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F16 demo at RIAT 2007

2009-04-08T20:17:26Z

This is one of my favourite aviation videos. Video from inside the aircraft (F16) as a Dutch display pilots does his show. Must be an unreal experience, especially towards the end when he does the high speed pass followed by the vertical climb. Basically why boys want to grow up to be fighter pilots;

klitsgras drumming circle

2009-03-01T17:08:16Z

Situated about 10 km out on Garsfontein road in Pretoria, lies Klitsgras Drumming Circle. I have been going there every now and then for a couple of years and I must say it is definitely worth a visit. If you grow tired of doing the same thing every weekend or feel like beating the hell [...]

new camera

2009-01-18T18:35:02Z

After years of using my trusty old Sony Cyber-shot DSC-P73, I finally upgraded to a brand new Canon SX10 IS today. Although there was nothing wrong with my old Sony, its time simply came. It is the year 2009, so a 4.1 megapixel camera with 3x optical zoom, just don’t cut it no more. Lately, my [...]

kruger park visit 2008

2008-12-07T17:35:53Z

During November, I took my yearly leave and set off for a week long chill session at the Kruger Park with one of my friends. The Kruger has got to be my favourite holiday destination; It is cheap, close to Pretoria and a damn cool place in general. We left Pretoria on a Monday morning early, [...]

tree plant session

2008-11-23T08:11:16Z

Over the weekend, we went tree planting in Furrow Road, close to Equestria in Pretoria East. It was the first “operation” by the newly formed Pretoria East Tree Huggers group. It was only a small start to get the ball rolling, but hopefully future tree planting sessions will be better supported. The wetland area in Furrow [...]

some cool free tools

2008-09-16T06:02:24Z

A short list of some of the free applications that I use on a daily basis; ImgBurn - a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application. Very handy if you don’t have commercial software installed or simply as a no frills alternative to the normal bulky apps. Plus it plays a very [...]

rain spider

2008-11-23T08:15:18Z

Update –> Well last night it finally rained in Pretoria, after months of no rain. The Rain Spider lived up to its reputation of signalling the coming rains by wandering into homes. We found this one yesterday morning (first of the season) . It was quite docile and it was releatively easy to take outside [...]

registering your .co.za domain name

2009-01-18T19:04:51Z

(This is for .co.za domains only) The first step in setting up email or a website for your company/private use, is getting your own domain name. A domain name is basically the yourdomainname.co.za part that makes the whole thing work. For a more in detail description about how DNS (the domain name system) works, this is a [...]

basic introduction

2008-08-19T22:05:02Z

If you are a small company doing business in South Africa, you will most likely be used to paying ridiculous and ever increasing amounts of money for just about everything. From diesel (the new petrol) to power your fossil fuel abusing German urban wagon, to your promised ADSL connection due for installation next week - [...]

my new blog

2008-08-11T22:10:54Z

At last, the time has come to give the whole blogging thing a proper bash. See my Twitter badge to the right? You bet you, I am micro blogging too. The past five years of my life, I have been working in IT as a Systems Administrator. Most of my time is spent looking after web [...]