Twitter has been criticised almost as much as it has been used since it went public just more than a year ago. The most common criticism aims at the very question all Twitter users are meant to answer: “What are you doing?” (Anybody who doesn’t know what Twitter is can find it wonderfully explained by […]
2007
Posted inSport
A tale of two captains
“Pakistan, five runs short of World Cup glory; Sharma to ul-Haq — spoons it over the wicketkeeper’s head … SREESANTH TAKES THE CATCH AND INDIA ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS!” Or something like that. A fantastic end to a classic final that brought down the curtains on the Twenty20 World Championship 2007. South Africa and cricket […]
Posted inTech
I hate it when it all comes together
When it comes to technology, I’m an early adopter. Heck, I’m more than that. While others are filling in the adoption papers, I’m nursing the gadget into adolescence. In 2001, for my 30th birthday, a group of generous friends chipped in to buy me an MP3 player. None of them knew what the hell this […]
Posted inLifestyle
Highlands Boys, Kes — the wonder years
The death of a King Edwards Secondary School (Kes) pupil brought memories of my childhood flooding back — Highlands North Boys’ High School, 1973-1978 Living in Highlands North, Johannesburg, in the Seventies meant apartheid, isolation and racism, but it also meant no fear of crime, freedom to roam the streets on your bike and girls. […]
Posted inBusiness
Whither the Washington Consensus?
Continuing the theme of the Rhodes Politics teach-in, on the heels of Tito Mboweni, academic Charles Simkins on Wednesday weighed in by putting things in historical perspective. (Interesting aside: Simkins’s own personal history includes an illegal wedding — having a reception on the big day when he was supposed to be banned by Pretoria and […]
Posted inNews/Politics
President Mbeki owes us an explanation
The suspension by President Thabo Mbeki of Vusi Pikoli, the National Director of Public Prosecutions (NDPP), is a potentially earth-shattering event for our democracy. In the present political climate in which suspicions thrive and every action by the president will rightly or wrongly be viewed as a move in the ongoing succession battle, presidential interference […]
Posted inLifestyle
The Oros Man
Being overweight is a strange disposition. I doubt that thin people have as much to worry about as us, their thicker cousins, when it comes to day-to-day “normal” living. I was outside smoking by myself the other day and got to thinking about the year-end functions on which we are about to embark in the […]
Posted inBusiness, Media, Tech
How much is a blog worth?
There is a blog up for sale, at auction, and I wonder if you can predict how much it will sell for. (I am not going to give out the URL, because I don’t want you to see what the current bid is, but if you think you might want to buy it, give me […]
Posted inLifestyle, Tech
Charity 2.0
It is becoming harder and harder for charities to raise funds. There is an increasing public indifference to the endless lotteries, fetes and nude calendars trotted out by charities each year and general suspicion that the bulk of funds collected finance the administration of the charity rather than the intended recipients. Whether these perceptions are […]
Posted inSport
McLaren may yet be banned, warns Mosley
F1’s espionage saga involving McLaren may not yet be over, Max Mosley has warned. Fearing infection by Ferrari secrets, the FIA president said inspectors will enter the team’s working factory before its 2008 car is allowed to race. “They could be banned for 2008,” he clarified to the Daily Mirror. “If there is serious evidence […]
Posted inMedia, Tech
Online hiding holes vs the law
VideoProfessor sells computer training videos, mostly through late-night infomercials. Like most companies, it offers a money-back guarantee, but there seem to be endless problems with overcharges, upsells and unclear terms. Some customers got a little fed up and posted anonymous, negative comments on websites such as Infomercialscams.com. VideoProfessor did not take kindly to this, and […]
