tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77328952012-01-28T16:59:40.033+02:00Pollen is in Cape Town thinking of Tokyo. Cerebus is back from Xi'an wondering whether he wants to go to Guangzhou. Krizz is back in Stellenbosch from Freiburg... a while now, actually. Thespian is in Sydney... for good. This is where we trade opinions on the importance of being able to open chip packets without scissors. And of having original thoughts about it.Pollenoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832761667042577561noreply@blogger.comBlogger201125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-511065426925003152011-09-21T11:26:00.003+02:002011-09-21T11:32:15.012+02:002011-09-21T11:32:15.012+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0Verbeel jou almal in die wêreld skryf ’n outobiografie. Nie almal van daardie boeke sal interessant wees om te lees nie. Hierdie boek is ongelukkig een van hulle.Erich Rautenbach vertel in The...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/RjOdQX8Npok" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2011/09/gn-ontploffings-maar-wel-n-bom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-65330545360856996182011-09-03T22:48:00.002+02:002011-09-03T22:51:25.409+02:002011-09-03T22:51:25.409+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0Die verste uur is ’n kortstorie oor ’n student, Jamie van der Merwe, wat in ’n ou professor se geskrifte oor die Franse komponis Jean-Philippe Rameau ’n manier vind om terug te reis in tyd. Rameau...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/X4soRyLbHMs" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2011/09/steve-se-oneerlike-boek.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-25573049584264621682011-04-08T12:50:00.000+02:002011-04-08T13:42:24.217+02:002011-04-08T13:42:24.217+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com2Drie invloedryke omgewingsaktiviste loop oor na kernkrag. Die drama by die Fukushima Nommer 1 kernkragsentrale het nou al van die voorblaaie van koerante verdwyn, maar die gevaar is lank nie...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/--7hNhKN5KM" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2011/04/kernkrag.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-74255633028818980762010-05-04T22:33:00.000+02:002010-05-04T22:46:26.767+02:002010-05-04T22:46:26.767+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com3Can you be conscious of being unconscious? Clearly not. Purile insight.But I've been mulling this over for years and I've always wanted to put it out there. The thought I had is that we can't ever be...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/1o0K0j0_ymM" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/05/can-we-really-die.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-37532948202226730562010-02-09T23:15:00.000+02:002010-02-09T23:56:07.500+02:002010-02-09T23:56:07.500+02:00Pollenoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832761667042577561noreply@blogger.com1This does not need to be a long post. I have a simple message, and it is one to record labels that cling to the antiquated concept of physical distribution rights for music:You lose out in the...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/2_k5wJfmrmk" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/02/get-with-digital-programme-labels.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-14004427919423487312010-02-06T00:21:00.000+02:002010-02-06T00:54:17.946+02:002010-02-06T00:54:17.946+02:00Pollenoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832761667042577561noreply@blogger.com0To continue my previous tirade about useless news, this article was published yesterday on News24 about how Cape Town rap act Die Antwoord is taking the net by storm, thanks to a newly updated...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/YzjOvX35oII" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-all-our-news-from-china.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-1172386914563953432010-01-27T22:41:00.000+02:002010-01-27T23:25:19.887+02:002010-01-27T23:25:19.887+02:00Pollenoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832761667042577561noreply@blogger.com0Last night four of us went to see Låt den rätte komma in at Cape Town's favourite independent cinema, Labia. Although it was listed as "Let the right one in" we weren't worried, as using English...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/R_L25_mWDy0" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/01/kudos-to-labia-and-tack-too.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-79637719748108655852010-01-21T23:26:00.000+02:002010-01-22T00:19:03.188+02:002010-01-22T00:19:03.188+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com1A story in the local newspaper of Heidelberg, Gauteng, caught my attention today:"Traditional medicine, pharmaceutical plant to be included in newMeiqui Hospital""Alternative healing hospital will...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/Xb5G36160y0" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/01/traditional-chinese-medicine-hospital.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-42793357971311766152010-01-21T14:10:00.000+02:002010-01-21T14:20:40.465+02:002010-01-21T14:20:40.465+02:00Pollenoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832761667042577561noreply@blogger.com0The good news is District 9 received 7 BAFTA nominations. The bad news is, the local sites are too lazy to find out for which categories.Why is it that local news sites can never do that tiny extra...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/51XZIdWohVs" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/01/newsroom-malaise.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-54803936574642129612010-01-20T23:08:00.000+02:002010-01-21T00:26:40.947+02:002010-01-21T00:26:40.947+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0The respected apologist website EastSouthWestNorth recently translated a blog post from a Chinese forum about Google's search recommendations. It's a fascinating insight into Chinese paranoia, and...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/x4vZlew77_Q" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/01/do-chinese-people-eat-babies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-85627463487287835792010-01-13T23:02:00.000+02:002010-01-13T23:37:51.127+02:002010-01-13T23:37:51.127+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com3Picture it: jungle, somewhere in Africa. A bunch of evil poachers are trying to threaten a peaceful village into revealing the whereabouts of the legendary Elephant graveyards of Quasi-Quasi. They...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/Lx4htZ4a7Ww" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-have-idea-for-movie-wit-tier-2010.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-89071866312128232952009-10-12T14:18:00.000+02:002009-10-12T15:01:35.467+02:002009-10-12T15:01:35.467+02:00Pollenoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00832761667042577561noreply@blogger.com2I once wrote a post about rugby. I might as well write a post about soccer.Bafana Bafana coach Joel Santana is being pursued and villified as THE ONE. The one and only reason our soccer team cannot...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/EIrppH03jmM" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2009/10/bafana-bafana-is-ranked-73rd-what-do-we.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-11244410830245462872009-07-11T12:24:00.000+02:002009-07-11T12:39:43.576+02:002009-07-11T12:39:43.576+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0By 'n speelgoedfabriek in die suide van China loop 'n vroulike werker 'n donker kamer binne. Sy gewaar skielik twee mans. Hulle is Uyghurs. Mens kannie Uyghurs vertrou nie. Hulle lyk anders, praat 'n...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/vvC-30tDEws" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2009/07/urumqi-geweld-en-china-se-etniese.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-47348037024071025822009-06-05T18:38:00.000+02:002009-06-05T19:15:44.004+02:002009-06-05T19:15:44.004+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0Askies is an Afrikaans/Zulu sitcom on SABC2, Friday nights. It is directed by Andre Odendaal and Josh Rous. It is the worst waste of money the SABC has ever perpetrated. I just watched it and I must...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/iTiu2G_2Khw" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2009/06/askies-sabc-but-just-how-dumb-do-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-44496140919541199472009-05-19T23:53:00.000+02:002009-05-20T00:43:37.854+02:002009-05-20T00:43:37.854+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0Much of the discussion about new minister of transport, Sibusisu Ndebele's gift S500 Mercedes Benz, valued at more than R1 million, focus on Mr Ndebele's ethics in the matter. Why did he feel the...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/AmhRfTgcDIY" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2009/05/money-in-water-what-sibusisu-ndebele.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-39459194407623289952009-04-06T12:17:00.002+02:002009-05-20T00:44:52.958+02:002009-05-20T00:44:52.958+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0Donovan Roebert from the South African Friends of Tibet responded to my shortened article in Rapport. He takes me to task for presenting the Chinese propaganda without commenting on it, and for...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/KdOwsciBMwY" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2009/04/response-from-sa-friends-of-tibet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-68221689931381353812009-03-29T13:36:00.000+02:002009-05-20T00:45:55.683+02:002009-05-20T00:45:55.683+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0Daar is twee prentjies van Tibet en die Dalai Lama. Die een is die simpatieke Westerse mite dat Tibet ‘n soort edele Shangri-la is en dat hulle spirituele leier ‘n vreedsame, saggeaarde – dog...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/zn4IeEEjUC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2009/03/dalai-lama-china-ons-onkunde.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-12117207354614788372008-10-29T13:32:00.002+02:002008-10-29T13:38:39.378+02:002008-10-29T13:38:39.378+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0I potentially found a way of saving streaming Quicktime videos to my own computer using iTunes itself. This started because I stumbled upon the old short film made for Pink Floyd's Final Cut,...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/hOVC9L0_ZkE" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/10/saving-streaming-quicktime-video-using.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-77498291871394616492008-06-17T20:33:00.003+02:002008-06-17T21:07:32.557+02:002008-06-17T21:07:32.557+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0"On August 2002, I went to New Zealand . I again had all the symptoms often occurring. On April 2003, I had already spent all my money. I came back China and stayed with my parents. I had more...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/DVHB7nBe8Oc" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/06/soleilmavis-children-of-cube.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-52370504235154964462008-06-17T02:17:00.003+02:002008-06-17T02:26:07.625+02:002008-06-17T02:26:07.625+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0I've started a new blog to aggregate news about Africa-China relations. There will be very little comments by me, just links as I find them. This is just a collection of items for my own benefit in...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/hYQ83tiO8WY" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/06/africa-china-relations.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-26333740904320730762008-05-28T08:55:00.004+02:002008-05-28T09:40:39.005+02:002008-05-28T09:40:39.005+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com1Yesterday the Chinese Internet exploded in a bubble of hate when Sharon Stone's comments about the earthquake was published. I thought, at first, it was the typical hysterical response of people who...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/DdN-kxz0whs" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/05/one-brainfart-leads-to-another-sharon.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-37112908335161934662008-05-22T06:35:00.006+02:002008-12-10T12:16:27.293+02:002008-12-10T12:16:27.293+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0On Wednesday afternoon the Xi'an Red Cross volunteers had a fund raising event in front of the Kaiyuan supermarket, opposite the central Bell Tower. At 14:28 they unfurled a long banner and observed...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/A8jAHiOF_Uk" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/05/xian-red-cross-fundraising-event.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-585750581054515672008-05-20T08:32:00.003+02:002008-12-10T12:16:27.589+02:002008-12-10T12:16:27.589+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0Aftershock rumours are going around and the Seismological Bureau has issued a warning of a possible 6 to 7 magnitude quake. Apparently Chengdu, Chongqing and Xi'an are mostly closed for business....<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/ND9iXqzyNSE" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/05/earthquake-prediction-state-of-art.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-62734824138377156242008-05-18T16:57:00.009+02:002008-05-25T15:44:48.371+02:002008-05-25T15:44:48.371+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com0The Xi'an Public Security Bureau (PSB) released details of deaths, injuries and damage in Xi'an from the May 12 Sichuan earthquake.The quake was felt in Xi'an at 14:28 on Monday, May 12. From that...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/YQcau3UHENA" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/05/xians-earthquake-fatalities-and-damage.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732895.post-44111451693028285242008-05-17T09:46:00.007+02:002008-05-22T08:09:52.599+02:002008-05-22T08:09:52.599+02:00Cerebusnoreply@blogger.com1This video, hosted on Chinese portal Paopao (泡泡俱乐部) shows administrators at the No. 3 Middle School in Huizhou, Guangdong, filming their teachers making donations to Sichuan earthquake victims. Then...<br/> <br/> [read more]<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/aityt/~4/9O5O9NA4-OU" height="1" width="1"/>http://aityt.blogspot.com/2008/05/donation-fraud-at-school-in-guangdong.html