Monthly Archives: February 2010
What would you do if you quit your day-time job?
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Tagged as design, develop, developer, development, game, graphics, play, server, success, warcraft, WOW
Tagged as design, develop, developer, development, game, graphics, play, server, success, warcraft, WOW
Would you join a team of computer gamers? Probably not. Who will pay your bills, feed your family, pay your home loan, etc? What kind of responsibility could you take care of?
But, what-if the game your designed / developed / testes / played for the next 2 or 3 years made you very rich?
I’m sure some of the developers of WOW (World of Warcraft) also hesitated joining the team in the beginning.
They have been rather successful, judging from this website: http://www.onlineschools.org/blog/unbelievable-wow/
Would you like to be more active in 2010?
It’s already February and I have been very slack so I have decided this year will be different.
So I’m going to ride 10km on my bicycle, every day from the 1st of March.
If you think this is something that could work for you, let me know and we could organize something. I work until 4PM, so the best time for a bike ride would be between 4PM & 6PM. Let’s call it “happy hour” 
If you can stay on our route, then you can fall in with the group or go past if you feel like it. Remember, I’m not an athlete so I’ll start-off slow.
Below is a photo of my bike. It’s not the best, but it keeps me happy. Hope to hear from you soon
Viva Prof Coetzee!!
Ek wens net alle Boere het dieselfde strewe gehad en nie net 10% nie !!!!
Prof Coetzee se antwoord oor waarom die Afrikaner bo uitkom :
Baie mense beskou blykbaar diefstal en roof as heel aanvaarbaar, jy moet net beweer jy was daartoe gedryf deur honger, gebrek, apartheid of die waan dat jou oer-voorouers onderdruk was..
Laat ons dus maar vandag oor ‘n paar sake reguit praat:
‘n Mens steel nie omdat jy honger of arm is nie – jy steel omdat jy skelm is. Niemand was nog ooit in hierdie land so volledig onderdruk soos die Afrikaner na die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog nie.
Ons voorouers wat die oorlog en die konsentrasiekampe oorleef het, het na die doodse leegheid van vernietigde plase teruggekeer – uitgehonger, hartseer en verpletter. Maar hulle het nie geroof en gemoor en gesteel nie. Hulle het met harde werk, deursettingsvermoë en swaarkry so presteer dat hulle weldra nie net hulleself nie, maar ook hulle huidige
onderdukkers, goed kon versorg.
Toe hulle kinders in Engelse skole gestop is en gestraf is as hulle dit durf waag het om Afrikaans te praat, het hulle nie klippe gegooi en skole afgebrand en geweld gepleeg nie. Hulle het hard geleer, hulle eie CVO -skole gestig en uiteindelik bo uitgekom sodat die Afrikaner vandag vir niemand op akademiese, tegnologiese of wetenskaplike gebied terug hoef te staan nie.
‘n Mens moor nie omdat jy voorheen benadeel is of omdat jou werkgewer jou nie tederlik genoeg behandel nie – ‘n mens moor omdat jy ‘n barbaar is wat nie verdien om deel van die samelewing te wees nie.
Na die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog het Afrikanermynwerkers absoluut geen regte gehad nie en moes hulle hulle gesinne met minder as ‘n hongerloon probeer onderhou. Maar hulle het nie bejaardes gaan doodmartel en gesinne uitgemoor nie.
‘n Mens word nie ‘n agtergeblewene omdat iemand anders nie genoeg vir jou doen nie. ‘n Mens word ‘n agterblyer omdat jy nie presteer nie. Niemand het die Afrikaner na die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog vooruit gehelp nie ? ons het self gewerk en volhard om sukses te behaal..
En elke ding wat ons het, het ons verwerf.
As alles altyd vir jou verkeerd loop sodat jy voel jy maak nooit enige vordering nie, is dit dalk ‘n goeie gedagte om op te hou soek wie anders as jy self vir al jou ellende verantwoordelik is. Ruk jou reg en presteer jouself in die voorspoed in.
En dit geld vir ons eie mense ook. Net ons eie werk, prestasie en geloof gaan bepaal of ons as agterblyers in die vergetelheid gaan wegsink en of ons weer as trotse, beskaafde, gerespekteerde volk sal opstaan.
Selfs in die nuwe Suid-Afrika is daar steeds geleenthede vir vindingryke, geesdriftige mense wat bereid is om hard te werk en vir hulleself ‘n toekoms los te spook.
Mag die Afrikaner nooit pateties raak nie ….
Easy to use .htaccess file generator
I found this very cool .htaccess file generator on line: http://cooletips.de/htaccess/
gmail’s new buzz feature is a waste of time, IMO
Has anyone seen gmail’s new “buzz” feature? It looks very similar to twitter, of even facebook – but inside the email client.
I guess it’s some sort of social media thing, and they’re trying to catch up to Facebook or perhaps Twitter
I don’t know about you, but this is rather annoying. I don’t want to be socializing with everyone in my address book, every time I read or type an email. Who use it, in any case?
Busted on TV
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Tagged as busted, internet, news, porn, priceless, reporter, television, TV, watch
Tagged as busted, internet, news, porn, priceless, reporter, television, TV, watch
Interesting info on the 2010 Soccer Wold Cup
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Tagged as 2010, africa, Cape, cup, Johannesburg, Soccer, south, tourists, Town, traffic, travel, world
Tagged as 2010, africa, Cape, cup, Johannesburg, Soccer, south, tourists, Town, traffic, travel, world
Just to alert you about a few points that may affect employees, families and lives regarding this year’s 2010 Soccer World Cup in SA:
At an FNB Business Dinner last week, Gary Bailey (who has been involved in the last two World Cups) presented some stats on World Cup expectations:
- Schools will be closed for almost over four weeks during the World Cup – it was apparently legislated last week. Think about what you’re going do with your kids.
- Air tickets to Cape Town (for example) will cost about R8,000 per seat as some flights have to leave same night after the games due to accommodation problems in PLZ/CPT/DBN/BLOEM.
- Flights will operate 24 hours. Expect NOISE. Expect TRAFFIC around airports all hours.
- Fresh veggies and fruit will be scarce, if not unavailable, during this time. For the World Cup in Germany, they had to import them.
- Traffic will increase by about 30% at the times of the games as fans go to the grounds or Fan Parks (games start at 13.30, 16.00 and 2030 hrs). The best time to fly is whilst matches are on!
- Road areas around stadiums will be closed off;
- It is expected that 550,000 people will be travelling to/from matches and 100,000 per match day… Expect considerable delays on match days;
- There will not be parking available at airports – so arrange drop offs
- 4,800 buses will be operational and there will be restrictions on truckers/hauliers, etc. so you need to plan with clients and especially regarding containers needing haulage.
- “Fan Parks” will be a huge attraction and traffic to/from those areas will be extremely congested. At one Fan Park in Germany 500,000 people pitched up, consuming during the events three million sausages, one million litres of beer, etc. Think of the logistics!!!
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TRAVEL DURING THIS PERIOD
- Do not travel during these periods unless it is critical to travel.
- Plan your trip well in advance, changes to a ticket over this period will be extremely difficult and very expensive.
- Try to make appointments at a location that is in the opposite direction of a stadium / fan park.
- Take flights during the times when the games are being played. Games start at 13h30.
- Allow for a minimum of 2 hours to get to the airport in Cape Town and possibly 3 hours for Johannesburg. The congestion on the roads both to and from the airports is going to be chaotic. Plan for delays.
- Parking at the airport will be virtually impossible and it is advisable to get someone to drop / collect you from the airports. Transfer companies will be busy with tourists and will also be very expensive.
In Short: -DON’T travel; stock up on meat/coke/fruit/veggies in early and enjoy the soccer (on TV, with replays).
