Snap judgements can sometimes be wrong - but just how safe is sign language while driving...?

Sitting at a red light in my car yesterday, I noticed a car pull up next to me and stop. Specifically, out of the corner of my eye I could see how the driver appeared to be gesticulating wildly with his hands. In today's stressed world of Johannesburg driving, it's really easy to assume that wild driver...

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You gotta love Telkom...

Here in South Africa, we are truly blessed to have a company called Telkom controlling all things ADSL... ;) If you want ADSL for your home / office, well you need a landline to start with, and the only guys who provide that are... yup - Telkom! Sure you can always opt for Neotel, who at launch, were...

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GMail gets even clevererererer-er...

Google are always sneaking nifty new features into their products, and GMail is certainly no exception. Just a few minutes ago, one of my colleagues made the common mistake of trying to send a message in GMail, while forgetting to attach anything to it. When she hit "Send", this is what GMail told her...: Sneaky...

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Has the fuel workers strike in South Africa changed the way you drive...?

The past 2 weeks have been an interesting time for motorists on South African roads. Fuel supplies at most petrol stations have been stretched to breaking point and beyond, with a kind of petrol panic setting in as cars, motorbikes and trucks all started to run dry last week. (for my readers from the...

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If Apple started an Overeaters Anonymous group, what would they call it...?

Apple have a distinct fondness of the letter "i". The letter "i" appears in most of their products, as the first letter of the product name, e.g. iPod, iPad, iMac, iCloud etc. - you know the drill by now! So then, if Apple were to start their own Overeaters Anonymous group, surely it would require...

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