam Media Card Reader VGA...

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The confusing world of the slow, lagging Nokia N97... and a surprising little speed fix!

I have previously written a lot about the Nokia N97, it's ups and downs, features and frustrations. Of late though, my trusty N97 has become unbearably slow - lagging to the point of ultimate frustration. Random restarts do not really make the experience any better. So I decided to take the plunge...

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Blogger in Draft allows for multiple image uploads

I am finding all kinds of new Google-y things out this week - the latest tidbit I picked up for Blogspot bloggers, is that Blogger in Draft offers the ability to upload multiple images at a time. This has always been a pet peeve of mine as regards Blogger - if you ever wanted to upload a stack of images,...

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Google Image Search gets a makeover of note...

I have no idea when this took effect, but the new Google Image search is just awesome. It now displays a whole lot more results on the first results page, and when you mouse over a thumbnail, it automatically zooms into it to show more detail. Check it out: Keep it coming Goog...

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