totally random

Even Google Knows

Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:02:44 +0400

Another day, another Nandos Juju Poster

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:43:39 +0400

Nandos on Malema

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 12:40:28 +0400

On Appreciating your own Photography

Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:24:25 +0400

I have always been into photography as a hobby. Ever since my dad bought me a point and shoot in high school.

I remember buying these phtography guides from CNA, every month you would get a new one that you could slot into a file (The gifts were awesome too).

It’s always just been a hobby that i do when i have the time. Other then a brief stint where my Black & White prints were displayed at a Gallery in Rosebank it was never professional.

They were displayed for an entire month, selling at the whopping price of..

R 1,500 (7 years ago).

I never sold a single print and had to give them away. Some are prominent displayed up to this day….

In peoples bathrooms

(Yes, it’s that crappy. Pun quite intended)

There is one place your art will always be appreciated:

In your own home

Your wife wouldn’t tell you it sucks, nor would guests for fear of being impolite. I finally decided to get a few stretched canvas prints. All pictures are original, and no fiddling done in Photoshop etc.

Check them out below with original shots. Kudo’s if you guess where the black and white ones were taken. The colour shots are easy to figure out.

See the full gallery on Posterous

* If you are visiting me, just nod and smile and pretend that you like them, even if you think a 5 year old could do better. It’s the polite thing to do :)

Electronics course

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 12:13:36 +0400

Currently on an electronics course at house4hack. Good to play around with electronics after all these years. Last time I looked at resistors, gates and circuits was when I did pc engineering in 98.

See the full gallery on Posterous

Kitchen Kitted out in Umzinto

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 11:16:46 +0400

A little while back i posted about kisses for kindess by @zakeeya , the funding goal was reached, equipment purchased and the kitchen has been kitted out. They are ready to start classes.

Hey @gibs_sa 1998 called, they want their website back.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:04:17 +0400

Came across a tweet by gibs_sa a little while back, a new service they are offering:

neXt – your online career mentor neXt from GIBS is an online career mentor designed to guide you in assessing, reflecting on and planning the next steps in your management career.

The comprehensive web-based tool helps you determine where you are in your career, and what steps you need to take to achieve your goals. Simple to complete, the assessments are immensely useful in planning and achieving your career objectives. Use them to assess yourself, review your options and take control of your career. Simply log in to neXt and provide the information requested about yourself while selecting your own password to ensure confidentiality. Then select from the following set of exercises to help you plan your next step:”

Sounds Interesting enough, thought i would check it out.

I attempted to register and got this.

Forget the error, which is a serious oversight. Was any testing even done?

The real kicker is the website is written in “.asp”, the last time ASP was used for any serious web development was when i was in High School (A very long time ago), yes ASP is about 14 years old.

I would love to know what was the cost of this development, and who was the company that did it.

Living in Jozi - What people think i do meme

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:41:24 +0400

There is a meme going around, i am sure you have seen the pics on facebook/twitter

“What people think i do/Actually do”

Here is the latest about living in Jozi from the guys at ZuluTunes

Take a free MIT course - Circuits & Electronics

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:14:12 +0400

From the website:

6.002x (Circuits and Electronics) is designed to serve as a first course in an undergraduate electrical engineering (EE), or electrical engineering and computer science (EECS) curriculum. At MIT, 6.002 is in the core of department subjects required for all undergraduates in EECS.

The course introduces engineering in the context of the lumped circuit abstraction. Topics covered include: resistive elements and networks; independent and dependent sources; switches and MOS transistors; digital abstraction; amplifiers; energy storage elements; dynamics of first- and second-order networks; design in the time and frequency domains; and analog and digital circuits and applications. Design and lab exercises are also significant components of the course. You should expect to spend approximately 10 hours per week on the course.

If you are not sold yet, check out the video below:

My Flipboard cover with pic from @riaadmoosa

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:42:05 +0400

It's finally here, the hover board from Back to the future

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:20:57 +0400

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via cnet

We already had the Nike Shoes from Back to the future:

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via cnet

Next up, flying cars and time travelling deloreans :)

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Kisses for kindness, build a kitchen in Umzinto contact @zakeeya

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:34:24 +0400

“Kisses for kindness is about blowing a kiss of life into a dream. A dream to be able to teach underprivileged kids a skill that we all take for granted.

Each large homemade kiss is for sale at R100 each. Please note there are only 50 for sale.

All the money made from the sale of these kisses go towards setting up a kitchen at a school in Umzinto. Please feel free to forward to anyone you think may be interested or contact @zakeeya for any further information.”

My Flipboard cover featuring a pic from @za5

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:05:08 +0400

> > >

Hackerspace in Pretoria

Sat, 28 Jan 2012 10:30:16 +0400

A while back i started a group on Facebook, in the hopes of starting up a hackerspace in Jozi.

Due to a lack of interest from members (only had about 10 or so) the project got canned. I think i was a bit too early, and most people in ZA had not yet heard of Arduino hacking etc. There was some activity at the time in Durban but really really limited.

In any case, looks like ZA finally has it’s first true Hacker Space, check it out at http://www.house4hack.co.za/

The trailer for material is out starring @RiaadMoosa. Trailer gave me goose bumps...

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:50:21 +0400

Been following this movie for a while, the trailer has just been released. While the last movie from Ronnie Aptekar (Jeruslema), was bit contrived and slow at times, im hoping this will be much better.

Looks like it has a lot of emotional scenes, i got goose bumps watching the trailer. Dont forget to like Material The Movie on facebook as well.

Your thoughts?

Everyday i'm Shuffling (With floppy drives)

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 16:34:44 +0400

One for the geeks, party rockers created with a bunch of floppy disks.

via @vilpponen

Confessions of a (ex) book hoarder

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:34:01 +0400

I read this with some amusement, why?

As i have been there. I once hoarded books. It took me a while but my will was eventually broken by neccasity.

2011 was the first year that i actually got rid of some books. This hoarding was so bad i actually found a copy of ‘Flash 4 Bible’. Flash 4 was released in 1999 (Yes i know, i would prob never have used it ever again!)

I filled an entire car booth with books to give away, and the only way i could get them to the library we dontated to with out breaking my back, was with a trolley.

Currently have a box full of books in my car boot, and there is still about 3-4 boxes worth of books/comics that i cant bare to part ways with.

Do you hoard books?

Just got delivery of replacement @nudiejeansco try getting similar service from guess/levis. #fb

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:07:12 +0400

Stanger haleem on its way to jozi! #fb

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:07:10 +0400

Tin Tin being released today!

Fri, 23 Dec 2011 10:46:08 +0400

The movie event of the year, after Twilight Breaking Dawn ;)

Can’t wait to see this. As a kid i grew up reading both TIN TIN & Asterix & Oblix (P.s When are we going to see a really good Asterix and Oblix Movie).

Every other week i would borrow one of these from the library, i must have read every single one released, several times over.