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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 Articles
Microsoft music video rocks out hard!
2008-04-17 13:37:00 This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Video , Humour , Music , Microsoft , Music Video
For the ultimate geek crash zone!
2008-04-17 09:30:00 Dosugus cushion looks like a black screen and has good old DOS directories embroidered on it. This is the ultimate geek item for the bedroom, apart from the ascii curtains! You can pick the pillow up for $35 over here. Must admit, I think I could easily purchase one! =] This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Style , Geek , Ultimate , Crash , Zone
iMod seeking help and sponsorship
2008-04-16 21:06:00 Hey peeps, I’ve come to a point in my journey as a blogger, where I need to start looking at things from a technical view point and not just the blogging part. I am looking for sponsorship in a couple areas: Hosting iMod is dying under the pressure of traffic and I’ve had to ‘turn off’ half my ... More About: My Life , Seeking , Sponsorship
Perdeberg Balance Red reviewed by Professionals
2008-04-16 20:19:00 I’ve spoken about the Facebook Clink-To-Win application built by web and mobile developers - FormFunction for Perdeberg Wineries and I’ve told you all that you could potentially win a great number of cases of wine by using the application. Fiona added the application, started using it and managed to win 10 cases of wine. With ... More About: Marketing , Balance , Professionals
Apple iPhone VoIP is now fringing possible
2008-04-16 00:29:00 I was chatting to local fring rockstar blogger, Simon, earlier this evening about fring’s movements towards supporting iPhones and he directed me to his latest post: So for those of you who missed the techcruch article from earlier today, (amazing how news gets out before it even happens) well the news is now officially out, if ... More About: Mobile , Apple , Iphone , Voip , Apple iphone
Improve your blogs traffic in 30 minutes
2008-04-15 13:02:00 Thanks for Darren Rowse for writing this interesting article, and a bigger thanks to Rafiq for actually finding it - I somehow lost Problogger in my feed machine :/ 1. Create link clusters within your blog A link cluster is a group of links that you can point at a post or page to improve its search ... More About: Marketing , Traffic , Blogs , Improve , Minutes
MNET launches a not so niche social network?
2008-04-15 12:58:00 I’m lost for words! MNET has released their own social network, which is just like all others: Create a profile Upload photographs Upload videos Rate friends photographs and videos I’m amazed that they have done this and am very interested to see how it plays out and whether it’s going to put pressure on other local social networks. I know ... More About: Social , Networking , Network , Mnet , Social Network
Load Shedding Schedule via Jabber Client
2008-04-14 23:01:00 Tired of having the power go out without warning? Now you can get warnings about predictable load-shedding sent to the Jabber account of your choice - including Google Talk accounts. Unfortunately, at the moment the warnings are for the City of Cape Town supply area only. To set it up, ask your Jabber client to subscribe ... More About: Mobile , Networking , Schedule , Load
Neverrain - April Mix: ?Synthetik?
2008-04-14 22:31:00 This month, a silky-smooth progressive mix of tech-house and trance, slowly building into a frenzy of electro & finally descending into epic breaks. This mix also features remixes of some classic Neverrain tracks from past mixes. Track Listing: 1. D-Suckers - “Danger” 2. Kliment - “Origins” 3. DJ Ico - “The Dark Room” 4. Ivan Spell - “DKYN” 5. Freza & ... More About: Music , April
Google and Salesforce team up against Microsoft
2008-04-14 17:32:00 Google and Salesforce .com, two of Microsoft ?s most conspicuous rivals, are expanding a 10-month-old collaboration in an effort to accelerate their sales of customer management and office software to businesses. On Monday, the two companies will announce that they have integrated Salesforce?s customer relationship management software and Google?s suite of office productivity applications, which includes e-mail, word ... More About: Google , Industry News , Team
Counting Crows in Cape Town in June
2008-04-13 23:26:00 The Counting Crows are back in Cape Town ! Renowned for their energetic, passionate live performances, Counting Crows is scoring a hat-trick with their 3rd tour to South Africa. You can’t afford to miss one of the most significant live bands in the world with a repertoire of hits spanning 15 years. They’re playing at Grand ... More About: Music , June
Jax?s Bday bash at KBosch Gardens
2008-04-13 22:58:00 Saturday saw us all gathering at Kirstenbosch Gardens for Jax’s Birthday Pic Nic - The wine flowed in quantities and as the afternoon progressed, the behaviour got a bit crazy, but in control ;) It was a fabulous afternoon and here are some of the photographs I managed to take - funny thing is.. I ... More About: My Life , Bday , Bash
Cape Town band, New Altum, is rocking!
2008-04-13 18:23:00 New Altum started about just over 2 years ago (june 2005) over a friendly chat between Jaques & Rasheed. Soon what started out as a vision quickly transformed itself and forced it’s way into reality. Before we knew it all the band members were together and bouncing ideas and vision around. Since then we’ve had ... More About: Band , Music , Cape Town , Town , Cape
Incredible Daft Hands music video - brilliant
2008-04-13 13:44:00 This is a brilliant Daft Hands music video for ever popular electro band Daft Punk - this creativity is beautiful: This is a post from: iMod.co.za More About: Video , Music , Music Video
MXit addiction leads to missing girls..
2008-04-13 12:49:00 Two teenage girls hooked on the teen cellphone chat line MXit are missing this week. Now investigators believe the service, used by 5,2-million South Africans alone, could be linked to their disappearance. Their disappearance comes in the wake of experts’ warnings this week that children face massive personal risks on social networking sites like Facebook and ... More About: Girls , Networking , Addiction , Leads , Missing
Will 2009 & 2010 be the years of SA startups being bought up?
2008-04-13 11:25:00 As much as I’m involved in the South African blogisphere, I have a completely different presence online in a hidden network which deals with the development of online trends and the movements a startup should take to sell out or find investors. As South Africa catches onto the whole online vibe, I foresee a great deal ... More About: Networking , Years , Startups
Remember great websites with sticky notes
2008-04-12 10:21:00 To put it simply, MyStickies allows you to place little yellow squares of digital paper anywhere and everywhere you feel like in the whole wide web. Along with the ability to put sticky notes on webpages mystickies offers a powerful interface to browse, search, sort, edit and generally have a wonderfull time with your sticky ... More About: Internet , Great , Websites , Notes
David Bullard fired over ?racist? column!
2008-04-11 21:39:00 David Bullard has been fired for writing an article which was seen racism. The article, published 7th April 2008, has landed him in a great deal of trouble as well as without a job. A number of blogs have blogged about it already, and I realise I’m a little late, however, I did read the ... More About: Industry News , Column , David , Fired , Racist
The shape of denim in Milan
2008-04-11 21:12:00 Those of you who know me, know that I love fashion and furthermore you’ll know I’m a complete junkie for any pants which have a flair. It’s no surprise that I found the following image and was immediately interested! Thanks to Areejh for pointing this awesome website out. The Sartorialist showcases interesting fashion from around the ... More About: Milan , Style , Denim , Shape
Top 10 selling games in the last 12 months
2008-04-11 21:02:00 Gaming has never been a big part of my life and when people talk about gaming, I usually zone out. I sit for hours sometimes and listen to friends rage about WoW, which is apparently awesome and all, but I just never had the drive to give gaming a proper go. I did play Quake 3 ... More About: Selling , Games , Industry News , Months
Relax, take it easy on an Up Series chair
2008-04-11 20:56:00 Since its first appearance, the Up series, designed in 1969, has been one of the most outstanding expressions of design. The exceptional visual impact of seven models of seats, in various sizes, has made them unique in time. Up5 is the collection?s most famous, a female figure tied to a ball-shaped ottoman symbolizing the shackles that ... More About: Series , Style , Chair , Relax , Easy
Put your emails on paper, no more computer!
2008-04-11 20:51:00 Lol, we all live in a day and age where email is taken for granted. On an average day, I send around 100 emails and the thought of what that would be like is I had to do it all on paper and with snail mail is hard to comprehend. I was doing my regular ... More About: Humour , Computer , Paper , Emails
Not So Geek Dinner 4 - Royal Yacht Club
2008-04-10 01:54:00 Relish, Balducci’s, Magica Roma and now it was time for Ollie’s choice of location - The Royal Yacht Club . I finished work at the perfect time, which meant I could take a slow drive straight through to the Royal Yacht Club. I must say, what a mission it was to get to the place, as they’ve ... More About: Dinner , My Life , Geek
New look coming for Gumtree Cape Town
2008-04-09 08:55:00 Just to let you know, Gumtree Cape Town is getting a new look! In late April or early May, Gumtree will introduce a fresh look to the site and lots of new features. Here is just a sample of what you will find on the new-look Gumtree: “My Gumtree” ad management system to quickly and easily view, edit, ... More About: Industry News
Trendy interior design with pebbles
2008-04-08 22:17:00 Trendy, yet sophisticated, dress up your apartment with pebbles and stand out from the rest with this natural interior design technique. Personally I feel it’s a lovely way to style up your apartment with a natural touch, not only is it trendy, it’s somewhat soothing. If you’re interested in more designs and reading on, visit ... More About: Design , Style , Interior , Trendy
Big shout out to the SA Blogisphere!
2008-04-08 21:40:00 Not too long ago I had to rush my brother to the hospital after nearly losing him to a terrible gastro bug. I was up in arms and incredibly worried about whether he was going to make it or not. I turned to my friends for help, as well as the South African Blogisphere and ... More About: My Life , Shout
Britney Spears rehires Larry Rudolph as manager
2008-04-08 21:32:00 Word out has it that Britney Spears has reuntied with her old manager, whom she fired last April after he was a big reason for her going into rehab. Rumours say that Jamie Spears has been helping Britney turn her life around and things seem to be going well. Jamie supported Larry ’s motion for sending Britney ... More About: Gossip , Manager
Geek Chicks - Track your menstrual cycle online!
2008-04-08 21:25:00 Ok, so I felt I’d been from east to west and north to south on the Internet, but clearly there’s something always popping up that I thought I’d never see. Mon.thly.Info is a website which allows woman to track their menstrual cycles online! I must say, I have seen a mobile application which does this, but ... More About: Cycle , Geek , Online , Track , Chicks
Wordpress Ajax Gallery Plugin - 2.5 Compatible
2008-04-08 21:10:00 If you’ve dealt with website Galleries before, you’ll know that finding one which is both css and ajax friendly is difficult and even if you find one, it most probably won’t have a comprehensive backend. NextGEN Gallery saves the day on this one - it’s the perfect solution to the Wordpress /Gallery mash up! Take a look ... More About: Plugin , Code , Ajax
Yeigo Communications seals multi-million dollar investment
More articles from this author:2008-04-08 00:36:00 Yeigo Communications , SA?s first mobile VoIP company, seals groundbreaking multi-million dollar investment with US based mobile handset distribution firm. Cape Town/Orlando 7 April 2008 ? A year after bursting onto the market, South African based Yeigo Communications, driven by three savvy technology UCT graduates, has sold a stake to US based, Quality One Wireless (Q1W), for ... More About: Mobile , Investment , Dollar , Multi 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
