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Saturday, 31 August 2002
VERY EARLY AM POST:
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Friday, 30 August 2002
Leave me a message, right there where it says "Malicious gossip goes here!"
I don't feel like talking to myself tonight. 'tis weekend and it has been a stressful week.
See ya all again tomorrow.
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Thursday, 29 August 2002
From today's Cape Times:
PAGE 2:
In its annual report, the anti-corruption body, Transparency International, yesterday published a list of 102 countries ranked in order of perceptions of corruption.
The 10 countries perceived to
be the least corrupt, are:
Finland
Denmark
New Zealand
Iceland
Singapore
Sweden
Canada
Luxembourg
Netherlands
United Kingdom
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At the bottom end are:
Moldova
Uganda
Azerbaijan
Indonesia
Kenya
Angola
Madagascar
Paraguay
Nigeria
Bangladesh
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South Africa was listed 36th.
PAGE 3:
If America donated the $11 billion they spent on ice cream in one year, it would be enough to provide safe drinking water and sanitation to the world's poor. This startling fact emerged at a plenary discussion on water and sanitation at the World Summit on Sustainable Development yesterday.
PAGE 4:
James Mugereke pours his last cup of Milo for Simone Heradien on the Foreshore. Because the law does not provide for roving trading licences, these men will not be allowed to continue plying their trade.
PAGE 4:
Diners are breathing cleaner air in Cape Town restaurants as over 80% of restaurateurs are complying with anti-smoking regulations. Several restaurant owners are in financial trouble, however, because enforcing the laws is causing turnover to plummet.
PAGE 5:
SA kids live in poverty. About 75% of children younger than 17 lived below the poverty line of R400 a month in 1999, the Institute for Democracy in South Africa has said. A further 57% lived below the poverty line of R200 a month.
(R400.00 is equal to US$37.55.)
PAGE 9:
Los Angeles County school officials voted on Tuesday to ban the sale of soft drinks to its 735 000 students amid worries about increasingly overweight children being fed junk food in schools.
Well, there you have it!
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Wednesday, 28 August 2002
I received an email from ocsav@hotvoice.com (below, in blue). I responded (below, in yellow).
I also sent an email to the spam people at Hotvoice, but received no response. Nice!
I also received no response from dear ol' Ocsav. Even nicer!
Bah-humbug. Guess I'll have to keep hovering on the brink of broke.
Good Day,
Yeah, and to you. Waddaya want?
I hope this mail meets you in good time.
In time for what? Dinner?
My proposal to you will be very surprising, as we have not had any Personal contact.
I am flabbergasted.
However, I sincerely seek your confidence in this transaction, which I propose to you as a man of intergrity.
Right, get on with it already! And please note that I am not a man and what do you know about my integrity? Oh, you were talking about yourself? Okay ...
First and foremost I wish to introduce myself properly to you.
Hmmm, and so you should, you have invaded my home
My name is Oliveira Chuli Savimbi, I am a nephew and Personal Assistant to Jonas Malheiro Savimbi, the leader of UNITA (National Union for the Total Independence of Angola).
WOW. Such high ranking people contacting little ol' me down here in little ol' South Africa.
I got your email address from a directory, in my search for a partner for this transaction, hence this letter.
Yeah, I wonder which directory. Care to let me know? I need to have words with some of those directory people!
You may know that my Uncle was recently killed in a battle with the government troops of Angola, led by President Dos Santos, on Friday 22nd February 2002.
Uh-huh. Something like that.
After my Uncle's death, Mr. Antonio Dembo who was his second in command, assumed office as leader of UNITA, and UNITA was in a state of turmoil.
Yeah?
Prominent members like Carlos Morgado lobbyed to depose him and assume office as leader to enrich themselves and some of them who saw me as a threat to their ambitions, including Mr.Dembo, planned to kill me.
Tsk, tsk. That's not nice.
The tension and confusion in UNITA became uncontrollable when Mr. Dembo died 10 days after my Uncle died.
Gotcha. But, can you get on with it already?
Being a young man who desires a peaceful life, I am no more interested in conflicts and wars, this is why I secretly left Angola and came here (The Netherlands) to seek political asylum.
Rush-up. My food's getting cold.
I am sincerely seeking for your highly needed assistance in respect to safekeeping of some of my Uncle's money that arose from Diamonds sales.
Hmmm, if I were in your shoes, I'd also ask for help, methinks. You wan' me to keep it in my little flat in Sea Point, amongst the drug lords and such?
This money (US$18.5million), was already on its way to my Uncle's Swiss Bank account, through the Diplomatic means we use to move money abroad, and was on transit with a private safe deposit security company here in Amsterdam, Netherlands when the tragic incident of my Uncle's death occurred.
Holy smokes!! You shoulda mentioned all those bucks earlier - about that digital camera I want ......
I then instructed the company to secure the consignment containing the money pending on further instructions from me.
Uh-huh.
As a matter of fact, this is the reason I chose to come to The Netherlands to seek for political asylum.
Hey, I'd go to the Netherlands for just any ol' reason.
It is very clear with the way things are now, that President Dos Santos will lobby the International Community to freeze my Uncle's assets and accounts abroad, to ground UNITA, since he has already done this in Angola.
Cryonics, you say?
I plan to use this money to safeguard my future.
Uh-huh. What about the .... digital camera?
It is very essential that you understand that the kind of trust and confidence I want to put in you is extraordinary, and an act of desperation on my part, in order not to lose this money.
Yeah, I think I get it. And, I am touched, man!
Also, ensure that this contact with you should be treated with utmost secrecy.
Gotcha, mate. My lips are sealed. Ziploc, I swear!
The help I need from you is clearing the box containing the money which is deposited in my name, from the security company, after which, the money will be transfered to your account preferably a new account you should open for this transaction.
Hey, cool! So, where is this damn box with all the bucks? You are losing me here, man! Okay, okay, I'll pay attention. But do you think the banks will have forgotten about that little fraud incident I got involved in in 1997?
My share of the money will be returned to me when my asylum application is granted, and I have permission to do business and open an account here.
I don't get it. Are you applying to be put into an asylum and will they let you do business from the "inside"? Cool, man! I once read this book about Veronika wants to die and that made me want to apply for asylum too. Sounded groovy.
For your reliable assistance, I will reward you with 15% ($2,775,000) of the money.
Heck, that'll get me a HEAP of digital cameras man, I love you already!
We shall use 5% ($925,000) to carry out every expenses that we come across at any time.
Hey, you think we can write off a trip to Japan as a business expense?
The remainder of the 5% shall be given to a Charity Organisation.
SPCA or SANCCOB, okay?
I have with me, the Certificate of Deposit for the consignment, which will be used to claim from the security company.
Hope yer keepin' that safe. We're gonna need it, I'm sure!
Also, everything will be legally processed for transfer of ownership to you, and this transaction should be completed immediately depending on your prompt response.
I'm on it, I'm on it! After dinner, okay?
I thank you in advance as I anticipate your assistance in enabling me achieve this goal.
Bah-humbug to your goals, I just want a digital camera.
Please contact me whether or not you are interested in assisting me.
You didn't leave a phone number .... what's up with you, man?
This will enable me scout for another partner in the event of non-interest on your part.
No, no, wait! Just let me finish eating already, dude!
Sincerely,
O.C.Savimbi.
Cheers, until after dinner, bro'.
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Tuesday, 27 August 2002
I hope that you are satisfied. This is now one very long and skinny blog when viewed at 1024x768. (You know, right click, choose "properties", then "settings", move the slider under "screen area" to the 1024x768 slot.)
But hey, I guess this makes you and the others in the minority group happy!
You certainly owe me an Amstel now. Or a capuccino. Gardens will do just fine as I too work in the area.
Regards,
FARRAGO
PS: If you are the Netscape 3 user with the 8 bit colour screen, don't even think about it.
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Monday, 26 August 2002
Keating: Now we all have a great need for acceptance, but you must trust that your beliefs are unique, your own, even though others may think them odd or unpopular. Even though the herd may go "That's bad". Robert Frost said, "Two roads diverged in a yellow wood and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference". I want you to find your own walk right now, your own way of striding, pacing: any direction, anything you want. Whether it's proud or silly. Anything. Gentlemen, the courtyard is yours. You don't have to perform. Just make it for yourself. Mr. Dalton, will you be joining us?
Charles: Exercising the right not to walk.
Keating: Thank you, Mr. Dalton. You just illustrated the point. Swim against the stream.
~~Dead Poets Society
And while I am here:
/\/***********\/\ <----TABLE MOUNTAIN
"Juxtaposed against the backdrop of Table Mountain and our two oceans is the sprawling reality of our townships which are a crucible of the world's most pressing problems. Emerging out of these harsh circumstances are inspiring examples of hope.
The Cape Care Route showcases some of the projects where people are caring for the environment and for each other. Initiated for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development, this Trail of Two Cities celebrates the partnerships that bring prosperity to both planet and people.
So if you are the type of visitor who wants to experience the soul and character of a destination, if you want to meet local communities and understand their challenges and aspirations for the future, then head out on the Cape Care Route."
One example of what can be seen on the route is GOLDEN FLOWERS: This project is located in a shack in Khayelitsha. Golden, who is quite a shy character, established his business (making flowers out of tin cans) because of a dream he had for three nights in a row. His flowers are on display in his work area. Golden's children help by painting some of the flowers bright colours. One may watch them work and Golden's story is printed on a card, which he gives to each visitor who buys his flowers.
More information can be obtained by sending an email to the people at DayTrippers.
Khayelitsha.
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Sunday, 25 August 2002
"The Commercial Closet is a unique, non-profit educational and journalism organization that proactively reaches out to ad agencies, marketers, the media and world-at-large to encourage more inclusive and flattering representations of lesbian, gay bisexual and transgender people in advertising."
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Saturday, 24 August 2002
Phew! It took almost all day, but I have done my list of 100 things! (Lots of pics, the page is a bit slow to load, but nowhere near as slow as Mike's blog or the one that belongs to Mr. Oats.)
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Friday, 23 August 2002
LATE PM POST:
The World Summit on Sustainable Development blog, from Johannesburg, is here.
PM POST:
Herewith the BBC's list of Top 100 Great Britons, from here:
The Unknown Soldier: symbol of First World War casualties
King Arthur: mythical king of the Britons 5th or 6th century
Alfred the Great: Anglo-Saxon king of England 871-899
Boudicca: Queen of the Iceni ?-AD60
Henry II: King of England 1154-1189 1133-1189
Edward I: King of England 1272-1307 1239-1307
Wallace, William: Scottish freedom fighter, 1272-1305
Bruce, Robert: King of Scotland 1274-1329
Chaucer, Geoffrey: poet and author of the Canterbury Tales 1343-1400
Glyndwr, Owain: Welsh nationalist hero 1349-1416
Henry V: King of England 1413-1422 1387-1422
Caxton, William: first English printer 1422-1491
Richard III: King of England 1483-1485 1452-1485
More, Thomas: statesman and writer 1478-1535
Henry VIII: King of England 1509-1547 1491-1547
Tindale/Tyndale, William: translated Bible into English 1492-1536
Elizabeth I: Queen of England 1558-1603. 1533-1603
Drake, Francis: sailor and explorer 1540-1596
Raleigh, Walter: explorer 1552-1618
Shakespeare, William: poet and playwright 1564-1616
Fawkes, Guy: Gunpowder plot conspirator 1605 1570-1606
Cromwell, Oliver: Lord Protector of England 1599-1658
Newton, Isaac: mathematician and physicist 1642-1727
Harrison, John: solved the longitude problem. 1693-1776
Wesley, John: founder of Methodist church 1703-1791
Cook, James: explorer 1728-1779
Watt, James: innovator of steam engine 1736-1819
Paine, Thomas: political philosopher 1737-1809
Jenner, Edward: developed vaccination 1749-1823
Blake, William: poet and painter 1757-1827
Nelson, Horatio: admiral killed at Trafalgar 1758-1805
Wilberforce, William: anti-slavery campaigner 1759-1833
Wellington, Duke of: defeated Napoleon at Waterloo 1769-1852
Austen, Jane: novelist 1775-1817
Stephenson, George: engineer 1781-1848
Faraday, Michael: scientist 1791-1867
Babbage, Charles: mathematician and inventor 1791-1871
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom: engineer and designer 1806-1859
Darwin, Charles: devised the theory of evolution 1809-1882
Dickens, Charles: author 1812-1870
Livingstone, David: explorer and Christian missionary 1813-1873
Queen Victoria: 1819-1901
Nightingale, Florence: nurse and medical reformer 1820-1910
Booth, William: founded the Salvation Army 1829-1912
Maxwell, James Clerk: mathematician 1831-1879
Bell, Alexander Graham: invented the telephone 1847-1922
Elgar, Edward: composer 1857-1934
Baden-Powell, Robert: founder of the World Scout Movement 1857-1941
Pankhurst, Emmeline: leader of suffragette movement 1858-1928
Lloyd George, David: prime minister during First World War 1863-1945
Scott, Captain Robert Falcon: explorer 1868-1912
Connolly, James: Irish nationalist 1868-1916
Shackleton, Ernest: explorer 1874-1922
Churchill, Winston: British prime minister during WWII 1874-1965
Crowley, Aleister: occultist 1875-1947
Stopes, Marie: family planning clinic pioneer 1880-1958
Fleming, Alexander: discovered penicillin 1881-1955
Montgomery: Second World War field marshal 1887-1976
Wallis Barnes, Neville: invented the bouncing bomb 1887-1979
Lawrence, Thomas Edward: leader of the Arab revolt, Lawrence of Arabia 1888-1935
Logie Baird, John: invented television 1888-1946
Chaplin, Charlie: silent screen actor 1889-1977
Tolkien, J R R: author of The Lord of the Rings 1892-1973
Bevan, Aneurin: father of the NHS 1897-1960
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother: 1900-2002
Whittle, Frank: jet engine inventor 1907-1996
Bader, Douglas: Second World War fighter pilot 1910-1982
Turing, Alan: mathematician and father of the computer, 1912-1954
Powell, Enoch: politician 1913-1998
Cheshire, Leonard: RAF Second World War hero 1917-1992
Campbell, Donald: set world speed records on land and water 1921-1967
Benn, Tony: Left-wing stalwart and former Labour MP. 1925-
Thatcher, Margaret: Conservative prime minister 1925-
Burton, Richard: actor 1925-1984
Attenborough, David: naturalist and broadcaster 1926-
Queen Elizabeth II: reigning monarch 1926-
Morecambe, Eric: comedian 1926-1984
Andrews, Julie: actress 1935-
Peel, John: broadcaster 1939-
Richard, Cliff: singer 1940-
Lennon, John: former Beatle 1940-1980
Moore, Bobby: captain of the 1966 World Cup winning football team 1941-1993
Crawford, Michael: actor 1942-
Hawking, Stephen: scientist and cosmologist 1942-
McCartney, Paul: former beatle, singer/songwriter 1942-
Harrison, George: former Beatle 1943-2001
Mercury, Freddie: former lead singer of band Queen 1946-1991
Bowie, David: singer 1947-
Branson, Richard: businessman and founder of Virgin group 1950-
Blair, Tony: Prime Minister 1953-
Geldof, Bob: Irish singer and organiser of Live Aid charity concert 1954-
Berners Lee, Tim: developer of world wide web. 1955-
Lydon, John: Johnny Rotten, frontman of the Sex Pistols 1956-
Bono: lead singer of Irish band U2 1960-
Boy George: singer 1961-
Diana, Princess of Wales: 1961-1997
Redgrave, Steve: rower 1962-
Rowling, J K: author of Harry Potter series 1965-
Williams, Robbie: pop singer 1974-
Beckham, David: England and Manchester United player 1975-
Where is the other Beatle, huh? Princess Diana is mentioned but not Prince Charles? And what about
J R R Tolkien who was born in Bloemfontein, South Africa? David Beckham and John Lydon rather than Keats and Wordsworth? One can only hope that at least a few of the 30 000 people who took part in the poll ...
[biting tongue]
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Thursday, 22 August 2002
2? 11? 1984? 4711? 78004? 101?
"The authors conducted an exhaustive empirical study, with the aid of custom software, public search engines and powerful statistical techniques, in order to determine the relative popularity of every integer between 0 and one million. The resulting information exhibits an extraordinary variety of patterns which reflect and refract our culture, our minds, and our bodies."
Fascinating stuff indeed.
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Wednesday, 21 August 2002
In my travels I have come across quite a number of these lists on blogs. I tried (once or twice) to put such a list together, to no avail. I never seem to get past number seven on the list.
I have to take my hat of to people who:
1. Have enough time to think of themselves for such extended periods of time.
2. Can bare doing so.
3. Actually manage to list 100 "things" about themselves.
Yip, I will try it again this weekend. Maybe.
No, I don't know why.
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Tuesday, 20 August 2002
Holy smokes! I am too busy reading here (part 1) and here (part 2) to blog today.
UPDATE: Parts 3 and 4 are also available now. (Excellent reading, thanks Mike and Frankzilla!)
FURTHER UPDATE: Part 5 is available too.
These links will lead you to an interview with Mike Golby. Click on the link and go and take a bath while the page downloads. Mike's blog is chockful of fascinating writing, well worth the wait.
[reaching for coffee without taking eyes off screen]
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Monday, 19 August 2002
PM Post
Okay, so who is the joker who depends on blogs for newspaper stories?
I posted about Karyn, the retail therapy patient, a while ago (8 August), after having read about her a few times on various blogs and then seeing an article about her in the Cape Times.
In Friday's Cape Times (16 August), low and behold, I found the following:
Next week we are likely to see my cat's butt'n'paws featured on the front page of the Cape Times.
[shrug]
AM Post
Meet Huffies, she kindly sat on the scanner for me ... and then would not get off. Is there a vet in the house?
My poor scanner has been through its own hell during the past few days. Cigarette butts on 12 August, a mug on 18 August and a cat butt on 19 August!
NOTE: No animals were hurt during the making of this image. Huffies is fine and won't stop preening, in anticipation of her next photo shoot.
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Sunday, 18 August 2002
The reason for the temporary name change can be found here and here.
Grillboy wants YOUR favourite coffee mug! Click on the coffee cup project image below and read the details of the project:
I don't have a fancy camera to take pics of my favourite coffee mug with, but hey! I have a scanner! So, I scanned my mug and sent it off to the Grillboy. Not too bad, huh?
Now, if only I could get the cat to lie still for long enough ...
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Saturday, 17 August 2002
This aerogel stuff is fascinating me, I wish I could get my dirty little paws on some of it!
(What I am not getting is why they call it a gel ... I can't get my toothpaste to form a neat square like in the picture, no matter how hard I try!)
Imagine how easy it would be to move if all one's furniture was made of this!
"At first sight, aerogel resembles a hologram. A highly insulative solid material, aerogel has the lowest density of any known solid. One form of this extraordinary substance is 99.9 percent air and 0.1 percent silica dioxide (by volume). One thousand times less dense than glass, aerogel has earned the nicknames "blue smoke" and "solid smoke." It is an important material for our future.
A block of aerogel as large as a human may weigh less than half a kilogram (or less than a pound), yet support the weight of a subcompact car (about 454 kilograms, or 1,000 pounds). At the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), an enhanced form of aerogel has been developed for use in several spacerelated applications."
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Friday, 16 August 2002
I rose politely in the club
And said, 'I feel a little bored'.
Will someone take me to a pub?
~~ G K Chesterton
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Thursday, 15 August 2002
PM POST:
For what it is worth:
I have just come back from a visit to the Eatonweb portal. There, for your convenience, they have blogs listed by category, country, language and an alphabetical listing (I am assuming this is based on the actual name of the blog).
The stats look like this at the moment:
There are 5922 blogs listed.
Category: 8121 blogs listed (77 categories)
Language: 843 blogs listed (32 languages)
Alphabetical: 5026 blogs listed (35 letters and numbers)
Country: 5922 blogs listed (74 countries)
I am also assuming that the reasons why the numbers do not all tally are because:
1. Blogs can be listed under more than one category.
2. English is not listed in the language listing.
3. Where a field is left blank by the blog owner (for example, "country"), the blog is not counted.
I did some quick sums, here are the results (all the percentages are based on the number of blogs listed under each heading):
Most blogs are of a general (20%) or personal (14%) nature. This is followed by journals (8%) or computer/tech blogs (3%). After these four categories, the percentages just get smaller and smaller, with the lowest percentage going to marketing (0.01%).
(BASE: 8121 blogs listed.)
Portuguese (39%), Spanish (11%) , Dutch (11%), French (10%), German (9%) and Italian (6%) are the only languages to have reached at least the 5% mark. (English does not appear on the list.)
(BASE: 843 blogs listed.)
As for the most popular letters for blog names, T (10%), S (9%), M (7%), B (7%), A (6%), D (6%), C (5%), P (5%), and L (5%) are most popular. (No Z blogs are listed.)
(BASE: 5026 blogs listed.)
Naturally, the majority of blogs are located in the USA (71%). This is followed by the UK (5%) and Canada (5%).
(BASE: 5922 blogs listed.)
It would've been interesting to be able to cross-tabulate some of these results .... and why is it that it looks as if 896 blogs have no names? HUH?
I will do this again (but differently) when 10 000 blogs are listed.
Okay, now you may laugh at me!
AM POST:
Remember to update your Eatonweb link. They are busy with "The Eatonweb Edit Your Weblog Listing Drive". They also have all sorts of new and interesting things going on at their site. Go and see.
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Wednesday, 14 August 2002
This is odd, but interesting.
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Tuesday, 13 August 2002
Our nature lies in movement.
Complete calm is death.
~~ Pascal
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Monday, 12 August 2002
To those visitors who popped in yesterday and early this morning, sorry about the mess. Seems Netfirms was having a problem ...
Hmmmm .... this is taking far longer than I expected it to.
Seems more like "no access".
I have to be fair ... this is the first time that I have experienced any problems with Netfirms.
[shrug]
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Sunday, 11 August 2002
This then is how your sibling becomes your child. I am still a babe in the woods myself with regard to blogging, and to think I have already spawned a fishrush ... or could it perhaps be a case of mistaken identity?
And then, herewith the obligatory congratulations!
South Africa 23; New Zealand 30.
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Saturday, 10 August 2002
After a rather cold and wet winter, we had a beautiful day in Cape Town today.
The weather was simply too beautiful to spend the day blogging ...
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Friday, 9 August 2002
2nd PM post:
I am busy helping a friend with a project. He is looking for a system similar to PayPal, but which will allow him to accept money in South Africa. Some countries may pay money into a Paypal account, but may not receive money using a PayPal account. It seems that from South Africa you cannot do either. Go figure ...
Does anyone know of a similar system that will work in South Africa?
Not my friend (but could've been).
1st PM post:
I think I may be losing it ... but I don't want confirmation.
This image is used with permission.
AM post:
There is a scam lurking behind every bush, just waiting to get you! Well, in South Africa anyway. What I do not understand is that people, apparently with some sort of investment savvy, are putting MILLIONS (hence the impression of the so-called savvy, how else did they get these large sums of money?) into these scam schemes.
When are people going to learn that there is NO FREE LUNCH?
With that said, my heart sank when I checked my email on Wednesday morning to find one of those Nigerian 419 scam emails sitting in my inbox. Normally I just delete these emails. But, this one caught my eye. This one was not from Nigeria, it was from "Williams Delese, a Native of Cape Town in South Africa and I am an Executive Accountant with the South Africa Department of Mining & Natural Resources." The remainder of the email was typical of the 419 Nigerian scam emails.
This swindler's email address was williamsdesele2@amuro.net. I swiftly went to the Amuro.net website, followed the link to their anti-spam policy and reported this trickster.
I was impressed by the fact that they responded within an hour, stating:
"This user has been terminated in accordance with our acceptable use policy.
[snip]
Outblaze is one of the largest providers of webmail services in the world. As a responsible ISP, we hate spam, and we do not allow our network to be abused by spammers.
There is only one thing that we hate more than spammers - 419 (nigerian) scam artists abusing our systems.
Please see http://home.rica.net/alphae/419coal/ for more about this well known scam."
Of course, I went to the suggested site and found that the South African Police Service maintains a 419 Scams/Nigerian Letters Alert on their website. So I perambulated over to their website, where I got the details regarding reporting this type of scam to the local authorities. Which I did.
Needless to say, I have not yet heard from the South African Police Service ... but I do wonder whether this is related in any way (Stellenbosch and CapeTown are about 40 minutes apart, by car.)
And, then of course, there is this!
And to all women: HAPPY WOMEN'S DAY!
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Thursday, 8 August 2002
Yes, Karyn (who seemingly believes in retail therapy) made it to the front page of our local newspaper yesterday ...
[shaking head]
Tomorrow, 9 August, is Women's Day in South Africa. Ah, a nice l-o-n-g weekend ahead, no work tomorrow. Blog, blog, blog. Hehehe!
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Wednesday, 7 August 2002
Okay, who wants to be nominated for a Bloggy? Just leave your details and I'll do it for you! (I kept reading "posthumous" instead of "most humorous" on their site. I was about to nominate a blog when I realised what I was doing.)
Can anyone shed light on why it takes so l-o-n-g to open some of the blogs (this one not being an exception)? I can have a bath, feed the cats and reload Windows in the time it takes to open some blogs! I think the one that takes the longest to open is MLOD.
Now go away and compose your own crazy email message at Cardwrack. Blergh! I don't normally do this type of thing, but it was a slow day at the office ...
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Tuesday, 6 August 2002
"Slutty behavior is good for the species. That is the conclusion of a new wave of research on the evolutionary drives behind sexuality and parenting.
Women everywhere have been selflessly engaging in trysts outside of matrimony. And they have been doing it for a good long time and for excellent reasons. Anthropologists say female promiscuity binds communities closer together and improves the gene pool."
For further details, go here. (Go on, you know you want to!)
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Monday, 5 August 2002
Just a thought: People who work to the east of their homes look older quicker than those who work west of their homes. Yep, that is what I think. I have no opinion regarding the north/south thing, except that those who work north or south of where they live, probably do not look as old as those who work east of their homes.
And another thought: Blogs are glorified vanity cards.
"When Richie figured out that the universe truly was an illusion, he was quite dumbfounded at the simplicity of the insight. Unless some sort of awareness exists to perceive the whole shabang, the whole shabang effectively does not exist. It could be an infinite space filled with stars and planets, or a plaid snot rag wrapped around a bottle of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride. Or, to put it another way, when a tree falls in the forest and no one is around to hear it, there is no sound. For a sound to be a sound, there must be some sort of ear hooked to some sort of intelligence that says something like, "What was that?" Otherwise the sound might as well be a plaid snot rag wrapped around a bottle of pseudoephedrine hydrochloride. So now Richie understood that energy and mass only exist because of awareness, which means they have no inherent existence. Of course he had this insight while fighting a bad head cold, so that might have had something to do with it."
Oops, sorry, gotta run .................. fast!
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Sunday, 4 August 2002
Something strange happened to my blog yesterday. I got here this morning and wondered where I would start looking for Mrs. Petunia Perk ... then I remembered that Yogi Bear sent Mrs. Perk packing and that she is now safely back at home with Mr. Perk. Hence this twee new blog design. HRMPH!
So, now it is back to business again.
I thought, it being Sunday and all, that it would be a good idea to provide you with some dessert. Ice cream from Japan ... fish ice cream, anyone? Or octopus? Sweet potato ice cream to follow that Sunday roast? Go and pick a flavour, this one is on me!
A cookery book at the top of the list? Really? Extended Massive Orgasm? Yep, that'll be us South Africans then - good food, a bit of business and good sex, and a healthy helping of J K Rowling with that, please!
[shrug]
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Saturday, 3 August 2002
Everyone who has been here before is probably wondering "what the ... ?"
Yep, and so am I.
I am not sure whether this is where I belong. Here in Blogland, that is. But, this is a new playground for me and I insist on playing with these toys until I either grow up or throw up.
No, actually, what I mean is: until I either grow up and move onto other toys or simply just break this particular toy. I have already broken the arms and legs off this doll, but its heart is still beating.
I only discovered the world of bloggers about two months ago. (Yes, I was playing in other ghettos of the Internet.) I have no idea what moved me to build this shack right here in this middle class neighbourhood.
I am not going to make excuses for being here, I am just going to carry right on with bumbling through this neighbourhood ... and maybe I will go back home again, one day.
"Gays to pinklist 'homophobes'
Cape Town - South African individuals, institutions and companies who are alleged to be homophobic will be targeted by gay activists from Tuesday when a website goes on line aimed at, among other things, naming and shaming.
The Constitution entrenches the right not to be discriminated against because of one's sexual orientation.
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