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TIME magazine relaunches website 1970-01-01 00:59:59 TIME Mag is one of my personal favourites. I love reading it, I love the photography and (I was about to say they are one of the most impartial reporting sources out there) they have partnered with CNN (not sure how recently) on the website
.
The site is easy to navigate, well designed in terms of placement of stories and legibility. This is one news site that does not sacrifice quality of
Going, going, gone 1970-01-01 00:59:59 It's time. I am going on holiday tomorrow and it is time for me to make the move to nicharalambous.com.
After much thought and many decisions altered. I will be relocating my blog and renaming the theme of it to 3jobBlog. I will be altering the discussion slightly and will be talking more about my experiences as a working freelance journalist, an entrepreneur and a social person with a
DNS setup complete 1970-01-01 00:59:59 So after all my big talk and fast walk the custom domain wasn't as peachy pie as Blogger makes it out to be. This is especially true if you have made use of a South African site to purchase your url (nicharalambous.com). I had to pay an extra R160 to setup
my DNS services. I have now paid R360 in total for one year and DNS issues. Not too bad but still, cut me a break.
I am going to Durban for Read more:complete
Tokyo Sexwale for President 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Update: Tokyo
has come out and denied his running for the presidency. Dammit. We can always hope can't we?
Tokyo Sexwale has seemingly begun his approach of the presidency of South Africa. He has been noted to have approached both the Zuma and Mbeki camps for endorsements and will be seeking Nelson Mandela's endorsement to boost his campaign.
The Sunday Times has reported the full story with Read more:President
I join South Park - Meet Little Niki 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Thanks to Joffers from Chumpstyle for posting about this. It did occupy some of my time, but definitely not ten minutes!
Here's Little Niki:
Get your own South
Park character here.
TechAttack #9 - Wiki's 1970-01-01 00:59:59 What the hell is a wiki you might ask. Now I am not writing this TechAttack for the geeks out there (apparently that is not a derogatory term these days) cause you all know and use wiki's all day long!
I have recently discovered the joy of wiki's thanks to Shnitz and Mike Stopforth. I am officially attending the 27 geek dinner for the first time (who knew I was a geek).
So now on to wiki's. Read more:Wiki
nicharalambous.com goes live - kind of 1970-01-01 00:59:59 So after much thought and many confused looks on my face I sought help. And help I found in the form of Mike and Rafiq. I asked Mike for some assistance and while he thought he was of little help he asked Rafiq to drop me a line who not only helped me but did it without even looking at a PC!
I am happy to be the happy moron in this case as I am guessing that there are others like myself who
Too many things to do 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I am struck by an overwhelming sense of urgency in my business life at the moment. Not only is there this urgency but there is also a sense of being in over my head. I am hoping that this feeling will pass and that I will manage my growing work load.
Things to do this week (Tomorrow):
Edit and produce St David's Old Boys newsletter (Marist MOB)Go to FNB and ABSA to sort out my banking and my Read more:things
We have all been Glogspotted 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Thanks to the gents at Chumps for this one: Glogspot has ripped off just about every known blogspot blog and used them as porn fronts.
My personal glogspot (www.shutterview.glogspot.com) represents a porn site providing ebony loves for lost souls!
It's amazing what the guys at Chumpstyle stumble upon late at night while surfing porn.
Clive Simpkins tells it like it is 1970-01-01 00:59:59 This morning I was forwarded a url to an article off the moneyweb blog sites. Mr Clive
Simpkins has written a fantastic article about the wonders of our Prez Mr "Denial" Mbeki. Simpkins has a wondrous way of placing idle banter amongst phenomenal discussion and intricate thought.
Give this article a read and let me know what you think. I was very, very impressed by his discussion, opinion and Read more:tells
Taxis are amazing, a-ma-zing 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Sometimes I shout. Sometimes I laugh, but most of the time I feel the need to get out of my car and crack a taxi driver over the head with some road sense.
Today I just laughed.
This is a picture of a taxi that pulled in front of me from the far left lane of a three lane road to turn right. I was in the turning lane. He looked and me and smiled. I cracked up and took a photo. What A beaut.
FNB loses a client 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Today First National Bank (FNB) lost a me as a client forever.
I have been using an FNB Smart Account for seven months. The last 30 days (Holiday period, december, no work etc) has been slow and thus I made no great use of my account. I drew out money and was left with R35 in my account. I thought that this amount would be OK. Not so much apparently. This amount was quickly taken from me after
Vodacom steals my time 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I can never get back the time I have wasted at Sandton Vodacom trying to fix their rubbish.
I hate Vodacom. Read more:steals
typogram.com - Nice time waster 1970-01-01 00:59:59 typorganism is an extremely interesting site that has amazing design and playful "games.
There seems to be some sort of intelligent reason for the site to exist but it's a bit above me. Maybe someone with a bit more brain power can tell me. Check it out.
Rumshot rocks 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Rumshot is a screen capturing tool that dolls up the images for you. I am impressed by this tool but struggle to see the great value. Possibly if you are not using photoshop or any other editing tool then this might be worth while. Cool to play around with though.
Laws Newton Forgot 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I was sent this email and thought is was very, very appropriate.
LAW OF QUEUE: If you change queues, the one you have left will start to
move faster than the one you are in now.
LAW OF TELEPHONE: When you dial a wrong number, you never get an engaged
one.
LAW OF MECHANICAL REPAIR: After your hands become coated with grease,
your nose will begin to itch.
LAW OF THE WORKSHOP: Any tool, when Read more:Newton
Google does own the internet 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I recently read a brilliantly written article about Google
owning fiber optic networks. They have been very careful to not actually purchase any companies that own the networks but have entered in to agreements with the companies to control the networks themselves. Thus avoiding all monopoly trouble in the industry.
Read the article, watch Google grow and fear the takeover. Google might be good
27 Dinner around the corner 1970-01-01 00:59:59 Mike told us all today that there are all of three spots left at the 27 dinner table on Saturday. Personally I am stunned and impressed that we have almost reached 75. I am honoured to be attending and very keen to meet all the bloggers and industry people attending.
It will also be somewhat of a mini Rhodes reunion as there are many Rhodents from my year attending. Should be a great nice and an Read more:Dinner
, corner
Creating a CV... 1970-01-01 00:59:59 is hard work. Not only is it tough to balance being humble and confident without appearing arrogant, but it's tough to gather all the relevant and beneficial information.
Then there is always that part that you think might make your potential employer think you are kissing his/her ass when in actual fact you are "driven, trustworthy and steadfast". What do those words actually mean to someone Read more:Creating
Clear out Gmail 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I know that Gmail
provides its users with a gagillion MB's of space but let's just be honest: It is very possible to use up that space with random funny emails coming through once a day from a thousand friends.
So what do you do?
I found this post that explains how to constructively search for larger emails in your Gmail inbox.
By simply searching your Gmail search for the term "has:attachment Read more:Clear
Bachelorette hijacking 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I have just heard about the dumbest idea for a bachelorette party. The lady to be married will be driving, three friends (one she knows) will know where she is driving and stop her in her tracks. They will be dressed up like hijackers and pull her over, pull her out of her car and "hijack" her to her party.
WHAT ARE THESE MORONS THINKING????
In our country, with our background and the current Read more:Bachelorette
Networking rules the blogosphere 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The 27 dinner of January 2007 has come and gone. I am sure that many people will be talking about how great it was to meet everyone, and it was. I must admit that I will not be talking about that aspect of the meet and greet.
I was blown out of the water by the caliber of person that I came in to contact with. Not the caliber of personality, or personable person, but the quality of the business
Job Waiting 1970-01-01 00:59:59 One of the most painstaking things about getting your CV complete is waiting for the responses from potential employers. Do you take the first job offered if the salary is almost what you are looking for? Or do you wait for a better offer and potentially lose your initial offer?
I am stuck in this position right now. The waiting game is really not a pleasant one. Yet I am determined not to sell Read more:Waiting
I hate Mondays 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I hate Mondays
so much I can barely be bothered to spell the damn word correctly. I hate Mondays for a variety of reasons. If there is a day in the week that would begin badly it would be Monday and if there was a day that would end badly, it would be Monday.
I am currently freelancing at Job #1. Everything was going well until Monday came around. Job #1 has now turned ugly. I have had issues
Rodrigo Y Gabriela 1970-01-01 00:59:59 I have shown myself to be many things on this blog. The one thing that most people who read my blog don't know about me is that I am a musician. I have been playing guitar for about 10 years and bass for about 4. I played in a band (Thus Far).
Lately though I have slipped up and managed to get lost in a world of appreciation of music instead of admiration for the skill of playing it yourself. Read more:Rodrigo
, Gabriela
People I chatted to 1970-01-01 00:59:59 The 27 Dinner might have been a couple days ago but there are a few people that I met for the first time and I felt I should share the linklove going around:
Shaun DewberryHblog - Heather fordDave DuarteVictoireDom WhiteMike StopforthPaul Jacobson (chillibeanchillibeanchillibean)the scottPeasontoast (General consensus: She's hot, trust us)And then there were the bloggers who got me started:
The
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