On my flight from Chicago to Phoenix, I was as tired as hell. I’d been plane hopping for the last 24 hours and I was not in the mood or frame of mind to chat. Murphy’s law I end up sitting next to the chatty guy. It was fine for the first while, but then I realized that he really had a lot to say. We chatted about cars and work and America, but finally I was getting tired and …
Read MoreThe client that I’m staying with in Arizona currently, mentioned whilst he was in SA, that he reckons SA isn’t that far off from being a 1st world country.
Hmm… Well I must be honest. I don’t think I agree. I’ve been here for less than a week now, and everyday I see indications of how far South Africa still has to go to be recognized as a 1st world country. Granted we have beauty that many other country’s don’t …
Read MoreThis is a pretty cool invention that combines the fleeting nature of falling water and inkjet type rendering technology.
This is a waterfall that was put together using a whole bunch of valves linked to an image rendering computer system. Basically, the image rendering system scans an image and then translates that in much the same way an inkjet printer would print out an image. Only difference is, is that the inkjet printer …
Read MoreYup, how about them apples… I’ve been in America for all of about 4 days now. I’m staying with a client in Arizona, Scottsdale to be exact. Its a beautiful area - loads of mountains and generally stunning scenery. There’s just so much to see here. I’m amazed more and more everyday how big this place is and how much there is to do.
I arrived on Saturday evening, after a gruelling, less than comfortable 25ish hour flight.
PE to Jozi - …
In the quest for gadgets and all things geeky, I decided to splash out and get a bluetooth Skype headset. So I dropped by Skypephones.co.za and ordered a Plantronics headset. Once I’d received it, I promptly went out and bought a Gigabyte Bluetooth Dongle to pair with my funky new headset.
There began a frustrating few hours of trying to pair and maintain a connection between the dongle and the headset. Nothing seemed to work. I …
Read MoreI’ve long been a believer that 1 years hands-on experience is worth 5 years studying & learning… give or take a month.
The knowledge and understanding of a subject that you acquire through hands-on experience is so much more valuable than in-theorum training. Reading about waves and currents and tides in a book doesn’t give you the same knowledge of a ship captain who’s actually been there, done that. When hiring someone, its always experience that seals the deal over someone …
Read MoreOk, so this post is really quite unrelated to anything that this blog normally talks about, but I couldn’t help myself.. I had to share this..
I got my first car when I was 18. I worked as a waiter at St Elmo’s and my dad agreed to equal whatever I saved towards my first car. Eventually I had enough, and I got my first reddish/orange demon - a Datsun 140Y
Pretty much like that, except a miff orangy red …
Read MoreA friend of mine was involved in a terrible car accident a few weeks ago. She managed to recall everything that happened and documented it all below… Quite a hectic story…
We left about a week and four days ago on our usual countrywide trip…which…as usual i wasnt looking forward to..anyhoo…we covered all the stores in Jozi and had to make our way up to Nelspruit to do the stores there..had about a week left to go before we got home…
My …
Read MoreJust a quickie to say thanks to the CSS Galleries that were so kind as to add The Yellow Llama to their galleries. I’ve tried for ages to get a design that is worth of a Gallery or two, and it seems that finally this design has cracked the nod :) Score.
So far, muchos thanks to these galleries
Light on Dark
Best Web Gallery
CSS Mania
Daily Slurp
Vi8
WebDesignArchive
And a quick hi …
Read MoreDammit, I couldn’t wait any longer. I just COULDN’T!!
Here you go guys, the all new ‘The Yellow Llama‘. It’s been a long time coming, but I reckon this’ll be a design that’ll stand the test of time… Well at least for another year, hopefully. Here’s what I’ve done:
Fresh, freggan awesome design
AJAX Features
Ajax Live Search - Try it… you know you want to. I’ve tested it in IE 6 (because IE7 sucks hairy donkey bollocks) FF, Safari etc… If you …
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Its a hard disk in 1956.... HDD with 5MB storage in 1956. In September 1956 IBM launched the 305 RAMAC, the first computer with a hard disk drive (HDD). The HDD weighed over a ton and stored 5MB of data. Start appreciating your 1 GB memory ...
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A blind man wanders into an all-girls biker bar by mistake. He finds his way to a bar stool and orders some coffee. After sitting there for awhile, he yells to the waiter, 'Hey, you want to hear a blonde joke? The bar immediately falls absolutely silent. ...
Best part is when the dog looks up at the cat like... WTF are you doing...
Kulula is an Airline with head office situated in Johannesburg. Kulula airline attendants make an effort to make the in-flight "safety lecture" and announcements a bit more entertaining. Here are some Real examples that have been heard or reported: On a Kulula flight, (there is no assigned seating, ...
