Paul Jacobson

Category: Travel and places

  • Android spotted at Boschendal

    I just came across a Googler with a beadwork Android he had made in Johannesburg at Boschendal. I had to take photos and he agreed.

  • Rain and stupidity

    I figured it out! There seems to be a strong correlation between the likelihood of rain and the incidence of stupidity on the roads. The trend seems to begin when cloudy weather is upon us and people start to drive like bigger idiots the more likely rain becomes.

  • The Daily Maverick Work Avoidance gathering

    I finally had a chance to attend one of the weekly Daily Maverick get togethers at Motherland Coffee in Rosebank. It’s a small group today but I’ve had some interesting conversations already.

  • Ceremonial parking paypoints

    You would think that these massive paypoints could be used to receive cash and validate parking tickets so their possessors could exit the parking. You could think that but that sort of thinking is foolish. In fact, those great big machines are nothing but the user interface for a psychological test to see how many…

  • Scattered stupid

    Today it is hot, party cloudy and there is scattered stupid on the roads. It might also rain. Not idiots (thankfully), actual rain.

  • This song makes me want to travel

    I just flipped to my Afro Celt playlist in iTunes (Afro Celt Sound System is one of my favourite groups) for a change and picked this song, Persistence of Memory, and it reminded me how whenever I hear it a part of me wants to go travel somewhere and yet the guy who does all…

  • Living in Israel tips from The Big Felafel

    I was clicking on links and came across this great site for people living in Israel. The site is called The Big Felafel and it contains “Essential Tips for Living in Israel”: The choice was to live in ‘the big apple’/NYC or ‘The Big Felafel’/Israel. We chose The Big Felafel. Living in Israel is challenging,…

  • The rain in Joburg falls mainly on the plain

    We had quite a storm yesterday evening. The storm started while I was still at my office and I shot this video shortly before I left for home. What passes for my creative thought that went into the video is that I wanted to experience the growing storm through the rain on my large office…