Monthly Archives: August 2008

The Perfect Storm?

By 6000 | 6000 | August 31, 2008

It’s Spring Day tomorrow in South Africa. The unofficial start of the good weather that will last through until next July, allowing us to enjoy braais, beers by the pool and some dreadful home performances by the nation’s cricket team. But winter had one last throw of the dice and scored a lucky 7 with [...]

13 Comments | Tagged , , , , , | Posted in flickr, this is south africa

Tenuous terrorism charges

By 6000 | 6000 | August 29, 2008

Now I know that terrorism versus civil liberties is a contentious issue and all, but I firmly believe that prevention is better than cure. And so, where there are reasonable grounds for suspicion that a terrorist act is going to take place, I would much prefer to see it nipped in the bud. Certainly that rather than some sort [...]

4 Comments | Tagged , , | Posted in in the news, politics, uk

Akismet issues

By 6000 | 6000 | August 28, 2008

My Akismet anti-spam plugin has been misbehaving, seemingly since I upgraded to WordPress 2.6.1. This issue was indicated to me by (previously) regular commentor and all-round nice guy Del, who emailed me to say that he got a stream of computer-generated abuse each time he attempted to reply to a post. At first, I just assumed it [...]

6 Comments | Tagged , , | Posted in admin, from the blogroll, from your comments, this is south africa

Bonding with your baby

By 6000 | 6000 | August 27, 2008

From the father’s point of view, bonding with your baby is not only hugely important, it can also be hugely problematic: Bonding research has long focused on the maternal relationship, but we are starting to see that paternal bonding is just as important to the child’s overall development,” says Dr. David Lamm, a family counselor [...]

6 Comments | Tagged , , | Posted in learning curve, the parenting bunny

Heavy metal “knot” to blame

By 6000 | 6000 | August 25, 2008

Last week’s “incident” at a Krugersdorp school in which an 18-year old student killed one person and injured several others was fantastic news for the South African press. Yes, because not only was this an incident at a “white” school, the student in question dressed up in a mask and used a samurai sword to [...]

11 Comments | Tagged , , , | Posted in in the news, music, this is south africa
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