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A Cape Town blog by Chris MA Cape Town blog by Chris MRamblings of a Cape Town developer, marketer and Internet Junkie 
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Couch shopping was stressful, but fun!
2008-05-19 20:28:00 I’ve been searching around for a good couch over the past couple of weeks and not only are prices scary, waiting periods are crazy! I’ve finally found the couch I want (below) - However, I’m ordering it in a deep red suede and not the leather, I’m not really a leather person. I found the couch ... More About: Shopping , Style , Couch
TIme Breakdown of Modern Web Design
2008-05-15 15:20:00 I had such a good laugh when I came across this! [via: AlsaCreations] This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Web Design , Humour , Design , Time , Modern
Afrigator Beta 2 makes me proudly South African
2008-05-15 02:08:00 After being contacted to beta test the release of the new Afrigator website, I decided to make a point of looking around the website for new features as well as setup my new tracking code and get under way with things. I’ve noticed a couple interesting things: In general, the home page of the site has changed ... More About: Industry News , Beta , South , South African , African
Some interesting SPAM I tell you!
2008-05-15 01:47:00 I just received this message: FROM THE DESK OF Gregory Warder Dear Friend, I am Gregory Warder a lawyer and the Personal Attorney to John . I hereby attempt to reach you via your email to intimate with with this sad new. I regret the manner I am giving you this news, but I had no other option. I ... More About: Humour , Interesting , Spam
Google?s Input Sanitisasion
2008-05-14 21:16:00 Somewhat pointless, but this Google search has an interesting effect: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q= %26%238238%3B&btnG=Google+Search Your search - ? - did not match any documents. Suggestions: Try different keywords. Credit: Dark SEO Programming ~ Haydndup This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Code , Input
The zen of all zen massages!
2008-05-14 21:05:00 So lately I’ve been feeling extremely run down and exhausted, fortunately I have people who love me and I was blessed with a free massage at the New Awakenings - Health & Beauty Clinic! Now, I’ve never been a huge go-for-a-massage person, in fact, the idea didn’t sit too comfortably with me, why? No idea, just ... More About: My Life , Massages
The Photoshop Anthology - Free Download!
2008-05-14 14:13:00 I am a big fan of Sitepoint books, and over the course of time, have purchased about 10 of them. When browsing Sitepoint today, I discovered that one of their newer books, The Photoshop Anthology: 101 Web Design Tips, Tricks & Techniques, is available as a free download! Hurry though, the book is only available as ... More About: Internet , Download , Free , Guru
1 2 3 Delicious carrot cake recipe
2008-05-14 00:58:00 One of my favourite cakes is Carrot Cake and after reading a damn good article on “Panic Buy Carrots“, which is a long story in itself, read here, I found a lovely recipe for carrot cake.. 2 1/2 C + 2TB whole wheat pastry flour. 1 1/2 tsp baking soda. 1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar. 1 1/2 tsp ... More About: Recipe , My Life , Delicious
Oh happy days, seriously happy days!
2008-05-13 23:02:00 As an operations manager, I pride myself in being able to manage time fairly well, in fact, I reckon I could say that I’m pretty damn good at it. Anyway, I am moving out at the end of the month, that compiled with a number of other personal things have found me lacking time in ... More About: My Life , Happy , Days , Happy Days
Steve Ballmer?s Laptop
2008-05-13 22:03:00 Hrm, I wonder what laptop Microsoft’s CEO uses… This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Humour , Steve , Laptop , Industry News , Steve Ballmer
Introducing FireFly - Roll out 13th May, Tech Meetup, New York
2008-05-13 17:45:00 FireFly is an exciting web feature, which allows users to see other users mouse movements as well as leave a little message here and there on the active screen. There’s not more that I can actually tell you about it, it’s really something you have to give a go! I think it’s darn interesting and imagine ... More About: New York , Tech , York , Meetup , Roll
Windows Vista Source Code
2008-05-13 14:55:00 Gota love the uber geek humour! This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Windows , Humour , Windows Vista , Vista , Source
Petra Nemcova you delicious little beauty!
2008-05-13 12:36:00 Petra was born in Karvina, a small mining town in the north of Czech Republic on the 24th June 1979. Back then, the Czech Republic was still a communist country, with little wealth, but she says that her saving grace was her two amazing parents that gave her everything they could. Even though there was little western ... More About: Beauty , Petra Nemcova , Gossip , Petra , Delicious
Facebook leaks source code from JohnChow.com
2008-05-12 20:33:00 It would appear that Facebook has not interpreted John Chow’s blog posts correctly and has presented the public with a sneak preview of what goes into the header of each blog post that he writes. Fortunately, the code is merely Javascript and will have little or no effect on John’s ventures, it was just an interesting ... More About: Gossip , Source , Code , Source Code
Edward Norton is.. THE Hulk - Movie Teaser
2008-05-12 18:50:00 This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Video , Movie , Teaser , Edward Norton , Hulk
Google introduces FriendConnect, watch out Facebook!
2008-05-12 18:46:00 Websites that are not social networks may still want to be social — and now they can be, easily. With Google Friend Connect (see http://www.google.com/friendconnect following this evening’s Campfire One), any website owner can add a snippet of code to his or her site and get social features up and running immediately without programming — ... More About: Watch , Networking , Facebook
Mac OS X hidden Twitter screensaver..
2008-05-12 00:55:00 There is an interesting feature in Mac OS X we haven’t known about so far: A user has found that the OS lets you run a screen saver showing off your Twitter friends. It is not really an official feature, but rather a programming example that comes with the Leopard developer tools. With few easy ... More About: Screensaver , Hidden
Elisha Cuthbert?s sex life is not happening!?
2008-05-11 17:54:00 As most of you know, I think Elisha Cuthbert is absolutely gorgeous, and it really hit home when I was emailed this very picture: Either she’s been ducking her gym sessions or her boyfriend just isn’t worth getting into bed with, because a good session occassionaly would tone up that butt in my opinion ;) Jokes aside, ... More About: Life , Gossip
Nero Burning Rom just isn?t performing for me!
2008-05-11 15:41:00 I’m sick of burning audio CDs and finding out that they either: Don’t verifiy in the verification step Terminate during the writing process Skip when I play them in my car Over the past few days, I’ve tried to write some new audio CDs for my car and I’ve run into the above problems over and over! I’ve trouble ... More About: Burning , Nero
Geek entertainment center desk!
2008-05-11 14:08:00 Shopping for geek items is getting more and more popular as the world realizes that geeks rule the planet. I came across this random image of a desk - Tell me you’re not drooling!? That’s one seriously wicked entertainment desk if you ask me. I honestly never thought of mounting speakers into my desk, it’s not ... More About: Entertainment , Style , Geek , Center , Desk
Progressive deep house beats by Luomo
2008-05-11 13:57:00 Let You Know, by Luomo, off the Paper Tigers album is a must have song if you’re into proper progressive deep house. Luomo is a moniker of Sasu Ripatti (b.1976), a prolific Finnish house producer, who also creates music as Conoco, Sistol, Uusitalo, and most recognizably Vladislav Delay. Luomo is one of the pioneers of microhouse. On ... More About: Progressive , Music , House , Deep , Beats
Amatomu rank drops, but traffic remains?
2008-05-11 12:38:00 I was interested to see that my Amatomu rank had dropped 30 or so positions over the past several days, yet my traffic has remained the same? I’m not sure if Amatomu is running a new algorithm to determine ranking positions, but it just seems rather strange that my rank would drop so much, but my ... More About: Traffic , Industry News , Rank
Cape Town OpenCoffee was really successful!
2008-05-11 12:26:00 Cape Town Entrepreneurs, developers, designers and service providers gathered at Sinns for the May OpenCoffee. We’d put quite a bit of work into the event, including a new idea of mine, which included colour coded stickers to identify entrepreneurs from developers from designers, etc. I left the office and arrived just on time to find myself ... More About: Marketing , Cape Town , Cape
Not So Geek Dinner - Willoughby & Co
2008-05-11 12:13:00 As our Not So Geek Dinner s continue, this time we were heading out to Willoughby & Co and the Waterfront for some sushi. Willoughby & Co specializes in seafood, sushi and imported groceries and I can definitely say that their food was absolutely delicious! 13 of us arrived fairly exhausted and dying for some sushi, so ... More About: My Life
My monthly Adsense cheque makes me grin!
2008-05-09 19:34:00 As most of my regular readers know, I’ve always played a little in the affiliate/online marketing space and it’s come to a point where I receive an adsense cheque every month for my efforts. It’s always exciting to receive the cheque in the post and see whether it’s that much more than the last one; ... More About: Marketing , Adsense , My Life , Grin , Cheque
Even Ninjas need to sleep you know!
2008-05-09 18:46:00 Even Ninjas need their sleep. For a Ninja, sleep is a time of renewal, contemplation, and rejuvenation. And when a Ninja sleeps, it is a very deep sleep. Most sleeping Ninjas can only be roused from slumber by another Ninja, which is a big problem if you are a Ninja, are tired, must wake up ... More About: Style , Sleep
Another silver Marlboro box for the list
2008-05-08 00:10:00 I blogged about the new Marlboro box with the fancy flip lid a while ago and noticed that a number of people were interested in this - Some just because of the innovation, some because they smoke and then others who saw it as an excellent marketing tool. I bought a box on the way home ... More About: Marketing , Silver , List , The List
Follow what products celebrities are using!
2008-05-07 23:54:00 Cool Spotters is a wicked new online venture which allows users to spot products that celebrities are using a post them to a common ground. You’re able to: Share - Share your celebrity findings Discover - Find new celebrity trends Connect - Meet new people The website has a lovely web 2.0 user interface, making it very easy to navigate ... More About: Products , Gossip , Celebrities
Funny bathroom signs!
2008-05-07 23:20:00 This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Funny , Humour , Bathroom , Signs
Amazing picture of a virtual world!
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