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Mobilize me dear sir

// September 29th, 2008 // 5 Comments » // Blog Stuff, General

Posted by mobile phone:
I can’t say this is the first blog post i’ve written using a mobile phone. In the past I’ve posted using a Sony Ericsson P990i and HTC TyTn and merely using the built-in internet browser. What does make this post special though is the fact that it was written using the wordpress mobile plugin.

Guests to Aquila Online can now view a significantly optimised version than before, and I can post articles on the go with greater ease.

Those who still want the full experience of the site can opt to view the original version, with the click of a button.

This is still work in progress so your comments and suggestions are very welcome.

Also, if you do view www.aquilaonline.co.za on your mobile, please let me know which phone and browser you used.

Updated: Hmm maybe a bit quick on the mark – quite a few bugs to sort out with the stripping/downsizing of images. For now I’m forced to disable it for now – no-one likes to see error messages. I’ll let you all know when it’s back up and running.

Update 2: It’s back up! I had to change it to the Alex King version, but it works perfectly now. Comments, tomatoes etc. welcome. Thanks

Bunny jokes in Afrikaans

// September 24th, 2008 // 3 Comments » // Funnies

When this crossed my email it was just too funny to resist the temptation of not posting it. Although the bunny (hasie) jokes have been around for a while, it certainly made my day.

Apologies for my non-afrikaans speaking visitors, but this one is going to get lost in translation. Thanks to Morne for the mail.

Wat noem jy ‘n deurskynende hasie? Spasie
Wat noem jy ‘n hasie in ‘n pyp? Blokhasie.
Hasie in die tuimeldroër? Spinhasie
Wat noem jy ‘n hasie in die hospitaal? Operasie
Wat noem jy ‘n hasie in die Spur? Inspirasie
Wat noem jy ‘n hasie wat koud kry? Vibrasie
Wat noem mens ‘n hasie met GPS? Navigasie
Wat noem mens ‘n rugby hasie? Paashasie
Wat noem mens ‘n hasie wat in pretoria bly? Hawsie
‘n Hasie wat uitasem is? ‘n Blasie
‘n Hasie met styl? ‘n Classy
‘n Halwe hasie? ‘n Sie
‘n Hasie wat mond-tot-mond asemhaling toepas? Oksidasie
‘n Walt Disney Hasie? Animasie
‘n Vuvuzela Hasie? Gerasie
‘n klomp hasies? ‘n Nasie
Wat noem ‘n mens ‘n hasie op ‘n telefoon? Kommunikasie
Wat noem ‘n mens ‘n losbandige hasie? ‘n Flirtasie
Wat is ‘n geel hasie? ‘n Kasie
Wat noem ‘n mens ‘n hasie wat preek? ‘n Kanselasie
Wat noem jy ‘n ryk hasie? Inflasie
Wat noem mens ‘n siek hasie? Inflamasie
Wat noem jy ‘n hasie wat oorsee gaan? Immigrasie
Iemand wat heeltyd hasie grapies vertel? Iritasie

Riccardo Patrese takes his wife for a spin

// September 21st, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Funnies

Former Formula 1 driver Riccardo Patrese thought it be fun to take his wife for a spin in a Honda Civic around the Jerez circuit, with a hidden camera in the dash

Watch the video here

The real funny bits start around 1:50 into the video.

Warning – do not eat quicket

// September 11th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // General

Who’d want to eat a quicket anyways?

LHC will rock you in the head

// September 11th, 2008 // 2 Comments » // Tech

Much to the dismay of some people, the world didn’t come to a cataclysmic end yesterday. As most media reports noted, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) project at the Geneva-based European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) was switched on to “smash stuff together and see what other stuff comes out” [via].

The surprise “hit” of the whole shebang was actually a video by Kate McAlpine aka aplinekat, rapping about the collider.

Yeah – “The things that [the collider] discovers, will rock you in the head.”

“Nothing” might have happened when the collider was switched on, but it just feels like the world was extraordinarily chaotic today. Perhaps I just need some sleep.

Woza weekend.