25 posts tagged with thoughts
The IEC saga: an early warning to other national standards offenders
As a long time advocate for best practices in web design, W3C standards compliancy, and the open source movement, this quite simply blows my mind on so many different levels:
The Independent Electoral Commission will spend R3 million to fix its broken website as complaints mount.
Wow!
Allow me to first provide an overview of the events leading up to this latest … view full post
Q. Why is beef called beef and not cow?
Via Answerbag:
Beef is from the French “boeuf” which means cow, and por from the French “porc”, pig. Likewise mutton is from the French “mouton” sheep. Back in Norman times, these were the main farm animals – turkey, chicken, etc. cam later. The poor farmhands who tended the live animals called them by their Anglos-Saxon names of cow, pig, sheep.
4am mixed bag
This is just too clever, I couldn’t resist sharing. (via Advertising/Design Goodness)Also while you’re there check out these beautifully illustrated print ads for ISCA, by Cape Town agency FOXP2. “Genetic Brand Engineering”, hoo rah.
Elsewhere in the Rephaboliki of SA, someone(s) is designing … view full post
I moved into a new apartment today
I moved into a new apartment today. The only furniture I have is inflatable, the only cutlery I have is a plastic fork and chopsticks (thanks to tonight’s take-away), I have a fridge magnet but no fridge, and I’m connected to the web via a bluetooth connection to my cell (new number on my contact page) which is dialed … view full post
Looking to 2006
I haven’t had much motivation to blog these past few weeks, while also have preferred to spend as much time as possible away from the internet information overload that is contaminating my notebook of late, favouring the good company of family and friends under the African sun. I’m now looking forward to a relaxing month of further good times … view full post
d’Afrique du Sud
I went to pick up my new passport yesterday. There are a few things about it which I don’t understand.
Firstly, the English/French-only languages throughout (Afrikaans is now completely removed). Wikipedia claims that “The South African passport [...] lists the other official names of South Africa on an inner page”. No, it doesn’t.
Then the Coat of Arms … view full post
Useless facts and thoughts
Via: http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/showThings.do
- There are 2 rules to being a success in life. 1. Never give out all the information.
- Don’t you hate it when someone asks you a question and you don’t know whether it’s rhetorical or not?
- What did the first person to milk a cow think they were doing?
- Having a smoking section in a restaurant is like having a peeing
Five random things
The countdown has begun: in a month’s time I’m relocating back to Cape Town after two and a half years in London. Bring it on!One great thing about 8mb broadband is that you can download random crap that you usually wouldn’t have the time or resources for, which is something I’ll have a tough time readjusting to. On the weekend … view full post
Scotland so far
Our time in Scotland has been good – despite the dreich weather, we’ve made the most of it and have plenty of pictures to show for our short time in Glasgow, Edinburgh, and our roadtrip around this beautiful nation. Thanks to my aunt Moira for her unmatchable hospitality.
It’s especially nice to escape from CSS, RSS, … view full post
My final blog post for the year
My final blog post for the year, because I don’t feel comfortable ending 2004 with animated 80’s tv nostalgia, as funny as it is.
Before I get there…
I was watching the BBC coverage of Sunday’s tsunamis disaster shortly after the earthquake struck, at around 5am. At that early stage, they were reporting only 9 confirmed deaths. That figure, as we’re all … view full post