Monthly Archives: June 2009

Schalk’s little brother doing well in NBA

By 6000 | 6000 | June 30, 2009

Another South African sporting success story has come to light with Schalk Burger’s younger brother playing basketball in the States. He’s the one on the left. Baby Burger puts a move on the opposition. Penalty, green six. In other news, how happy am I that we’re flying on a Boeing 747-400 later  and not a [...]

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Smelly penguins are a thing of the past

By 6000 | 6000 | June 29, 2009

Here in the Cape, we’re lucky enough to have a couple of local colonies of the African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) which one can pop along and visit, should one feel the need. Summer days are obviously nicest to spend in the sun, by the sea, getting up close and personal with these curious birds; with just one [...]

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Panasonic Lumix DMC FZ28

By 6000 | 6000 | June 29, 2009

I’m feeling somewhat limited by my current camera, the 7.1MP point-and-shoot goodness that is a Sony DSC-W17 and I feel it’s time to move onward and upward and get something with a bit more power. Looking at the Flickr stats for the W17, it seems that I’m not alone in this. Following extensive research (of [...]

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World’s Worst Hide & Seeker

By 6000 | 6000 | June 28, 2009

Actually, his seeking isn’t too bad, but we obviously do need to work on the hidage aspect of his game. I iz invizibul. U cannot see me behind my stick. This was taken in February 2008 at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens and is a great example of what a quota photo looks like when one is [...]

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Michael Jackson is still dead

By 6000 | 6000 | June 27, 2009

And he’s been joined by my PC. Yes, the world has ended. Sort of. With the Lions losing with the last kick of the game in Pretoria and having spent the afternoon in shopping hell with one (if not more) of the kids playing up, my computer has failed to work. Well, it started. Briefly. [...]

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