June 2007 Archives

I'm still alive, mostly!

I've managed to catch a cold, or the flu, or something. So I'm not much fun at the moment.
Work has gone crazy, Overtime galore and stressed out people slumped in chairs everywhere.
I'm sure in a few days I'll have something more interesting to say, but for now, thats about it.
I might even have some stories to tell that might amuse people.

So, in the true spirit of Summer (harhar. summer was last weekend)

Man… I miss South Africa.

Oh boy, where to start.

The first Social Networking site I ever used (knowingly) was LinkedIn. My LinkedIn network is getting pretty big these days. (I just checked... 1224 people in my Network. Thats waay bigger than I thought. WHO ARE ALL YOU PEOPLE?)
LinkedIn has been quite useful so far. Thats how the Google Monster managed to get in contact with me to invite me for an interview.
Here's an Interesting post on using LinkedIn Productively

Then there's Stumbleupon. I installed the little Firefox button to keep me amused with random websites, but its turned into alot more than that lately. Its a nice way of sending URL's to your friends, and recommending websites that may interest people that you know.

Last.fm is an interesting one if you're a Music fan. Listen to Internet Radio stations, and share your music interests with the rest of the world. It's a nice way to explore new music.

Facebook is the "social buzzword" lately. Every one of my friends in South Africa has asked me lately if I'm "on facebook". Its scary how fast this one is spreading... Needless to say, peer pressure caused me to sign up. And its been a lovely productivity black-hole for the last few days. (thanks guys)

Now that I think about it, I probably use a few other social networking sites, and I dont even realise it.

I know I'm not the only one with this problem. I just can't seem to get myself out of bed in the mornings.
On the few days that I have managed to wake up early, I've been astounded at the amount of stuff I can get done before I need to start worrying about catching the bus to work.

This post is definately worth a read.

Okay... Someone explain to me what the rationale behind this latest idea is?

Some parliment seat warmers have proposed to make all visitors to the country register with the government (passport in hand) before being allowed access to the Cellular networks to make calls, even if they have a roaming agreement in place with their home provider.

Where's the logic in that?
Hello, welcome to the World Cup. No you wont be able to make any phonecalls, until you (and thousands of other visitors) have popped in to register.

Next, they'll be proposing a R308 million (pronounced R411 million), to look after registrations.

Whats wrong... is passport control not enough?