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Census 2011: Get informed

By 6000 | 6000 | October 11, 2011

Lots of panicky, kneejerk comment on the story that criminals posing as census officials robbed a house in Kensington, Johannesburg yesterday, but blaming the real census officials for this is like blaming FNB for sending phishing emails. Reading the report: “Symons said the doorbell rang and two men in green jackets told him over the [...]

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Mountain Biker gets taken out by buck

By 6000 | 6000 | October 10, 2011

Does exactly what it says on the tin: Says YouTube user mscmcc: Mountain Biker, Evan van der Spuy of Team Jeep South Africa got taken out by a RED HARTEBEES at amountain bike race at Albert Falls Dam. Check out this crazy footage which was taken by team mate Travis Walker on his GoPro Camera [...]

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RESPONSE TO MISLEADING COMMUNIQUE ON CENSUS 2011

By 6000 | 6000 | October 10, 2011

Sorry for the shouting in the title above. The perils of cut and paste. I thought that I’d share this info with my South African readers who may or may not (this being SA) be aware that the 2011 Census began today. And it seems that there may be some confusion over who will be [...]

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Wild Life

By 6000 | 6000 | October 10, 2011

Wow. I need a weekend to recover from the weekend I just had. The hard work and investment of time, effort and money just seems so worth it after a fantastic family weekend which we shared with tortoises, goose barnacles, caterpillars (Cape Lappet moth and TBI Pine emperor moth), stick insects and even a puff [...]

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Infra-Red

By 6000 | 6000 | October 9, 2011

This week’s lab work has mainly been accompanied by Placebo’s back catalogue, which worked nicely. Please, no jokes about the Placebo effect. My experimentation and research is based on sound scientific foundations. Herewith Placebo’s Infra-Red from 2006.   I played this track so loudly on Friday morning that it broke my earphones. True story. Meanwhile, [...]

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