Looks like ANC did not get the 2/3 majority it was aiming for. It's nice to know that perhaps the largely ignorant and uneducated majority of people in this country has not completely bought into Zuma's populist approach. I could be wrong of course, and it is possibly because the breakaway party, COPE was simply voted for by those people who felt ( Read more... )

I can only answer for people in South Africa at this point, but cellphones are the worst. Handheld gaming devices are too expensive here and so is the wi-fi. Although laptop appearances in shops are more common these days, they do not create as much hassle as cellphones. People talk loudly, allow them to ring in the most inopportune places and ( Read more... )

A new definition of: "Having panties in a twist". Of course, not nearly as dangerous as using a potato as a weapon.

On a more serious note, the question has been asked: "In what context do we have the cheapest electricity in the world?"  And are we really that cheap if we primarily use coal and not cleaner energy sources with the countries being ( Read more... )

30 year battery. No more recharging!!!

I have to say this nicely explains the problems organizations like RIAA or any other greedy corporation is encountering, and instead of innovating, is beating the drums to legal action and lawsuits.

Go Mark Shuttleworth!

Tap the Robot

In yesterday’s post, I asked how many of you guys would have sex with a robot if it was indistinguishable from a hot human woman. About 95% of the hetero guys said they would. The other 5% expressed a strong preference for lying.

Based on your responses, it seems that every guy has his own threshold for the quality of the ( Read more... )

On in a jiffy
It’s the evening of your first date, and you wonder why you’re sweating so much. She walks into the restaurant looking like a million bucks, and you stand up awkwardly to greet her, almost knocking over the table.

Candles, wine and good conversation are the order of the evening, and you leave her at her door with little more than a ( Read more... )

WARNING: A MEANDERING POST ( Read more... )

AT&T Helps US Spy, Say Memos Phone company gave NSA access to emails in ‘secret room,’ claims an ex-AT&T tech

May 23, 2006 AT&T provided a “secret room” in its San Francisco offices to help the U.S. National Security Agency monitor emails on the Internet, according to three internal company documents filed in connection with a class-action privacy ( Read more... )

I've been thinking about getting an iPod in the near future. I did run into a problem though...I do not know of any shops that sell them and the ones that do only have the Nano 4GB - I was thinking of at least a 30 GB as well as any accessories that I might need to buy straight away ( Read more... )