Archive for December, 2005

An Early Xmas Present

// December 22nd, 2005 // 7 Comments » // Tech


Christmas came early this year, I finally upgraded the old busted digital camera and got myself the Samsung Pro815 Digital SLR camera.

A couple of things stand out for me, the optical zoom, the abundance of megapixels, the top viewfinder and the absolutely massive LCD screen!! This thing is huge – almost the same size as the PSP.

Some features include:

  • 8 megapixel digital camera
  • 15x Schneider-KREUZNACH optical zoom lens
  • a massive 3.5” TFT LCD screen
  • the world’s largest-capacity 1900mAh, 7.4V lithium-ion battery
  • a 1.44 inch LCD on the top of the camera to enable waist-level shooting
  • etc. etc. etc. – full specs here if you’re interested

    • Oh and Engadget had this to say about the camera.

    I’ll probably have a better review on the camera once I’ve had a chance to play around with it some more.

    Random Video Clips And Stuff

    // December 15th, 2005 // No Comments » // Movies

    Some random bits for today.

  • Video – Young Vin Diesel breakdancing
  • Video – Horse hits guy
  • Video – First full-lenght trailer for the Da Vinci Code
  • Video – If anyone actually cared – the MI3 trailer is also online (Oh, PS Tom – blowing up cars on bridges is so old now)
  • Video – Rachel McAdams says she won’t get naked (any more)
  • Video – The last trailer for today – this time for X-Men 3
  • Weird – Ever wonder how a coin-operated pool table knows to return the cue ball on a scratch, but not any of the other balls when they go in? Well, here ya go.
  • Weird – Paris Hilton Blogging?

    • Some NSFW

  • Video – Kate’s Playground Dance
  • Video – Princess Nyluh

    • One Drink Only

    // December 15th, 2005 // 1 Comment » // General

    Remember, at the next office Christmas party, you’re only allowed ONE drink!.

    What Would You Do With Gautrain’s R13bn?

    // December 15th, 2005 // 3 Comments » // General

    Received this one via email today and thought I’d share the sentiment. I did check out the website to try and authenticate the source, but it appears as through it may have been posted in on of their newsletters.

    Anyhow, it’s food for thought.

    What would you do with Gautrain’s R13bn?

    To put the cost of the new Gautrain development into perspective, Singh and Associates Strategic Solutions has come up with a few suggestions on what could be done with the R13bn extra the development will now cost (as opposed to the initially expected R7bn).

  • Instead of a train you could buy some top of the range S-class Mercedes Benz and park them nose to tail to form a ” train” that would be long enough to go around the world.
  • Since most South Africans use minibus taxis instead of S-Class Mercedes Benz, you could run a fleet of taxis, free of charge to commuters, from Johannesburg to Pretoria with a taxi leaving each town every two minutes, maintain them at the AA rate of R2.50 per km, replace all the taxis every month and you would only run out of money after 50 years.
  • You could add 44 more lanes to the M1 highway.
  • If you prefer to walk, a good bricklayer, if he made little brick tiles using stacks of 30 R100 notes, could lay a blue paved walkway, 1m wide from Johannesburg to Pretoria. We would have R400 000 left over to pay the bricklayer for his work, which should only take half as long to finish as the Gautrain.
  • Or if you want smart people to figure this out you could pay for a university degree for every single 19 year old Gauteng resident and ask them what to do with the money.

    • Xmas Carols

    // December 14th, 2005 // 1 Comment » // General

    Xmas Carols

    Again a big thanks to Highveld 94.7 and Spar for hosting a joyous and festive Carols by Candlelight again this year.

    A little known fact that the first Carols by candlelight was held in 1938 by Norman Banks in Melbourne. 70 000 people attended!

    In South Africa this tradition had its beginnings in 1949 at Zoo Lake, Johannesburg. Today, the Round Table is the official trademark holders of “Carols by candlelight” although many more organisations are using the term for similar ceremonies.

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