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Cheetah Cubs’ Live Birth Webcam

Greg — Wed, 02 May 2012 17:20:28 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Cheetah Cubs’ Live Birth Webcam

Oh the things that the internet allows us to experience! Wildlife webcam specialists Africam.com have got together with the Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre (HESC) to bring us another world first via the miracle of live streaming video over the internet. One of the HESC resident females named Salome is expecting [...]

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SAMA 2012 Awards–All The Winners

Greg — Tue, 01 May 2012 09:55:12 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... SAMA 2012 Awards–All The Winners

So, after the mini-debacle that was the 2011 SAMA Awards at Monte Casino last year, this year saw the biggest event in South African music returning to its sort-of-ancestral home in Sun City. A revamped format now covering two separate award nights saw the first (Sunday) focusing on the technical [...]

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How Big Is Space? A HUGE Infographic

Greg — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 20:26:09 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... How Big Is Space? A HUGE Infographic

Just how big is space? The answer to that question, it turns out, is “really, really, really big”. About 27 A4 sheets of paper big in fact. The clever folk (read “space geeks”) in the BBC’s Future office recently challenged themselves to try to illustrate just how big space really [...]

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Friday Photo 40: Bird Strike

Greg — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:04:44 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Friday Photo 40: Bird Strike

My cameras have been stashed away for the past few months as I move work spaces from one end of the “office” to the other. Packing stuff up was pretty straightforward. Unpacking on the other hand has turned into a bit of a hit or miss affair. Today I found [...]

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BalconyTV Live From Joburg

BlaBla — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:34:45 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... BalconyTV Live From Joburg

Founded in Dublin, Ireland in 2006, BalconyTV is a video music web site with a difference: all of the acts featured on the site are filmed performing live on a balcony. And while that may sound like a bit of a gimmicky approach, the results are surprisingly good. And now [...]

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The Pope and the Rabbi

BlaBla — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 14:09:39 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... The Pope and the Rabbi

An oldie to lighten the heaviness of Monday… Several centuries ago, the Pope decreed that all the Jews in Italy had to convert to Catholicism or leave the country. There was a huge outcry from the Jewish community, so the Pope offered a deal: he’d have a religious debate with [...]

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F1 Season is around the corner

Voted! — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 06:25:42 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... F1 Season is around the corner

It has been a while since I have made my voice heard round these parts, but I think it is important to let all our readers note that it is time to prepare… Prepare for probably the best season of Formula 1 racing we have been witness to in [...]

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Bingo Players Live at St. Yves Beach Club

BlaBla — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:18:00 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Bingo Players Live at St. Yves Beach Club

No, not actual blue-rinse retirees playing bingo, but dynamic Dutch dance duo Bingo Players. The Bingo Players Live at St Yves Beach Club The Bingo Players will be performing LIVE at St Yves, Camps Bay on Saturday 3 March. Doors open 8PM and supported by Shaun Duvet & guests. The [...]

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Twitter Thinks I’m Similar to Lady Gaga

Greg — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:16:27 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Twitter Thinks I’m Similar to Lady Gaga

Someone sent me this little screen grab recently to show me some of the accounts that Twitter recommends to people when they follow me. It seems that the Twitter thinks I am significantly more important than I actually am… I’m sort of okay with the first two, but Lady Gaga [...]

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At 220 Gioachino Rossini can still rock out with the best of them

Greg — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:23:29 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... At 220 Gioachino Rossini can still rock out with the best of them

Whilst his name may not have the same household ring to it as the names of Beethoven, Strauss and Mozart, Gioachino Rossini remains one of my personal favourites amongst the classical composers. (The music takes about 20 seconds to kick – click on “play” while you read the rest of [...]

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Online Resources for Tourism SMMEs in South Africa

Greg — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:14:17 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Online Resources for Tourism SMMEs in South Africa

A work-in-progress collection of online resources focussed on Small Business support for South African enterprises. (Note that this list was compiled specifically for a group of Limpopo based tourism operators. As a result, some of the links are industry and region specific.) Bed & Breakfast Association of South Africa www.babasa.co.za/ [...]

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Wordless Wednesday – Arrrrr!

Greg — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:04:07 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Wordless Wednesday – Arrrrr!

Arrrrr! That there is pirate talk for “We hope you have a nice day!” arr! ARR! ARRRR!!! WHAT?! Image credits: Can’t make it out. Please let us know if it’s yours so that we can give credit where it’s due.

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You Are Going To Die. That’s a P.H.Fat

Greg — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:21:27 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... You Are Going To Die. That’s a P.H.Fat

“They are currently saving our souls from the stagnation of the Saturday night main stage line-up. P.H.Fat throws down beats that break your face on the pavement outside your house at 3am in the morning.” (www.viceland.com) You are going to die. The good news is, before you do you will [...]

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Scheisse! Cape Town icon Paulaner Bräuhaus closes

Greg — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:25:55 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Scheisse! Cape Town icon Paulaner Bräuhaus closes

In what seems to be a tale of corporate politics and profits triumphing over craft beer, good sense and good times, the famous Paulaner Bräuhaus in Cape Towns’ V&A Waterfront has closed suddenly after 10 years of trade. A brief announcement appeared on the restaurants’ Facebook page late last week [...]

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Jade Fairbrother is SA’s first Playboy Playmate of the Year

BlaBla — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:00:00 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Jade Fairbrother is SA’s first Playboy Playmate of the Year

Jade Fairbrother is South Africa’s first Playboy Playmate of the Year And oh brother, is she indeed fair! Yes I know. Playboy magazine is a sexist, misogynistic throwback to the last century, a relic of an era when women were seen as nothing more significant than objects of male sexual [...]

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