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QR codes at Stodels

By 6000 | 6000 | October 5, 2011

On Sunday morning, I was told in no uncertain terms by my 5 year old son that it was time to plant some more veg in the vegetable patch, so I took the kids down the road to Stodels to buy some seedlings. And it was while we was there that we came across this: Alex [...]

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Port Pourri

By 6000 | 6000 | September 12, 2011

Much excitement Chez 6000 today as I discovered a new website. And yes, it’s suitably nerdy, so you’re going to love it too. Right, so you know when you are passing the harbour in Cape Town or looking down at it from the Mountain? [Joburg readers will have to try to imagine the scene, it's [...]

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Earth from the ISS

By 6000 | 6000 | September 10, 2011

Or rather, in this case, the ISS from Atlantis, via TriggerPit. Earth from the ISS: Like a scene from Star Wars – an X-wing approaches  Kepler on the horizon. Backdropped by Earth’s horizon and the blackness of space, European Space Agency’s (ESA) “Johannes Kepler” Automated Transfer Vehicle-2 (ATV-2) begins its relative separation from the International [...]

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An interview with State Honourary B.Dolgion

By 6000 | 6000 | September 6, 2011

Interesting views from the man who “was considered to be a Pagan” in the UB Post today. Of course, many of you will recognise that his profession is a journalist, but he is well known as musician in Mongolia. On the eve of his 60th birthday, he tells us about his family, his freedom and [...]

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Old pics of Cape Town

By 6000 | 6000 | August 23, 2011

Look what  found on flickr: the Bygone Cape Town Set by user Etiennedup, who says: A while ago I looked for some sixties and seventies photos of Cape Town on the Net. To my amazement I could not readily find any. Having spent some of my most memorable times in the Mother city, I undertook [...]

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