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June 29th, 2007 — Business
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June 27th, 2007 — Global
Remember LM Radio? Remember Rabbitt?
LM Radio became Radio 5 and for anyone who is too young to have listened to LM or Rabbitt, here is a reminder:
Click the gray forward arrow.
June 26th, 2007 — Global
How many instances can you recall when bad behaviour helped you win? Not many I hope. But I can, and the bad behaviour I am talking about only occured a few days ago. Yes folks, I strutted out and demanded results. In fact I demanded like I’d never demanded before.
I needed resolution. I needed closure. I demanded instant gratification. And if I did not get what I wanted immediately, the world, his wife n dawg were going to know about it. ‘Cos when I get loud, I get very, very extremely loud. Oh yes. I needed to win this one.
And to get what I needed, required me to get bad behaviour going.
June 24th, 2007 — Global
When was the last time you found yourself compelled to engage in conversation with a checkout counter clerk?
Yesterday afternoon I had the opportunity to do just that. Want to know why I held up the line behind me?
After emptying the contents from the trolley onto the conveyor belt and waiting for the customer ahead of me to complete the payment process, I noted a copy of Mel Gibson’s “Apocalypta” had been left aside by the customer. She probably had thought it an overindulgence and as impulse buys go, she was probably correct.
June 22nd, 2007 — Inspiration
People and the things they do in this life have an amazing capacity to suprise you out of the blue when you least expect it.
For those of my staff who were previously thought of by their ex-bosses as underachievers, I decided to do what I could do to bring out the best in them. They deserved this chance to prove they were not at all underachievers.
June 21st, 2007 — Africana
By Julian O’ Halloran
BBC File On 4
The government’s own figures show an increase in greenhouse gases
The EU’s carbon trading scheme has increased electricity bills, given a windfall to power companies and failed to cut greenhouse gases, it is claimed.
An investigation by BBC Radio 4’s File on 4 programme has found that after two and half years the scheme has yet to cut in carbon dioxide emissions.
The consumer body Energywatch said customers are getting a raw deal.
Read the full article here
June 18th, 2007 — Africana
Let’s talk boardingschool and the flights to and from Oranjemund to Cape Town.
Most Oranjemund kids will remember this as a time of sadness, excitement and for a short time in the airplane - it was fun, fun, fun which included a mad dash to the plane, up the steps to get the best seats and the fun included using the airsick bags to write messages to a friend who’d be flying on the next flight out. We’d leave the message in the seat pouch and the occupant in your seat on the next flight would pass the sickbag with your message scrawled on it to the intended person. We did this for each other. It was a code we adhered to. However, all that in-flight fun stopped on landing at Cape Town.
Life suddenly got serious.
June 15th, 2007 — Global
I was one of the lucky few to be invited to see the final cut of David Mackenzie’s new movie called Hallam Foe. This is David’s latest film since his 2003 film called Young Adam with Ewan McGregor.
June 13th, 2007 — Africana
Jonathan Deamer has created a brilliant post called 50 signs you’re a blogaholic.
June 9th, 2007 — Global
Where does dedication get you? Where does passion let you go?
Much of a muchness aren’t they? I tested the two words out over the previous 24 hours. How? Well here is the story:
June 6th, 2007 — Global
Remember Tom Cruise using the finger touch computer in the movie called Minority Report? I thought the fingertip touch screen was sci-fi but as it turns out - it is reality.
Check out the video!
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June 5th, 2007 — Africana
So you don’t know what RSS is about? Well here is the best high level answer you can get. Click play and watch this outstanding video.
June 4th, 2007 — Global
Thanks to Eish I remembered some stuff too.
I remember paying 26c for a quart of Lion Lager
I remember LM Radio. David Davies Hit Parade on Sunday evenings.
I remember Pip Freeman on Springbok Radio.
I remember Darryl Jooste
I remember Radio 5 and the awful pre-recorded programmes on Sundays that went out of sync. The DJ was De Nobrega. He always pre-recorded his slot, get to the studio, slap on the reel to reel tape and bugger off to LM for the arvie. The tape would run un-moderated and then the tape and what he’d be announcing would start to screw up. De Nobrega would annonce a song by some band and the music we heard was totally different! Embarrassing. The technician would do nothing (not paid to correct the DJ’s screw-ups) and the programme would degenerate into amateur hour.
I remember Rabbitt! Oooooh Chaaaarrrlieeee………Yay for Trevor Rabin and the boys!
I remember Ipi Tombi
I remember the surfing at Moullie Point. They were mad as hell with all the rocks (nee man, no pun intended!) into which they could be smashed by the waves.
I remember flying in a Viscount from Oranjemund to Cape Town at the start of each new term at Wynberg. We left messages on the sick bags for the next flight of boarders to read!
I remember everyone wanted to be seen wearing Reeboks!
I remember all the okes in class smaaked Sonja.
Chilli Chips!
What do you remember?
June 4th, 2007 — Namibia
The BBC’s Click Programme reports:
Namibia lies on the south west coast of Africa. It is bigger than Turkey or Pakistan, but home to just two million people.
Although electricity, voice and data all flow here, the cables only serve the cities - the areas with enough customers in one place. Out of town the power stops and the mobile signal fades out. If you need to make a call out here, you have to do it by satellite.
Calling from the desert is possible with a satellite phone. Satellite phones have been used by remote travellers for several decades.
June 1st, 2007 — Africana
Have you heard or read about the immense curiosity we humans have? Have you heard that you just cannot resist the
