Author Archives: 6000

Not here, but…

By 6000 | 6000 | April 29, 2012

Here. And while Cape Town is a wonderful, wonderful place to live, I really have no issue with finding myself where I am right now…

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A Real Man

By 6000 | 6000 | April 28, 2012

This is a difficult post, because a lot hinges upon it. After the 2009 Kids in Tow Tour and the disastrous 2010 Last Hurrah Tour, we have another trip to the UK coming up and we need a name for it. I have plenty of time to decide on suitable nomenclature ahead of our departure, [...]

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Birthday Boy

By 6000 | 6000 | April 27, 2012

Alex turned six this week and (coincidentally) on his birthday, enjoyed a school trip to Butterfly World. As you can see – some butterflies are apparently big enough to require additional strength from an extra arm.

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Descriptive Camera

By 6000 | 6000 | April 26, 2012

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words, but this… umm… “interesting” Descriptive Camera suggests that it’s probably nearer twenty. The Descriptive Camera works a lot like a regular camera—point it at subject and press the shutter button to capture the scene. However, instead of producing an image, this prototype outputs a text description of [...]

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Toxicity

By 6000 | 6000 | April 25, 2012

Loving this, which I spotted through… someone… on twitter earlier. System Of A Down’s Toxicity on Electric Violins (and drums):   Not many people know this, but I can play the violin, although I don’t get much as chance to fiddle since I got married. Also, my legs are easily as good as either of [...]

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