Where did all those damn Rain Spiders come from...?

Growing up in the 80's and 90's, on the more fashionable "Upper East Side" of Johannesburg (i.e. the East Rand ;), I was always one who would rather run away from little spiders, than man up to them and either remove or "deactivate" them... Occasionally I would be forced to face up to my sissy boy...

Read More

Incredible HD footage of Planet Earth - Time Lapse View taken from the International Space Station...

Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo.Related articles, courtesy of Zemanta:Earth | Time Lapse View from Space | Fly Over | Nasa, ISSISS time-lapse makes Earth look incredibleJAW DROPPING Space Station time lapse!NASA Captures the Earth at NightThis Astounding...

Read More

Christmas spirit is in the air...

Johannesburg malls and shopping centres are looking colourful and bright as we head into the festive season.I snapped a few shots recently on my travels - more to follow:...

Read More

Who the hell is Spencer Dale anyway?

If you are reading this, then chances are that you have an email account. I mean who doesn't these days?Having an email account then, also means that you have to defend yourself against the constant barrage of dodgy emails, being sent from apparently credible and legitimate sounding humans, who magically...

Read More

An easier way to manage your Blogs using Scribefire... Now let's see if it actually works :)

So I got stuck into the Chrome Web Store today when I had a few spare minutes on hand.This is a great place if you are looking for add-ons, tweaks and plugins for Chrome - but you could literally spend days browsing all of the apps available for Chrome. From games, to productivity apps, to music and...

Read More

The perfect Christmas gift - never run out of power again :)

How many times have you come to the middle of a busy workday, only to discover that your cellphone is running on empty? Given that we tend to rely on our cellphones so much these days, it can be rather inconvenient to be left with a dead cellphone, especially if your business depends on it. Enter the...

Read More

Italy's Cinque Terre devastated by flooding

Several years ago, in 2006 to be precise, I was lucky enough to visit a part of Italy along the Ligurian coast, called the "Cinque Terre" - a breathtaking piece of the Italian Riviera where the land meets the sea in quite a dramatic way: "Cinque Terre" is Italian for "five lands" - a reference to...

Read More