Category Archives: this is south africa

Sunday stuff to do – blogging about space rock

By 6000 | 6000 | November 22, 2009

It’s Sunday and there’s stuff to do. Exciting stuff like polyfilling and painting, poisoning the front lawn, drinking beer and watching football. Being mindful that any one of those activities could go on late into the night and also aware that there have been strange server error things going on at the far end of [...]

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Hard to work

By 6000 | 6000 | November 21, 2009

It is quite difficult to get stuff done when you have this view from your study window. The TV mast not only provides me with a TV signal, but also proves that I actually did a very good job of keeping the camera level. Thanks for that.

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Brazil again

By 6000 | 6000 | November 20, 2009

As the last of the 32 teams to qualify for next year’s World Cup in South Africa were decided this week (some more honourably than others), only now do our local newspapers reveal that we’re wasting time, money and effort on the whole competition. Because they already know who will be the winners: Football’s romantics [...]

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In My Eyes

By 6000 | 6000 | November 18, 2009

As I sit in the lab, pitching various antibiotics into battle against my TB while hiding behind negative pressure, an N95 particulate mask and several layers of protective gear, there’s nothing I like more than some loud music on Snoopy Too, my iPod. Today’s offering is Zebra & Giraffe: local favourites and official support act [...]

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It’s all lies – the myth of the unripe nectarines

By 6000 | 6000 | November 17, 2009

Never believe a thing they tell you. It all began when the buyer, new to the job, went out to the nectarine farms. His inexperience was quickly detected by the evil nectarine farmers who had barns filled with dud fruit. They’re not ripe, they’ll never be ripe. But the buyer didn’t know that. He’ll take the [...]

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