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Bye Bye Miss American Pie

Greg — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:28:28 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Bye Bye Miss American Pie

Richard Steven Valenzuela was just 17, Charles Hardin Holley was 22, and Jiles Perry “JP” Richardson, Jr. was an old man at 28 when the three of them (together with their 21-year old pilot) died at around 01:30 in the morning on 03 February 1959. Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and [...]

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An Ode to the Chaos of English Pronunciation

Greg — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 09:00:50 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... An Ode to the Chaos of English Pronunciation

I recently rediscovered this poem via Poke.co.uk, and whilst they refer to it there as “English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité” the piece is actually called The Chaos. As in “the chaos that is correct English pronunciation” I assume. Gerard Nolst Trenité was a Dutchman (of the born-in-Holland variety, not [...]

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Red Hot Chili Peppers for South Africa in 2012 or 2013?

Greg — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:20:04 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Red Hot Chili Peppers for South Africa in 2012 or 2013?

Update: 20 January 2012 @ 12:10 Rock rumours alive and raging again this morning with news that Attie van Wyk (Founder & CEO of Big Concerts) let slip to local radio station Highveld 94.7 Breakfast Xpress show that RHCP will be coming to South Africa in 2013. Sports anchor Cindy [...]

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I am not a Robot, I am a Unicorn: AI Chatbots in Conversation

Greg — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:58:58 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... I am not a Robot, I am a Unicorn: AI Chatbots in Conversation

Ever wondered what a conversation between two artificially intelligent chatbots would sound like? Well wonder no more. The project/experiment was conducted at Cornell’s Creative Machine Lab, and pitted an artificially intelligent chat bot known as Cleverbot having a conversation with a version of itself. Intriguing how quickly they both pick [...]

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Wimpy Trends with Braille Burgers

Greg — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:24:36 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Wimpy Trends with Braille Burgers

The local division of the burgers and fries, I love it when you speak foreign, fast food restaurant chain Wimpy are all the talk in town today. This after a video showing their efforts at communicating with their blind customers went viral on YouTube. “Wimpy wanted to let visually impaired [...]

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RAMfest 2012–SA’s Ultimate Rock Festival

BlaBla — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:58:52 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... RAMfest 2012–SA’s Ultimate Rock Festival

RAMfest – South Africa’s Ultimate Rock Festival March 2012: 5 cities! 5 days! 7 stages! Local and international artists! Every year it gets bigger. And better. And probably louder too. The 2012 edition of South Africa’s hardest rock festival RAMfest is coming our way in March. And for the first [...]

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Best of BlaBla 2011–The Top 15 Posts

Greg — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 14:00:32 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Best of BlaBla 2011–The Top 15 Posts

With the new year upon us, it’s appropriate for us to take a quick glance in the rearview mirror to see what Blablanians were reading in 2011. Here’s a list of our 15 most popular posts from the last calendar year. And it’s quickly apparent that our blanket coverage of [...]

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Merry Christmas

BlaBla — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 05:29:04 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Merry Christmas

To you and yours From us and ours A very, very Merry Christmas!

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Spread the Marmite Love & Win up to $1250!

Greg — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:17:40 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Spread the Marmite Love & Win up to $1250!

The great gang over at our favourite T-Shirt design studio Springleap.com are holding a design competition in conjunction with Marmite – that favourite of South African spreads. Did you know that it’s been around since 1902?! Here’s the Idea: Create a Marmite inspired t-shirt design that works perfectly for Valentine’s [...]

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How to get Facebook Timeline Right Now

Greg — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 09:51:24 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... How to get Facebook Timeline Right Now

So you want to get your Facebook page looking all fresh and dandy with the new Facebook Timeline feature? And you don’t want to wait for the rollout to reach you? No problem. Anyone can get their Facebook profile updated to the new Timeline look immediately. Just follow along… Timeline [...]

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Postcards from Safari

Greg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 05:00:00 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... Postcards from Safari

BlaBla has been on safari in the Sabi Sands Reserve near Skukuza in Mpumalanga – hence the quietness around here recently. Thought I’d send our loyal BlaBla Readers a couple of e-cards to let you know that we’re missing you too! (Internet connections have been erratic at best, and I [...]

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iTunes Vouchers – South African Vendor Comparison

BlaBla — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 15:05:31 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... iTunes Vouchers – South African Vendor Comparison

Comparison of South African iTunes Voucher Vendors & Suppliers This is a comprehensive comparison table of South African based iTunes vendors and suppliers. It was compiled using information supplied by the vendors themselves, or from information on the suppliers’ web site. Be sure to check the information below the table [...]

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The Sick-Leaves New Single “Catfights in Bushes” Free Download

Greg — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:39:03 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... The Sick-Leaves New Single “Catfights in Bushes” Free Download

Our favourite multi-talented rock guitarist and performer (and still ridiculously underrated) Eksteen Jacobsz who is The Sick-Leaves has just released the first single from his upcoming new album. And he’s made it available for free downloading. Breaking Away was originally envisioned to be an EP but once completed clocked in [...]

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GoogleAdsense Makes No Sense

BlaBla — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 06:01:32 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... GoogleAdsense Makes No Sense

The recent development plan of a new job listing site that we’ve been working on included a request from the client to set up some ad modules using GoogleAdsense. Against my better judgement based on past experience with the Adsense programme we dutifully completed the required account application form, set [...]

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iPhone Hipster Fanboys Feel the Wrath of Samsung Galaxy

Greg — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 12:34:34 +0000

New on The BlaBla Blog today... iPhone Hipster Fanboys Feel the Wrath of Samsung Galaxy

With the imminent release of the Apple iPhone 4S in South Africa this very funny ad is fairly topical.

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