My view of the world and anything that might interest me.
Over the past 2 weekends, I have been helping friends, Melanie & Hendrik, renovating their flat which they going to rent out. Above picture shows the view from one of their windows. How goes the saying, Location, Location, Location – how true is it about this. Cannot think of a better view anywhere in South Africa, in fact the world. Well except maybe the view from my new IBM Office.
Enjoyed this joke this morning .. and how true it is.
A farmer is out in the middle of a barren hillside, tending to his sheep, when suddenly a black Range Rover comes hurtling towards him. It stops, and a man dressed impeccibly in an Italian suit and wearing designer sunglasses gets out.
“If I can tell you how many sheep you have here,†he asks, “can I have one of them?â€
The farmer replies “I suppose so.â€
The man reaches into his car and pulls out a GPS receiver and laptop, connects it to a satellite phone, and logs onto the internet. He immediately goes to the NASA website, logs into the satellite page, uploads his current latitude and longitude and requests a high resolution thermal satellite image with 20cm resolution. He then runs the image through image processing software which counts all the heat sources. Subtracting two, for himself and the farmer, he proudly announces that there were 483 animals on the hillside.
“That’s correct†replies the farmer, to which the man lifts the nearest animal and places it in the back of his Range Rover.
The farmer then asks “If I can tell you what you do for a living, can I have it back?†The man agrees, and the farmer announces with confidence that he’s an IT Consultant.
“How did you know that?†he asked.
“Simple really,†replies the farmer. “You arrive here without being asked, try to impress me with the latest must-have technology, only to give me the answer to a question which I already knew. More importantly you know absolutely nothing about my business. Now….can I please have my dog back?â€
Feel free to add your own in the comments.
This is where the currency stood a couple of minutes ago. Looks like it is in free-fall. Where is it going to end?
This is the picture that met me on my way to work this morning. Table Mountain with its cloth. Old Cape Townians know that this is an indication of lots of wind. And true to its word – it is very windy in Cape Town at the moment.
I am in the process of moving to a new house, actually townhouse. It is just down the road from one complex to another. What a slept and to crown everything, it is raining also which makes things just worse.
I have taken some photos to show you my new view from the balcony. This was taken with my Nokia N82 and the 6 photos was stitched together with Microsoft ICE (Image Composite Editor) to form the panoramic below. Click on it for a larger view.
Today is Heritage day in South Africa and also National “Braaidag†(For my non-Afrikaans friends, that is BBQ day). The weather is playing havoc with us here in Cape Town. This is what it looks like from my balcony.
Definitely not a great day for Braaing. At least my braai is on my balcony and under roof but it is unpleasant there. Will have to see if I get around to it. Time to find somebody with a indoor braai.
Photokina is currently on the go and here are some photos of some of the new Canon cameras:
Canon Powershot SX1 IS front: 
Canon Powershot SX1 IS back: 
Canon Powershot SX1o IS front: 
Canon Powershot SX1 IS back: 
Canon EOS 5D Mark II front: 
Canon EOS 5D Mark II back: 
