Views from my new work place – I just love Cape Town :)

A bit more than a week ago I started working at a new company.  On Friday I took my camera into work to share some of the views I have from my office.

I was fairly early at work and this is the sunrise that greeted me when I arrived at the office.

Office sunrise

The office is next to the M5 in the M5 Business Park which is in a area called Maitland.  It looks out over the Liesbeeck River that flows past, with the Riverclub Golfclub just behind that. And behind that is Tablemountain.

Office view

To the left of this is Rhodes Memorial and University of Cape Town.

Rhodes Memorial

UCT

The full set of photographs can be seen in my Picasa Gallery

What I was up to on my last day at IBM

Yesterday, Friday, the 13th was my last working day at IBM.  IBM really do not want you to work on your last day.  When I arrived at work I was no more authorized to use my email and some other IBM systems.  ILC was still working and I had to do that …yes you not going to get away with not doing your ILC.

I did my last paperwork and then handed back all I had to hand back.  The office then got together and said good-bye .. thanks Herman and Alex for the speech.  I was handed this massive card – the photo does not do it justice.

Good-bye Card

and the inside was full of personal messages (and a gift card for some gadget buying) – thanks guys & gals, I will treasure it.

Card - inside

I then said my good-bye’s, which took a while and was out of the office by 10:30.  Met up with a friend for some vida coffee and just sit in the sun and chat.

Then drove through to the V&A Waterfront and met up with another friend who is in town for the weekend from Pretoria.  It was such a gorgeous day that we again sat outside, had some drinks and just chatted away.  It is always so good to meet up with close friends from far away whom one only see once or twice in the year.  The time is never enough to catch up.

Drove through the Stellenbosch in the afternoon to go pick up my son from varsity.  The 2 of us then went to The Dros in Willowbridge for some drinks and just catch up on each others life.  Was so good to sit down with him and get to know what is going on in his life.  

Was a great day spending time with dear friends and my son.  Now a couple of days off not thinking at all about any work since I am actually unemployed until I start my new job on Wednesday, the 18th.

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent – 10/8/2010

tekken girlsThe top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Tekken’ tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Sex and the City 2’. ‘Salt’ completes the top three.

This week there are four newcomers in the list. Tekken is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent this week.

The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.

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Week ending August 8, 2010
Ranking (last week) Movie Rating / Trailer
 
1 (…) Tekken 6.0 / trailer
2 (1) Sex and the City 2 3.9 / trailer
3 (…) Salt (TS) 6.7 / trailer
4 (2) Operation Endgame 6.6 / trailer
5 (4) Inception (CAM) 9.3 / trailer
6 (…) Date Night 6.6 / trailer
7 (9) Toy Story 3 (TC) 9.0 / trailer
8 (3) The Ghost Writer 7.8 / trailer
9 (7) Kick-Ass 8.2 / trailer
10 (…) Furry Vengeance 2.0 / trailer

Article from: TorrentFreak.

 

One Chapter comes to an end, and another start – new work.

In a week’s time I will be officially unemployed for a couple of days .. luckily only a couple of days.  It is that small period after leaving my current job at IBM and start my new job.

Next Friday, 13 August will be my last day at IBM after almost 5 years at IBM.  Working for one of the biggest companies in the world is an experience in itself.  I have learned so much over these past 5 years.  Working in virtual teams with people from over the world is something one has to learn and experience.  IBM have managed to do that mostly right.  But working for IBM can also be very frustrating.  It is like a bureaucratic government organization where the wheels turn very slowly.  It is process and procedure upon process and procedure.  Everything gets double and triple checked. 

Then I will be unemployed for a whole 4 days – can I go stand in the queue for UIF 🙂 I will be starting at AAPM (All About Project Management) on the 18th as Development Manager.  Looking forward in getting back to my roots per se .. working with a group of techies doing software development.  As most of you know, I am a techie by hart and it will be great to plow back my experience from on of the biggest companies to a smaller niche company that specializes in Project Management software and tools.

The thing about social networking and the global world we live and work in means that the people I have met at IBM will not just disappear.  All of them are someway connected via Twitter, FacebookLinkedIn or some other network.

Top 10 Most Pirated Movies on BitTorrent – 2010/08/01

sex cityThe top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent, ‘Sex and the City 2′ tops the chart for the second week in row, followed by ‘Operation Endgame’. ‘The Ghost Writer’ completes the top three.

This week there are four newcomers in the list. Sex and the City 2 is the most downloaded movie on BitTorrent this week.

The data for our weekly download chart is collected by TorrentFreak, and is for informational and educational reference only. All the movies in the list are DVDrips unless stated otherwise.

Week ending August 1, 2010
Ranking (last week) Movie Rating / Trailer
1 (…) Sex and the City 2 3.9 / trailer
2 (2) Operation Endgame 6.6 / trailer
3 (1) The Ghost Writer 7.8 / trailer
4 (3) Inception (CAM) 9.3 / trailer
5 (5) Clash Of The Titans 6.0 / trailer
6 (…) The Last Song 3.4 / trailer
7 (…) Kick-Ass 8.2 / trailer
7 (6) The Yes Men Fix The World 7.5 / trailer
8 (10) The Bounty Hunter 5.1 / trailer
9 (…) Toy Story 3 (TC) 9.0 / trailer
10 (4) Diary of a Wimpy Kid 6.1 / trailer

Article from: TorrentFreak.

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