Tue 18 Nov 2008
Sat 15 Nov 2008
Stormhoek. Made In South Africa. Drunk in West Texas.
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How cool is this ..
This is from Hugh Macleod who is back on the case as he calls it.
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Sun 9 Nov 2008
DTP #10: Op my voorstoep
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Aan die een kan van waar ek woon is die Tygerberg Natuurreservaat
en aan die ander kant is die Altydgedacht Wynplaas.
Waar anders as net hier in die Kaap kan mens so naby die stad bly en tog ook die natuur op jou voorstoep hê. Op die boonste foto, aan die linkerkant, is ‘n rivier wat reg voor die uitgang van die kompleks is waarin ek woon. Op lieflike somers dae soos vandag hoef ek nie ver te loop om die natuur te geniet nie.
Wed 5 Nov 2008
There’s always one. This has got to be one of the funniest things in a long time. I think this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true story from the Word Perfect Helpline, which was transcribed from a recording monitoring the customer care department. Needless to say the Help Desk employee was fired; however, he/she is currently suing the Word Perfect organization for ‘Termination without Cause’.
Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee. (Now I know why they record these conversations!):
Operator: ‘Ridge Hall, computer assistance; may I help you?’
Caller: ’Yes, well, I’m having trouble with WordPerfect.’
Operator: ‘What sort of trouble??’
Caller: ’Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away.’
Operator: ‘Went away?’
Caller: ’They disappeared.’
Operator: ‘Hmm So what does your screen look like now?’
Caller: ’Nothing.’
Operator: ‘Nothing??’
Caller: ’It’s blank; it won’t accept anything when I type.’
Operator: ‘Are you still in WordPerfect, or did you get out??’
Caller: ’How do I tell?’
Operator: ‘Can you see the C: prompt on the screen??’
Caller: ’What’s a sea-prompt?’
Operator: ‘Never mind, can you move your cursor around the screen?’
Caller: ’There isn’t any cursor: I told you, it won’t accept anything I type.’
Operator: ‘Does your monitor have a power indicator??’
Caller: ’What’s a monitor?’
Operator: ‘It’s the thing with the screen on it that looks like a TV. Does it have a little light that tells you when it’s on??’
Caller: ‘I don’t know.’
Operator: ’Well, then look on the back of the monitor and find where the power cord goes into it. Can you see that??’
Caller: ’Yes, I think so.’
Operator: ‘Great. Follow the cord to the plug, and tell me if it’s plugged into the wall.
Caller: ’Yes, it is.’
Operator: ‘When you were behind the monitor, did you notice that there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one??’
Caller: ‘No.’
Operator: ’Well, there are. I need you to look back there again and find the other cable.’
Caller: ‘Okay, here it is.’
Operator: ’Follow it for me, and tell me if it’s plugged securely into the back of your computer.’
Caller: ‘I can’t reach.’
Operator: ’Uh huh. Well, can you see if it is??’
Caller: ‘No.’
Operator: ’Even if you maybe put your knee on something and lean way over??’
Caller: ‘Oh, it’s not because I don’t have the right angle - it’s because it’s dark.’
Operator: ’Dark??’
Caller: ‘Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is coming in from the window.’
Operator: ‘Well, turn on the office light then.’
Caller: ‘I can’t.’
Operator: ‘No? Why not??’
Caller: ‘Because there’s a power failure.’
Operator: ‘A power……… A power failure? Aha, Okay, we’ve got it licked now.
Do you still have the boxes and manuals and packing stuff your computer came in??’
Caller: ‘Well, yes, I keep them in the closet.’
Operator: ‘Good. Go get them, and unplug your system and pack it up just like it was when you got it. Then take it back to the store you bought it from.’
Caller: ’Really? Is it that bad?’
Operator: ’Yes, I’m afraid it is.’
Caller: ‘Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them??’
Operator: ’Tell them you’re too f—ing stupid to own a computer!!!!!’
Thu 30 Oct 2008
The Volvo Ocean Race is currently on the go. The yachts left Alicante in Spain on 11 October on its way to Cape Town. The next leg will leave Cape Town on 15 November and ends in Kochi, Singapore.
The above photo was taken in the Cape Town Waterfront and the blue flags in the photograph is the Volvo Ocean Race flags.
Thu 23 Oct 2008
DTP #8: Visitors in the morning
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These Guinea Fowl come pay me a visit every morning. They are part of a large group that roam the area where I live.
The guineafowl (sometimes called guineahen) are a family of birds in the same order as the pheasants, turkeys and other game birds and is native to Africa.
Sun 19 Oct 2008
DTP #7: Location, Location, Location
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Over the past 2 weekends, I have been helping friends, Melanie & Hendrik, renovating their flat which they going to rent out. Above picture shows the view from one of their windows. How goes the saying, Location, Location, Location – how true is it about this. Cannot think of a better view anywhere in South Africa, in fact the world. Well except maybe the view from my new IBM Office.
Sat 18 Oct 2008
Enjoyed this joke this morning .. and how true it is.
A farmer is out in the middle of a barren hillside, tending to his sheep, when suddenly a black Range Rover comes hurtling towards him. It stops, and a man dressed impeccibly in an Italian suit and wearing designer sunglasses gets out.
“If I can tell you how many sheep you have here,” he asks, “can I have one of them?”
The farmer replies “I suppose so.”
The man reaches into his car and pulls out a GPS receiver and laptop, connects it to a satellite phone, and logs onto the internet. He immediately goes to the NASA website, logs into the satellite page, uploads his current latitude and longitude and requests a high resolution thermal satellite image with 20cm resolution. He then runs the image through image processing software which counts all the heat sources. Subtracting two, for himself and the farmer, he proudly announces that there were 483 animals on the hillside.
“That’s correct” replies the farmer, to which the man lifts the nearest animal and places it in the back of his Range Rover.
The farmer then asks “If I can tell you what you do for a living, can I have it back?” The man agrees, and the farmer announces with confidence that he’s an IT Consultant.
“How did you know that?” he asked.
“Simple really,” replies the farmer. “You arrive here without being asked, try to impress me with the latest must-have technology, only to give me the answer to a question which I already knew. More importantly you know absolutely nothing about my business. Now….can I please have my dog back?”
Feel free to add your own in the comments.
Thu 16 Oct 2008
This is where the currency stood a couple of minutes ago. Looks like it is in free-fall. Where is it going to end?
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Thu 16 Oct 2008
This is the picture that met me on my way to work this morning. Table Mountain with its cloth. Old Cape Townians know that this is an indication of lots of wind. And true to its word – it is very windy in Cape Town at the moment.
