Selecting your number-one dream car is no simple task. But lucky for you I’m making your decision a tad easier by showing you 10 of the best automotive marvels of the past five years. No, you most probably can’t afford any of them and, yes, they will all exist as production cars for those who […]
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Web publishing goes (desk)topless
One of my friend Vinny Lingham‘s* latest projects, a revolutionary, browser-based, wysiwyg website builder, Synthasite, launched into beta this week (November 5). I had the good fortune of being able to play around with the latest incarnation just before its public release and I found it simple to use and quite addictive actually. Although all […]
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I’m the PR person of the year (and you can be too)
Last year, Time magazine voted me (and you) as Person of the Year. Advertising Age also voted me (and you) as Marketing Agency of the Year. Why? Because suddenly, you and me, we’re important. And we have a voice. And people listen to us. And they respond. Pity then, that many businesses are missing this […]
Posted inBusiness, Lifestyle
I’m the PR person of the year (and you can be too)
Last year, Time magazine voted me (and you) as Person of the Year. Advertising Age also voted me (and you) as Marketing Agency of the Year. Why? Because suddenly, you and me, we’re important. And we have a voice. And people listen to us. And they respond. Pity then, that many businesses are missing this […]
Posted inNews/Politics
President Mbeki meets with President Al Bashir
The Democratic Alliance (DA) welcomes the meeting between President Mbeki and Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir in Cape Town today. We hope that the meeting between the two presidents will yield positive results and assist Sudan in coming closer to achieving a lasting political settlement between north and south as well as peace in the […]
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The chicken-hawks of the media wars
The most prominent chicken-hawks of recent times are those — such as United States Vice-President Dick Cheney — who, while pushing for war, also push with great finesse for personal exemption from its risks. Thus Cheney, the two-time warmonger of Iraq (1991 and 2003), famously dodged combat in Vietnam, pleading that he had “other priorities”; […]
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Back to basics
I’ll be the first to admit that my neighbour’s cat has seen more action than this blog these past few weeks. But a dire social scene and the weather to match is enough to get any party-goer to sit down and reflect, which is what I have been doing. I have been taking a breather […]
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Debunking pork myths
GOP pork spending has got so bad, I’m told, that the Democrats are now the party of fiscal responsibility, and if I’m a small-government libertarian, I should prefer to see Democrats in charge in the US. Luckily, some people keep track of these things.
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Here, piggy piggy … get your licence!
No one likes to be called names. But let’s face it, when there is a generalised stigma towards a certain group (the metro police, in this case) people often whip out the verbal guns and start shooting. Take a look (with pictures) at one of the reasons why … When the metro police didn’t exist, […]
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Blogging Player of the Week: Charl Norman
Meet Charl Norman. At first sight, he doesn’t look dangerous. You might even encounter him at business or social events, exchange business cards and not even think of contacting the authorities. “Hmm, nice logo, you might say,” as I did, and then carry on with the business of the evening. Mistake. Charl Norman is a […]
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New monopoly card for bloggers: No-Libel, Pass Begin, Collect $200
An important international company in the web space recently discovered one of my blog posts and contacted me to tell me that I jeopardised the potential for future cooperation with it by being critical of it in my posts. I didn’t think I was being critical of the company, but it didn’t think so. This […]
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Obama Barack’s Clinton while Giuliani’s a Rudy lefty thingy
With all the runners in this year’s “November nominate a handicapped juvenile stakes” heading for the starting stalls, the Republican candidacy remains wide open while the Democrats are all trying to mount a challenge on clear favourite Hillary Clinton. Don’t let me catch anyone sniggering — Hillary and I happen to share the same views […]