Cape Town is a great place. We all know that. I just returned from a nice long holiday there. Cape Town has always struck me as a beautiful place with the mountains and the peninsula. In the past I never had an opportunity to stay over for long. I was always just in and out for a weekend or so. (more…)
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COME!!
To The LOGOS International Public Seminar
Man – the human, is not just flesh, blood and bones
Man is much more than just the physical, emotional and mental. The human is Soul and therefore of the pure spirit of God .Yet, these days, so conscious of the base, material and sensual has man recently become, he has not only abused his environment and the atmosphere, but also lost himself almost irretrievably. (more…)
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It’s the weekend people and for the first time Port Elizabeth will also be hosting Earthdance!
Earthdance is a worldwide affair. The mission, to promote peace by joining participants worldwide in a synchronized PRAYER FOR PEACE and to support humanitarian causes through the global language of music and dance.
A percentage of proceeds are donated to a charity. (more…)
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We’ve got another missing husky here. He is a 6 year old male with one blue and one brown eye. He is light brown and white in colour with a medium build. He went missing on the 4th of September 2009 in the Pretoria – Lynwood area. His name is Pupha and he is very intelligent (opens doors, does tricks, etc). Please be on the lookout for him as we are sure he misses his family.
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I found this really funny article the other day, http://boagworld.com/design/10-things-a-web-designer-would-never-tell-you. Being in the web design industry myself, I found this to be totally hilarious. Very witty. We get some strange requests sometimes. This article just highlights all the things we need to explain to our clients prior to starting any development.
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I don’t know what it is like in other parts of South Africa, or even the world, but here in Port Elizabeth it seems people have no idea how a traffic circle works.
People this is not a 4 way stop! It does not work like a traffic light either. And NO, it is not first come first serve, neither was it designed for people to show how polite they are by letting other people go first. (more…)
The Herald reported this morning that a vehicle marked with a Google Maps sign and a large metal frame with camera mounted on it’s roof has been spotted driving around Port Elizabeth.
Google has been creating panoramic imagery taken at street level of major cities around the world. So far more than 100 metropolitan areas worldwide has been mapped this way.
With the 2010 World Cup fever mounting, Google has started mapping the major cities in South Africa. People have been showing interest in experiencing some South African culture first-hand.
So when you come across this vehicle, don’t forget to put on your best smile!
Related article: Google Maps Street View – Port Elizabeth
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The 11th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications (ZA-WWW) is to be hosted by the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University this year from 2-4 September 2009.
I got the following article on MyPE:
The number of “foreign” language sites, the politics of the web, search engines and search techniques, cyber ethics, e-learning and e-commerce are but some of the topics of the 11th Annual Conference on World Wide Web Applications (ZA-WWW) to be hosted by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University from 2 to 4 September 2009. (more…)
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What constitutes a 6.5 million rand website? Curious? Well so am I! Recently Durban (South Africa) spent R6.5 million for the development of it’s 2010 website which will showcase the country’s FIFA World Cup developments to the country and its visitors.
According to IT news website, ITWeb (article here), the website www.fifaworldcup.durban.gov.za, will have features such as a live webcam of the stadium as well as interactive postcards and galleries.
After scrutinizing the website myself, I am unable to figure out where the high costs come into play. As a web designer, I can’t help but be critical about the site. The design is definitely nothing to write home about and looking at some of the code on the site, it was built using outdated coding standards, such as tables. Even though the site was built using ASP, it is not any different from any open source content management systems I have seen before. In fact, I know of far more advanced CMS’s than what I see on that site. (more…)
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This past Saturday we attended a trance party at Glendore Arms in Port Elizabeth (PE). The party was organised by a group calling themselves, Stress Free Outdoor Clubbing. They have a group on Facebook, join them here http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=71411733274&ref=ts. It was awesome and I’d like to help these guys get the word out there as they are talking about having these parties every second week.
The DJ line-up was great. They are all professionals and have a real wide variety of music. Their music is exciting and fresh. Not like some of these parties you go to where you just hear the same tunes you heard at last weeks party. (more…)
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