You know you are a legit geek when you would rather hook up with Jesse Eisenberg than Armie Hammer. Not that either one of them are offering themselves but putting it out there. Just in case. Yes, I watched The Social Network. Yes, I loved it. Did I believe what I was watching? Hell, no. I was already skeptical as I had read that Dustin Moskovitz stated that he would prefer to remember his college days the way they were portrayed in the movie (drinking himself silly and sleeping around with coeds) instead of the boring reality (years of coding and working). So which scenes were based on fact and which...

Winter is around the corner, as 2010 is steadily moving on. Winter in South Africa is a rainy and cold season(as winters are in general) which needs to be planned for. Planning? Yes, I meant that. A heater is another good idea and if available at home or at the office, it could provide some respite from the cold weather.  Should it be an oil or electric heater? Eskom and the power increase should help in making that decision. Consider adding an electric blanket to your bed as getting into a cold bed with cold weather around is quite a difficult situation. It is a proper investment that will make the...

Vision and being able to see is something we take for granted. I am guilty of that and take little or no care about my sight. I only recently purchased a proper pair of sunglasses to break the abuse from the sun.  Think about it for a minute, have you measured how far you sit from your TV at home or from the LCD screen at work? I will be very surprised, if a handful of readers answer ‘yes’ to that question. Our eyes are like our teeth to a degree, in that we only get one pair of them from birth and have to use them daily until the end of our lives. The point that I am trying to make is...

Where to find the ‘The Lost Symbol’ Publishing’s biggest event of the year recently kicked off with the release of the cover art for Dan Brown’s highly anticipated new book, The Lost Symbol. The title character of the book, Robert Langdon, is once again revived, returning from the previous The Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons, to bring us another action packed novel, aptly named – The Lost Symbol. The story takes place over a 12-hour period in the life of Da Vinci protagonist Robert Langdon. “Weaving five years of research into the story’s twelve-hour...

We’ve teamed up with FNB to give you, the user, the option to select shops that provide payment facilities using FNB Cell Pay Point. As mentioned in the previous blog entry, it’s a great new technology that is bound to revolutionise the industry. It allows FNB customers to pay for purchases effortlessly using their cellphone. No details get transmitted over the internet and you don’t need to remember credit card numbers!...