Monthly Archives: February 2012

Koeberg siren is just a test: Eskom

By 6000 | 6000 | February 29, 2012

Much panic in Cape Town about the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station emergency sirens sounding, but don’t worry – it’s just a test: Koeberg Emergency Plan Siren Test 29 February 2012 A full volume siren test of the Koeberg Public Warning System will be conducted in your area on the morning of 29 February 2012 between 10:00 [...]

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Max’s thoughts on Mandela’s death

By 6000 | 6000 | February 29, 2012

I read this in yesterday’s Cape Times, but couldn’t find it anywhere online until this morning. I’m reproducing it here in full because I feel that it’s a great read, bringing together a number of previously undocumented, yet actually fairly obvious ideas and notions around what will doubtless be a very emotional moment in time, and expressing [...]

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Sonic Notify: Mind. Blown.

By 6000 | 6000 | February 29, 2012

This is seventy-four different sorts of impressive. Sonic Notify is a flexible technology solution that presents a unique opportunity for content strategists focusing on proximity and live experience solutions. Their clients purchase a speaker, or a “beacon” (which come in multiple shapes and sizes) that send out high pitched audio signals inaudible to the human ear within [...]

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Whose Fault Is It Anyway?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 28, 2012

Part – indeed much – of my journey home from work features the M5 and much of that journey is usually rather slow. It gives me a chance to have a look around at the fetid industrial heartland of Cape Town, before I head down into the leafier suburbs further south. As I’ve mentioned once [...]

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What could be better?

By 6000 | 6000 | February 27, 2012

The only thing that could actually be better about Morten Harket releasing a new solo album in the next few weeks is if one of the tracks on it had been written by the Pet Shop Boys. Just imagine: it would be like [that singer you really like] doing a song written by [that band [...]

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