Monthly Archives: June 2010

Five days

By 6000 | 6000 | June 6, 2010

The official countdowns all say four, but ask anyone how many days between Sunday and Friday and you’ll be told five. So the official countdowns aren’t fooling anyone. Mid-range forecasts suggest that Cape Town is going to have a pretty horrendous start to the week weather-wise, but that Thursday – and more importantly – Friday, [...]

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World Cup Issues

By 6000 | 6000 | June 4, 2010

A couple of World Cup images that caught my interest today. Firstly, The Onion reports on an error that I’m shocked no-one had spotted before: No wonder the Germans (and the Italians) (and the Spanish) (etc etc) are complaining about it. And then, a little more seriously (I hope) the SABC Building, patriotically illuminated: Look [...]

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Avoid costly mobile phone bills while in South Africa

By 6000 | 6000 | June 3, 2010

I can’t actually believe that I’m writing this. This sort of thing is so basic, it shouldn’t need to be written. And that’s going to open the floodgates to all sorts of other basic advice posts like how to wipe your bum after going to the toilet and how you should use a spoon instead [...]

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She’s still dead

By 6000 | 6000 | June 2, 2010

It’s been almost 13 years since that fateful night back in 1997 when Di and Dodi died. I love putting it like that, it sounds like a 1970′s folk song. I imagine a bearded guitarist with a headband in a faded photograph singing “La la lah, la, la. Di dodi died”. But that’s another story. [...]

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Squads confirmed (ish)

By 6000 | 6000 | June 1, 2010

Each team participating at the FIFA World Cup 2010 has until midnight tonight to name their final 23 man squads. Bafana Bafana named theirs at a press conference this morning and the bi g news (worldwide) was the omission of striker Benni McCarthy. Goalkeepers: Itumeleng Khune, Moeneeb Josephs, Shu-aib Walters Defenders: Aaron Mokoena (captain), Siboniso Gaxa, Bongani [...]

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