Paul Jacobson

Category: Travel and places

  • Off to the 27 Dinner with some geeks tonight

    We’re heading off to the 27 Dinner tonight like half of Joburg geekdom. I’m looking forward to it partly because we are going to hear from Justin Spratt and Google’s new country manager, Stephen Newton (please no Google PR speak??!). I’ll probably be posting to FriendFeed as we go (look for the comments to this…

  • Go go alt.conference – a preview of what to expect

    Update: I can’t figure out how to add the html code for a banner but you can use this version of the logo if you would like to create your own banner! Alt.conference is around the corner and there are already over 80 people who have joined the Alt.conference site. So what is this all…

  • Permission needed to photograph Melrose Arch's new shopping section

    Melrose Arch opened a new shopping section last week and my wife and I decided to go take a look. The centre with the slogan “the space to be yourself” has opened a pretty funky shopping space. I thought it would be visually appealing so I took my Canon point and shoot along with us.…

  • New license plates: it’s all true!

    I was wondering what would happen when Gauteng ran out of numbers on the current license plate system and it turns out we just get new license plates … which we have to pay for! The new license plates are supposed to be launched in the next month or so and we will have to…

  • Welcome to the first world … Cape Town

    I am watching a couple episodes from MyNameIsBill and came across this one I enjoyed: Another reason SA Rocks … Technorati Tags:mynameisbill, cape town, first world, sa rocks, video podcast

  • There’s good news and bad news

    I heard about a video of a hectic car chase and came across this video showing a man attempting to flee the police. I am not sure what his injuries were but they could have been a lot worse … assuming he survived. Car Chase Crash – The best free videos are right here Technorati…

  • Joburg to Cape Town in 2 hours … by train

    Wouldn’t that be something? Sure you can fly to Cape Town/Joburg in 2 hours or less but consider the cost which can be up to R2 000 or so per person, return. Imagine making that trip by train instead for considerably less (ok, I am guessing on prices). Take a look at this test run…

  • You really can’t drive them into the ocean …

    What a moron: Man drives Cherokee into the sea. I reckon he made up the story about the fight and wanted to see if there was any truth to those ads depicting 4X4s driving in the ocean.  If he didn’t make it up then he is a complete moron for risking his wife’s and his…