Archive for May, 2009

Think your wife is ugly? Keep it to yourself Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Malaysian authorities will consider making it a crime for husbands to call their wives ugly »

Media accused of ‘hostile’ offensive The SACP has accused “a large part” of the media and the “middle class intelligentsia” of waging an “un-remitting and extremely hostile” ideological offensive against the ANC and its alliance partners and has called for “engagement” with the culprits. I guess the “middle class intelligentsia” is a scary thing when the... »

Shell goes on trial accused of complicity in military execution of green Nigerian activist “The company is accused of asking Nigeria’s military dictatorship to silence Ken Saro-Wiwa who campaigned against environmental damage caused by oil extraction. Saro-Wiwa and eight other oil industry opponents were executed on November 10, 1995, after a military tribunal convicted them... »

So I thought I’d go see whats happening at what I knew as the “Fly Lounge”on Hans Strydom drive, Pretoria East – turns out it’s been revamped into a “Springbok Bar”, co-owned by Kurt Darren & Pedrie Wannenburg (apparently a rugby player – I know, I know, but I had to look it up - I’m not... »

from www.explosm.net »

You can’t make a vitamin. »

The Database Mole Presents Survival tips for PowerPoint boredom By Phil Factor“…there are occasions in all of our working lives when sitting through a PowerPoint presentation is inevitable. Fortunately, there are techniques for feigning interest, many of which have developed over hundreds of years. All you need is a handful of like-minded colleagues with a... »

“The World Society for the Protection of Animals has established an online function to allow the public to send an anti-whaling message to the relevant South African minister” Read more here and then click here! and also visit the NSCPA »

Enough FLA’s already ? ;-P Acting on some functionality requests, and the apparent interest in seeing a national (sport) climbing league, I’ve decided to create a new website, to pool it all together, instead of lots of different little sites diluting the attention of a small community. Enter www.SANCL.org – short for (The) South African National... »

Montague Paratrooper Folding Cycle Goes Electric “The motor and bike gearing are completely separate, so the rider can choose as much, or as little, assist as they like. In pure electric mode, the TidalForce M-750 x2.0 has a tp speed of 30 mph and a range of 25 – 28 miles.” Beats sitting in the traffic… »