Archive for 'Ramblings'

Oscar Pistorius still charging

oscar08

Fantastic news for Oscar, he gets the green light to compete with able body athletes, sprinting around a track at the highest level.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport have ruled against an IAAF ruling to prevent him competing in the Olympics. His personal best time for 400m is 46.5 secs and he [...]

Goodbye Sir Ed

Goodbye Sir Ed

We all have some childhood heroes, my first was Edmund Hillary. I first came across Sir Ed at something like 8 years old when I was a keen cub scout. I got an audio tape for christmas that discussed the adventures of many explorers on Everest – Mallory, Irvine and of course Sir [...]

Watch how they grow

I maintain an album on my kids – 1 pic month by month. This plugin will go to my picasa album and bring the live update, so as I add months it will update. Nice, except doesn’t bring the titles – so each click is one month.
A Boy

A Girl

June Blogwatch

Here are a few fanblogsmic posts from (the month of) June. Click back when you’re done for the next ‘un:-
Excellent production on internet pornography stats
(see that got you interested)
Brilliantly written article, and right on the money regarding some of the issues faced by all South Africans today
Robin Williams talks of the real reasons behind suicide [...]

Paul wins!

Well what a happy story, I posted this the other day, and now he’s won the competition – signed a million dollar record deal and no longer works at carphone warehouse. Life changed forever.
The audio in these clips is not as good as the original, and a bit more of the same (but completes the [...]

A bit of Opera

When I saw this video start, I thought it was going to be funny – you see this oke, then Simon Cowell, and think ‘yeah right’. Now watch it:

And then I got goosebumps. On the second watch I felt my eyes welling up. Then I wanted to hug him. Damn! And I hate opera. Wow. [...]

Speed climbing

Dan Osman climbs this 400ft wall (rated 5.7) in 4.5mins without ropes. Incredible – real life spiderman. He makes it look so easy.

574 kmh on a train

This is amazing ingenuity- 574.8km/h on a train! Take the ride
574,8 Km/h World rail speed record 2007Uploaded by V150_

Bob Woolmer dies

Bob Woolmer dies

Bob Woolmer died within 24 hours of Pakistan’s shock loss to Ireland.

Herschelle Gibbs hits six sixes in one over

Google maps Australia

Google maps down under is launched – a great resource, including Australian business listings, driving directions, and support for Google Mobile Maps in Australia
http://maps.google.com.au/

Top Ten Nat. Geo 06 Vids

Some of these are excellent. Check #1 – Octopus takes the shark out. #4 is shocking.
10. Kitty Cam Reveals Killers in Our MidstIs your furry bundle of joy an invasive ecological disaster? Get a cat’s-eye view of one pet’s nightly prowl to see how effectively kitty can kill. 9. Antarctica’s Big MeltdownA study released in [...]