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Forget the Joneses

// December 18th, 2004 // 2 Comments » // Photos

Forget about keeping up or overtaking the Joneses, this, my friends is the ultimate ride. Aquila’s Trophy on her way to her maiden voyage.

In other news, I could swear I saw someone clipping the wings of the Joneses.

Thunderstruck

// December 17th, 2004 // 1 Comment » // Photos

They say you shouldn’t play outside when it’s raining as you may just be struck by a bolt of lightning. Well, this one came seriously close during a rain and lightning storm yesterday in the Northriding area.

Note that this particular bolt of lightning came towards the camera and then proceeded to strike the ground in the distance. Needless to say, it’s a case of being in the right place at the wrong time…

Click on the image for the short video clip (approx. 12 seconds – 2.1 Mb)

I Got It While It Was Still Luke Warm

// December 16th, 2004 // 3 Comments » // Blog Stuff

Ever wondered what the Jo’blog guys look like in real life? Well, now you can.

They were interviewed by SABC TV some time ago on blogging and if you missed the initial broadcast, you can now download the clip to view at your leisure. So while you’re the only one still sitting at work, the 22.6mb download should take only a few minutes.

As smg said, pity about the fact that there are no naked ladies in the clip.

New Wonderbra Takes Strain

// December 14th, 2004 // 1 Comment » // NSFW

Apparently the creator of cleavage-making Wonderbra said on Monday it was recalling its latest invention after women complained their bras were snapping from the strain.

The bra, called the Deep Plunge Clearly Daring and made for diving necklines, went on sale in Britain in November, but its makers said it had received complaints that the strap connecting the two cups had broken while being worn.

The company blamed the breakage on a “manufacturing fault” and said it only applied to a small number of products in an early production batch.

The £22 (about R200) brassiere would be back on the racks in January, the company said.

Musica Offers Music Downloads

// December 14th, 2004 // 4 Comments » // General

Apparently the local music industry is abuzz after Musica, the South African music store, launched South Africa’s first website (sic), offering downloadable music. More than 400,000 songs are already available on the website, with another 800,000 to be added within the next 3 months.

The biggest plus-point is that this service is 100% legal. The basic track price is R9.99, but you can get tracks from as little as R8.33 depending on the package you buy. Alternatively, you can listen to an entire track for only 10c per stream.

Tracks can be streamed or permanently downloaded in WMV and MP3 format and most tracks have a free 30-second sample available. This enables you to download a track to your PC and burn it to CD or transfer it to portable MP3/WMA player. To ‘burn’ the track to a CD, or transfer it to a portable player, one has to follow the media player instructions on the site’s FAQ.

I’ve picked up two snags though – Firstly, downloads cannot be transferred from one PC to another and Win NT, Win 95 and Macs are not supported.