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A quick status update

A quick status update

While I’m waiting for my series to copy…. In the process of doing my first kefir trade, got offered a full manicure – unexpected, but then again that’s exactly what I had in mind I’m pretty happy to have made the first trade, delivery this week, manicure in a bit. Just plain fun doing...

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The Kefir experiment

The Kefir experiment

“It is believed that the Moslem tribes-people of Northern Caucasus Mountains, were gifted kefir grains by the Prophet Mohammed while traveling through this region approx. 1,400 years ago. It is also said these tribes-people referred to kefir grains as The grains of the Prophet Mohammed and the culture product, Kefir, The Drink of the...

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Status update: Post mortem of a party

Status update: Post mortem of a party

I’m finally done with the full-on party mode, at least for a while. It’s been fun, really fun, and I’ve met a bunch of awesome new friends. Several bunches actually and many of these people I hope to know for a long time to come. A handful I’m pretty sure I’m going to get...

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A bit like herding cats

A bit like herding cats

Getting my thoughts together and remembering all the things that happened in during the past month or two feels a bit like that – herding cats. I should have kept notes, there were so many things I wanted to write about & share, but my internet at home is down and it’s been hectic...

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Premature celebration

Premature celebration

I paid my final invoice for the transfer of the smallholding to my name today. It’s been a long ride. It’s been tough, tears have been shed, there’s been a lot of red tape. There’s been kindness. There will be closure. In about 2 week’s time, when the final certificates and whatever leftover red...

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Bouldering wall & training: 1 Stop post

Bouldering wall & training: 1 Stop post

Just to tie everything together:

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Finished at last

Finished at last

The much talked about bouldering wall is finished. A simple design that was quick and easy (with some help) to set up once the work started.  Last time I was still aiming for a roughly 75 degree overhang. In the end I threw out all the fancy angle calculations and fit in the wall as best...

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A run on our water

A run on our water

We are in the process of losing our rivers. On top of our existing water pollution woes, the government simply does not abide by standing laws and grant coal prospecting rights along our major rivers to mining companies.

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Emile’s guide to building the ultimate bouldering wall

Emile’s guide to building the ultimate bouldering wall

Many moons ago I started making plans to build a freestanding bouldering wall. I came up with this. ( As you can see I spent many hours with state of the art CAD software to carefully plan every detail :-P )

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All work and no play…..

All work and no play…..

…..makes Jack a dull boy ( that’s a bad thing, I think ). Sooooo, I finished up my little private job despite some, shall we say, “challenges” wrt to my work environment - tonight it’s me and the boys from Metallica. My project entailed updating software I wrote some 6 years back called “Problem Solving and Decision...

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