Nothing better to do

Leaving on a Jet plane

2007-12-20T23:42:23Z

So there we were waiting the hours that have to pass between the time when you check in for a international flight and when the plane actually takes off. Now as nice as the departures section of OR Tambo is, doing it with two extremely tired chi...

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My favourite books

2007-08-08T05:24:54Z

I was just looking at the best seller list at Exclusive Books (local large chain bookstore) and I noticed an interesting thing. Right at the top of the Best Seller list were two books by the same author: Spud by John van de Ruit Spud - the Mad...

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The Great Internet Crash of 2007 (from the Onion)

2007-07-14T05:58:36Z

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And now we wait

2007-07-02T11:40:50Z

The letter I sent to the council. Lets see what their response is. To whom it may concern Regarding Account XXX I am writing regarding the latest bill from the City of Johannesburg where you have added not only a disconnection and reconnection ...

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I never thought I was a pessimist

2007-06-30T14:11:48Z

I listened to a podcast of "In Our Time" a few days ago. The show picks a topic and with Melvyn Bragg moderating a few academics discuss it in a language that ordinary people understand. This time the topic was "Victorian Pessimism" and they star...

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Turn off the electricity

2007-06-26T17:20:57Z

I am sick of electricity, all it seems to do is cause me endless grief. Well I suppose I shouldn't blame electricity but this last year all I seem to have is hassles from electrically powered devices. Washing machines, Fridges, Pool filters, Compu...

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Powerless

2007-05-28T11:13:44Z

I felt the full force of incompetent bureaucracy on Friday. I was a little late on paying the electricity bill and so I got a letter telling me to pay R1400 or they would come around and cut off the lights. Being the good citizen and quite liking ...

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A few minutes on Rising Sun

2007-05-19T20:54:37Z

So there I was in Valencia for a media round table with Larry Elison, head honcho at Oracle. xcept that instead of the roundtable being at a boring hotel like they usually are, this one was on board Rinsing Sun, Larry's personal yacht, over 100m l...

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QotD: Luxury Wish List

2007-05-04T16:21:20Z

If money were no object, which five luxury items would you rush right out and buy? Submitted by lorilyn. Oh well this should be relativelly easy. A medium sized HD LCD TV. I would guess around 37" would do. Anything bigger would dwarf my lounge...

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QotD: My Dream Room

2007-03-27T15:36:40Z

In your ultimate dream house, what does your favorite room look like? I could answer this question any number of ways, I could go for the kitchen all hi-tech and shiny or the lounge with comfy couches and a kick ass TV, but I think that I would ...

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