I’m trying out Pocket again across my devices – it’s excellent | A great timelapse of Earth from the ISS | Loadshedding – Einstein blames the Government | But miningweekly.com blames the coal | Zuma booed by “Wolves hidden in the sheep skin… infused in Satanism,” says Mbalula | MEDIEVAL ROCKET CATS! via @JacquesR | Quiz Up now available for Android: byebye productivity | The worst tweets from the Pistorius courtroom, collated | All of the satellites orbiting the earth | I watched this last night. Review? Meh. | But it did have this in the soundtrack | The luckiest pitch invader ever | Where plastic goes infographic | Does a fresh avo feel like the end of your nose? | And finally, I love this octopus pic
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Not creepy
You may have read the Creepy Things Kids Say post from last year. One of those that gives you cold chills. Well, here are twenty two-sentence “stories” which will have much the same effect.
Some examples:
The last thing I saw was my alarm clock flashing 12:07 before she pushed her long rotting nails through my chest, her other hand muffling my screams. I sat bolt upright, relieved it was only a dream, but as I saw my alarm clock read 12:06, I heard my closet door creak open.
I begin tucking him into bed and he tells me, “Daddy, check for monsters under my bed.” I look underneath for his amusement and see him, another him, under the bed, staring back at me quivering and whispering, “Daddy, there’s somebody on my bed.”
My wife woke me up last night to tell me that there was an intruder in our house. She was murdered 2 years ago by an intruder in our house.
Sleep well…
Truth Facts
There are so many falsitudes prevalent on the internet, that I was delighted to find truthfacts.com, with their graphs of facts, which are truth…ful.
And when I started looking around there, I also found this site, which is full of funny cartoons like this:
and this:
So say goodbye to any hopes of productivity and click the link.
The value of technology
Coast Guards
A really nice piece in Mahala this month about the car guards at Durban’s beachfront – and the extra services that they offer (careful now):
The car guards that ply their trade along the Golden Mile are known to go beyond the call of duty, thanks to the trust that has been built over time between them and their “clients”. The modern surfer has one major issue when it comes to parking their new age vehicle and jumping into the ocean. The remote key: an electronic device that is not water friendly!
But this is not a problem at the major surfing beaches. Every day, numerous beach goers hand over their car keys to the guards in full confidence that their belongings are in good hands. An amazing interaction if you consider the approach most of us take towards crime prevention in this country.
I enjoyed reading this – a quick dip into another world – a world that as the writers suggest, conjures up all sorts of negative connotations. But the entrepreneurship demonstrated by these guys and the obvious trust that has built up between them and the surfers are fantastic.