My view of the world and anything that might interest me.
Anja, of beter bekend as oopkop, het vandag ‘n Dubuut blog inskrywing van 2 liedjies wat sy sing. Ek het skoon hoenervleis gehad nadat ek daarna geluister het. Ek is nou nie ‘n musiek kenner nie maar daai stem … “wow”.
Anja, jy moet defnitief uit die stort klim en die wye wereld ‘n smakie geen van jou sing talent. Ek sal eerste in die ry staan om die CD the koop.
Die wat nog nie Anja se stem gehoor het nie, gaan luister gerus … kliek hier.
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As promised, here are some photos from my visit in Copenhagen.
Views from my hotel, not my room but the room of a colleague of mine who is here with me. 
Had dinner yesterday evening on the benches you see. Burger King burger and chips — and that cost 55 Danish Krone, about R72 .. yes you read correctly, R72 for a burger and chips.
While we are talking about my colleague, here is he (Andre) lying on his bed. 
We have this joke about him staying in a real pimp room. I am staying in the new renovated part of the hotel where the rooms are ultra luxury. Last night while beer drinking from pub to pub we came across this traffic light — 
The small green light on the right is a traffic light for bicycles. Yes, they have their own lanes with their own traffic lights.
We also met this “alien” that was dancing every time somebody threw some coins in her tin .. she was actually very entertaining. 
When she was not dancing then she was standing dead still like a statue and would not move even if people tried to make her move. The moment some coins was thrown she started dancing with her flags.
Technorati Tags: copenhagen, denmark, site seeing, beer, bicycle robot
Life is great when one can have great coffee (Vida e Caffe) in an open air coffee shop, 3G wireless connectivity to do some last minute work before work tomorrow and listen to all the chatter of people relaxing on this public holiday.
And do not forget the wonders of camera cellphones … this picture was taken with my Nokia N80 with a 3MP camera.
Yes, I am writing this blog entry as I sit having coffee, taking the picture, uploading it to Flickr, updating my blog, all via 3G wireless.
Technorati Tags: workersday, public holiday, coffee, vida e caffe, laptop, cellphone, Nokia N80
I took the Harry Potter Character Combatibility Test and this is what came out. I cannot say that I have read all the Harry Potter books or even saw all the movies. I cannot even remember who Luna Lovegood is — who is he or she?
You scored as Luna Lovegood. You’re an extreme introvert and because of this, are also a deep thinker. You ponder things others would never dream of pondering and stand with your beliefs without backing down. You find it more valuable to daydream than to socialize, because there’s so much more going on in your head than others’. Most people don’t understand it, but you seem to prefer it that way.
Harry Potter Character Combatibility Test |
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Switch on your speakers and listen to this …. http://howtoprankatelemarketer.ytmnd.com. I could not stop laughing.
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Yes it is April fools’ day and Google is at it again. Want a paper copy of your email mailed to you then just ask Google and they will oblige.
Now why would I want a paper copy of my mail if I can print the thing myself? I bet there is a couple of people that are going to fall for this one.
Think a bit today before you believe anything said and written .. it might just be that somebody is trying to take the mickey out of you.
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I fellow blogger, friend, colleague has won the SA Blog Awards. Congratulations Tertia, I am so happy for you and suppose now we will not cope at all with you in the office .. luckily you sit in a different building. At least now I can rub shoulders with a famous person 🙂 but then you are famous in any case.
Does not matter what people say about the Blog Awards and the judging .. you deserve this one kiddo.
I know you on leave, when you back bring that new toy via my desk so that I can also play on it a bit … you promised!
Update: Here is a video of the award evening.
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Yesterday evening (28 March) I attended the Geekdinner that was held at Barbarellas in Constantia Village and my overall opinion is that is was a great success and everybody had a great time.
It was good to meet some virtual acquaintances like Tania and Neil face to face and also to catch up with old friends like Ian and Joe. Have also met a lot of other people but names is not one of my strong points.
The talks was good and interesting .. not too long and in all likelyhood the right kind of talks for the people that attended. I particurly liked that Ubuntu was promoted and people were asked to get involved. Neil’s talk on OpenID gave me the idea to implement OpenID on this blog.
There is one thing that I find strange — were is all the geek girls? Out of a group of about 50 I only counted 5. BTW, what does one call a female geek?
Thanks again Joe for arranging .. was a job well done.
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We all know how to say thanks when another driver let you pass on the road or give you a gap at a busy intersection. But what if you want to say more than thanks .. see a nice looking girl or guy in the car next to you? Well some German guy came up with a thing called the Flashbox to set off a series of indicator flicks that mean something.
This might get real interesting and confusing if all the cars around you suddenly start flashing their indicators and everyone start “chatting” with everyone. Is this just another form of social networking and community building?
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I am traveling overseas in a couple of weeks time – for work to IBM Denmark but will hopefully have some spare time for some sightseeing. Will be my first trip to Denmark. I probably need to invest in a digital camera before that and looking for suggestions. I am not a photographic professional like Andy so do not need anything fancy and complex.
Mainly looking for something that can take decent pictures, have good zoom capabilities and is fairly small with a fair size memory card.
While I am at it, I will also appreciate advice on things to see and do when in Denmark — I am mainly going to Copenhagen. And what type of clothes to take — probably will go there the first or second week of April — what is the weather like then?
Any advice will be appreciated.
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