Author: Paul

  • Eat Mor Chikin

    This one is an old favourite and always gives me a good giggle, thanks mom! Speaking of cows, there is a travelling exhibition of painted cows called "Cow Parade" which is currently here in South Africa. Basically what happens is that artists are presented with identical white cows (well, statues of cows) and these artists…

  • A Wish List

    I am still working through the Moleskinerie archives (I haven’t spent much time on that so I am still working through July 2004).  I have just come across a post by Gary Varner of Inkmusings who wrote the following: Whenever any of us face an obstacle or a detour in life, it’s good to try…

  • All Rise in Court

    It seems the judges do it in open court in Oklahoma City.  IOL has posted an interesting article titled "It was a case of ‘all rise’ for this judge…" – Oklahoma City – Jurors and officials in Judge Donald Thompson’s courtroom kept hearing a strange whooshing noise, like a bicycle pump or a blood pressure…

  • Another One Bites the Dust

    I read about a blogger by the name of Mark Jen a little while ago.  He posted some very dodgy posts about his new job at Google and what they pay.  It wasn’t terribly tactful and for a little while the posts disappeared and there was a rumour that Google cracked the whip and had…

  • Wil Wheaton

    I have mentioned his blog before and, reading his latest post, I have a couple thoughts about the man himself.  At least my perception of him.  I haven’t gone back into his archives to catch up on all that he has written (I am reserving those ambitious projects for when I have time to spend…

  • Licence to be a Kid

    Well, it is official.  By signing in the space provided you will "no longer be subject or beholden by tall or demanding persons".  Furthermore, you will also no longer be "responsible for anyone’s actions but your own." All you need to do is download the License to be a Kid and sign it.  Then you…

  • I want out … NOW!

    Now you don’t hear about this every day.  Wired has reported on a star that doesn’t want to be part of our galaxy anymore: A star three times bigger than the sun has been seen fleeing our galaxy at over 1.5 million mph, according to astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. The gravitational pull…

  • Broadband Mobile!

    I read in ITWeb that the mobile phone network I use, MTN, is about to rollout its EDGE offering with UMTS (3G) to be rolled out later in the year.  This is particularly exciting news for me mainly because I have this very cool new phone and I am keen to replace my landline as…