It’s amazing what happens when you decide to take a weekend off from working – or at least half a weekend off form working. Two birthday celebrations in one weekend warranted some much needed time away from the laptop and work. The winner of the best birthday venue has to be the JHB Botanical Gardens. What [...]
Aug
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Aug
19
Networking!
I’ve recently had the opportunity to take advantage of some elective training the Standard Bank Global Leadership Centre (GLC). As usual the timing could not have been worse – but then again when is it ever a good time to be out of the office for even a day. The most recent course I attended was a one [...]
Jun
06
Steps to achieve an awesome Bday! – 2009
How to have an awesome Birthday 101 (and for once I’m actually not being sarcastic): 1) Leave work early (4pm) the day before your birthday 2) Do not open e-mail for the entire evening – just say no!! 3) On the morning of your Birthday – organise to not be in the office (a visit [...]
Mar
09
Ambivalent Bunny…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambivalence
Jan
29
Student Bunny!
So for better or worse.. I’ve registered to study for my Honours at UNISA.. (Well almost registered…still need to go in person … to submit my documents… yes in person to a distance education university! ) Not really sure it was the best of ideas – but if I didn’t do it now .. I [...]
Jan
04
2009!… ok a bit late but still…
Looking back at 2008 my resolution was simple … Be Happy! It was a mildly successfull resolution … It was a happy year but (as life always is), filled with a generous sprinkling of lows. So resolutions for 2009 … 1) Balance – Something that was severely lacking in 2008 2) Happyness – Always important [...]
Nov
25
The building is alive!
Several times in the last couple of months, I have had the fortune… misfortune?.. stupidity? of being at the office REALLY REALLY early…and REALLY REALLY REALLY late… I am trying to convince the company that bunk beds would be a good idea for those of us that practically live at work… but anyways back on [...]
Oct
04
Art for Ewe!
I have officially found a new obsession … art .. specifically art by an artist called Ann Gadd (www.anngadd.co.za, www.artforewe.co.za) I am obsessed with Art for Ewe .. unfortunetly I am not rich as all hell (which is a requirement if you like art) so my collection is rather small at this point. I am [...]
Jun
07
Chess the Musical
For those that don’t know, I love going to the theatre nothing too hectic and drama like but pretty much anything else goes. I do the rounds at whatever venue has something that looks interesting between the JHB Civic Theatre, Tesson Theatre (next to civic), Pieter Torien’s Theatre in Monte Casino, Old Mutual Theatre on [...]
Dec
18
Google Reader Picks
- Kodak 1922 August 28, 2010I can only describe this clip as extraordinary. I love the eerie classical music, the slightly mottled cinematography and the typically beautiful 1920’s actresses - all these elements fitting brilliantly into this beautiful composition, it almost feels as if you’ve travelled through time. This video features a collection of the earliest colour motion pictur […]
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- Use Your Geek Skills to Get Out There and Meet New People August 17, 2010Photo by Laughing Squid The stereotype is that geeks spend too much time sitting at home in front of a computer, and not enough time interacting with other people. But did you know that being a geek actually makes it easy to get out there and meet new friends? Contrary to public opinion, geeks have many skills that translate well in the social arena. We’ll c […]
- The 10 Best Infographics for Internet Marketing Pros August 12, 2010Yesterday I joked on Twitter that: Top 10 lists are sooo 2009, this year’s linkbait seems to be the “infographic” To which, Dr. Pete suggested that I should go ahead and put together a Top 10 List of Infographics! A great idea! Look, we both know that this is linkbait–a top ten list combined with infographics, c’mon!–but you have to admit, it’s worth bookmar […]
- Paper art August 10, 2010It’s amazing what you can do with a sheet of paper and a pair of scissors – if you are Jeff Nishinaka that is. The simple combination of plain paper, light and shadows makes these sculptures look like they were crafted from marble and weigh a tonne. He has a prolific career working in advertising, fashion and fine art, and also creating some larger installat […]