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Thursday, 26 January 2006

We just got Skype enabled

I bought one of these dualphones for Skype. So now we have no excuse for not talking to people we know overseas. I'm not putting the skype number up here, but you can drop me an email ([myname]@[thisdomain].org.za fill in the right values) and I'll send it to you.

I just had a skype conversation with Nicky and she thinks I sound clearer than I ever did over the phone. I like the internet :-)

Tuesday, 24 January 2006

Google searches

After getting tipped off by Mark's Digital Farm I went to have a look at google zietgiest. It's really sad to see the top search terms in South Africa...bank names: "absa", "standard bank". There is no hope.

It actually gets worse. South Africa is apparently the only country in the world where one of the most popular searches is for a url : "www.fnb.co.za". What other result were you possibly trying to find?

I think I need to move to a country that doesn't keep searching for that snivelly little insomnia cure "harry potter". That list includes France, Japan, Russia, Turkey and Vietnam only.

Saturday, 21 January 2006

Talking about the weather

It's no secret that windsurfers are obsessed with the weather, so Nicky mailed me this picture to help plan the next windsurfing session (I have no idea of the source of the pic, so I can't credit the source)


For all those stubborn windsurfers who can't get to grips with this new-fangled technology, I have provided links to the weather maps I used to use on the home page:
Gauteng Weather Maps for windsurfers
Surface Winds 3hr intervals

Tuesday, 17 January 2006

WindsurfingAfrica.org launches

A new community site for local windsurfers launched today. This one is wiki based, so all registered members can edit the pages and add new content. Check it out here