Me and Afrigator in oh eight

I’ll leave the predictions to the masters and thought I’d give you a bit more insight of what is in the pipeline for myself and Afrigator instead.

Lets start with the Gator. Tyler predicted:

“…January should be a busy month for the Afrigator team as they prepare to get their current beta version live…”

and

“…Throughout the rest of the year I believe they will focus on aggregating African Social Media by tapping into more API’s of African sites instead of relying on huge international sites such Flickr and YouTube…”

Tyler, dude, scary how accurate you can predict the future. Spot on, but there are quite a few new surprises waiting. I’m going to have to get my fat ass into serious gear and iron out the current bugs, so that we can start development of an array of new services (which I’d love to tell you about, but 3 other okes will have my hide should I do so…). So, best advice is to cheer me on so I can iron out the nasties and get cracking on the new/good stuff.

2007 ended in a crazy, crazy fashion. Therefore there was little energy and time spent on ironing out of the nasties in Afrigator. Thing is that the way 2007 ended was an exciting sign/omen for 2008. Lots will happen for me personally, so I was quite happy to let it ride and get it going.

On a personal level, I took a mini holiday between Christmas and now and it was intense and awesome. I’ve got some fantastic gifts for both Christmas and my birthday which awakened the “Jamie Oliver” in me and I’m now doing ALL the cooking duties in the house and are LOVING it! Yes, in the past my cooking repertoire was bland and boring, but with great new utensils it is picking up and I’ve discovered that great food is not a nice to have, but an absolute necesity. So I’ll be seriously honing my culinary skills. I’ve also realised that being over weight is SERIOUSLY overrated. Therefore I’ll be dusting off the squash raquet and jogging shoes and get into gear for a more active and healthier year.

May it be a great oh eight to you all!

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Belinda’s “disastrous” exam…

When Belinda started her blog it was when she had to study and write her UNISA exams.

I quote:

“After my somewhat disastrous exam yesterday morning, I really needed something to comfort the soul.”

I’m a proud hubby to let all and sundry know that this “disastrous” exam turned to be a pass with distinction. 93%!!!!! Now if that is disastrous I’d love to see what a good exam looks like! Well friggin’ done lovey!

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Hey, where is the time?

Nov 14

Normally by this time of the year I would be starting to get the silly season feeling. The weather is awesome, the wine is stocked up and fires should be burning. It is not. There is a kind of year end rush and time is simply not on my side it seems.

I’ve been dedicating every spare minute I could steal looking into Ruby on Rails as next year I might have 2 big projects that needs to be done in RoR, but I feel I’m getting nowhere as a minute here and a minute there is getting less and less, while it should be the exact opposite! Well, historically for me at least. Last year this time, I was churning blog posts at a constant rate, now I hardly get the time to write anything.

GIVE ME BACK MY TIME, dammit…

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Ruby (not on Rails)

Nov 01

Tonight we got the latest addition to our home made zoo. When I was away this weekend our little fox terrier ran away due to a heavy thunder storm. She gets extremely frightened when the thunder rolls and tends to simply break out and take to the streets. Our eldest son was heartbroken. Naturally, the only way we could thought of was to say “well, we’ll have to get puppy to take Krummels proud place.” Needless to say that fortunately, the next day someone phone the SPCA and heard that we were looking for our beloved Krummel and the woman phoned us and we went to pick her up. Thank you, woman-who-took-care-of-her! She bathed and fed poor old Krummel and we are thankful for that!

Thing is, the idea of a new puppy just sounded so attractive to Ian! He decided not to let that one slide and started making promises of all kinds like forever doing his homework without us telling him to do it, etc. just for us to get him a little Border Collie. Needless to say, that idea did not sound half bad to myself :-)

So, today we went and fetch Ruby, who is an 9 week old cutie! We’re absolutely stoked to have you in our extended family, Ruby!

Ruby

Initially she was extremely shy, but now she’s already accustomed to her new environment and playing in and around the house!

Here is the feisty runaway Krummel.

Krummel

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Stormhoek now available in the Garden Route!

Oct 11

After last night’s excursion celebrating exams written, I’m reminded by a bit of a pounding headache that I should inform all the Garden Route people that Stormhoek is finally available over here!

Soretha de Kock is the lady to get hold of to order some wines and to get it delivered to your doorstep! Thanks Soretha! I’ve got her details, so if you need it, let me know by leaving a comment.

I must say, I’m NOT a fan of Microsoft. How about an Apple labelled wine or a Linux one? C’mon Hugh, do us a nice one of Apple! PLEASE!

Stormhoek

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Finally, I win for once!

Oct 11

I’ve done the impossible! I’ve persuaded my wife to start a blog, get a Facebook profile and play a bit in my world! She has been tech resistant up to now. She took a bit of leave and spent a week in the same office as me, and before you know it, she is HOOKED.

The address is: http://belinda.za.net

Go check it out and say “Hi!”.

Welcome, love! I hope you enjoy it and I will drill you to do it frequently! ;-)

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New Zealand and Australia out! Who would have predicted THAT!

Oct 06

This must be the most interesting Rugby World Cup ever! In my previous post I said: “and now its time to see New Zealand get knocked out the World Cup by France!” I said it, but never thought it would actually happen!

Its a tournament of surprises. It started with an upset where Argentina won France. Today the number 1 and number 2 favorites get knocked out of the World Cup. Unbelievable stuff!

I did make a prediction and said that it was going to be a SA vs. Australia final. I expected New Zealand would fumble, but not so early in the tournament. The curse lives on for them. Australia was a bit of a shock though.

South Africa better not think they’ve got an easy ride to the finals. We might have a flawless record against Fiji, but as was evident today, the team that wants it the most is going to take it.

Next week’s semi final between France and England are going to be a thriller! That is without a doubt. Well done to both of them. They both played exceptionally well and came through in a big way. Loved it when Captain Ibanez said: “Every one was talking about the Tri-nations semi final…” HAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You can’t be too sure now, can you?!

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Youtube’s Horrorfest 404 Not Found

Sep 07

I saw that Youtube has a Miss Horrorfest competition for the month of September! Quite interesting, I must admit. The only problem is they do not route their URL’s all that cool… If you enter http://youtube.com/horrorfest you get to the competition page, but if you add a slash at the end ( http://youtube.com/horrorfest/ ), you get a 404 Not Found error. Prolly will fix it soon.

Any way, its not the end of the world! The horror fest does look interesting I must say! Amature horrorfest 90 seconds videos for cash if you are good and a girl. US$50 000. Not too shabby! So guess what my wife is doing the rest of September! ;-)

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Back in Bots!

Sep 02

Me and Charl is in Gaborone, Botswana for the next two weeks. We landed this morning and all I can say is it is HOT! HOT HOT HOT! Something like 37 degrees Celsius! Madness…

I have to say, we’re staying at the University of Pennsylvania flats and they have wicked internet connections! Seriously fast and hot wireless…

So for the next two weeks, in between development meetings and planning etc… We’ll be talking from Gabs.

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