Category Archives: that’s a bit mad

Quotes from Christchurch

By 6000 | 6000 | February 24, 2011

The Christchurch earthquake and its aftermath have been undeniably tragic. Boston.com’s always impressive The Big Picture has probably the best collection of photos of the devastation, but they’ve been justifiably beamed around the world so many times that you’ve probably seen a lot of them already. My Mum and Dad are touring New Zealand at [...]

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Tonight, tonight

By 6000 | 6000 | February 22, 2011

(with apologies to the Smashing Pumpkins) I’m quite excited about tonight, as we’re secured tickets (via the medium of Computicket) to see Fascinating Aida at Camps Bay’s Theatre on the Bay (which is actually next to the bay and not on it at all). If you haven’t heard of Fascinating Aida, don’t worry. I was [...]

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You sound surprised…

By 6000 | 6000 | February 18, 2011

As spotted at Pick n Pay yesterday: “Even the kids like ‘em”? Why on earth wouldn’t the kids like ‘em? If I were asked to name a particular demographic that I think would like these sugar-laden biscuits with “colourful sugar-coated chocolate” pieces all over them, I would probably go straight for the under-16 age group. [...]

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Unlucky

By 6000 | 6000 | February 16, 2011

More blogworthy news from South Africa to share with the the world. A suspected robber, who has been on the run from police ever since they raided his Pretoria rental home two weeks ago, got the fright of his life when he was arrested as he unexpectedly sat down next to the officer investigating his [...]

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More EnvironMENTAL coolness

By 6000 | 6000 | February 15, 2011

After we brought you the ski slopes, smoke rings and heat-guided laser wonder from Denmark, here’s some more green coolness in the form of Boston’s Treepods. Dvice reports: The Treepods would be constructed purely of recycled plastic bottles. On top, they’d be covered with solar panels to help power the CO2 filtration process, which would [...]

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