Archive for the 'From the field' Category

Security levels

Saturday, February 13th, 2010

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have raised their security level from “Miffed” to “Peeved.” Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to “Irritated” or even “A Bit Cross.” The English have not been “A Bit Cross” since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies all [...]

Pledge to the Nation

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

A pledge to the Nation To see only abilities not the colour of your skin To recognise only potential not the failure of the fathers To acknowledge accomplishment not decry the feats of competitors To accept responsibility for my deeds not blame actions of others A pledge to my nation Together in a journey from [...]

Edcon CON

Monday, January 25th, 2010

About 3 years ago, I bought a breadmachine from Boardmans in Menlyn. Last year in November, the pan section broke and I visited the branch on a Saturday to obtain a replacement part. On the surface the staff were very efficient. They promised to phone me back on Monday, with availability and price information. On [...]

5 o’clock on a Thursday night

Thursday, June 4th, 2009

What better way to spend an evening – measuring skulls!

Comrades

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Comrades update : Ericka Labbe (45559) has Finish at 16:11:07. Brought to you by Mr Price. 89.17 km IN 10h 40mins

Ericka Labbe (45559) has passed Cowies Hill (18kms to go) at 13:51:25. Brought to you by Mr Price

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Comrades

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Comrades update : Ericka Labbe (45559) has passed Winston Park (31kms to go) at 12:17:00. Brought to you by Mr Price

Comrades 2009

Sunday, May 24th, 2009

Comrades update : Ericka Labbe (45559) has passed Camperdown at 08:36:18. Brought to you by Mr Price

Skull icons Release Version 1

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

A first attempt at making some skull icons. They are all roughly 25×35 pixels in size. This was arbitrarily chosen at a size that I needed, I will be redoing them in a more standard size. Any feedback gracefully accepted. Download in zip format: icons_skulls13_ML20090331.zip (25k) Skull icons by Marius Loots is licensed under a [...]

Partial solar eclipse: 26 January 2009

Monday, January 26th, 2009

The eclipse of today, glimpsed through the clouds.



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