Barry’s debate

May 7th, 2009

Barry, an old colleague and friend after many years of silence has pronounced himself a Rammstein purist (that’s Facebook for you)
May I retort with my own position that Rammstein is remix heaven!
To wit I present offically sanctioned remixes:
Mein Teil - Pet Shop Boys, ‘You are what you eat’ remix

Ich will - Paul van Dyk remix

Rosenrot [...]

Read further about Barry’s debate

Tired cold and snow

December 3rd, 2008

Winter is here - it is upon us. What this mean is that I can’t ride motorbike. No bike means I have to bus. Bussing means 2 1/2 hours of my day extra gone in travel and waiting time. - So I end up tired and cold. Blah. Weekend is coming - snow fight!

Read further about Tired cold and snow

Gesundes Leben: Ab morgen gibt es nur salat…

November 28th, 2008

…ein bisschen Wurst… Sauerbraten mit Rotkohl und Klößen… aber übermorgen wird Schmalhans Küchenmeister!

Read further about Gesundes Leben: Ab morgen gibt es nur salat…

Berlin - video

November 13th, 2008

Quick video snippet from Berlin

Read further about Berlin - video

Berlin

November 4th, 2008

Katja and I have just been away for a short break to Berlin. We stayed there for just over 10 days with various of Katja’s cousins.

As per usual I had an absolute blast in my favourite city.

I will post up a different posts of what we did, places we visited and just general musings.

We also got to see some very old and good friends like my friend Manfred whom I met in Cape Town in 96.

I’ll put up some small vids just to get a general gist.

Read further about Berlin

Jasper Morello -video

November 3rd, 2008

The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello is a 2005 Academy Award-nominated animated short film. Its a very gothic, steam punk short featuring some very nice flattened 3d silhouette style animation.

Read further about Jasper Morello -video

Editing and Collating

November 2nd, 2008

I’ve finally started to edit those images and videos which should go on my site this weekend. Also by popular demand the SABC archive site will be revived. With an average of 250 visits a day that means there is a whole lot of nostalgic and frankly SAD individuals out there that share my interest.

Read further about Editing and Collating

Mail server back up

October 21st, 2008

That is back up rather than backup.
For you have missed me tried to mail me etc.
I’ve been on holidays in Berlin - yeahh
The mail server was “auto-updated” into non functionality - booh
I really could not be arsed to fix it snappily. However it goes again so if you mail me it is
my name at my [...]

Read further about Mail server back up

Mail server down

October 4th, 2008

And I’m on holiday so I couldnt be bothered really. If you need to get hold of me THAT desperatley then mail me at work (I do pick those up on holiday - I’m sad that way)

Read further about Mail server down

Posted in I.T. | No Comments »

iTunes tip: Change your album artwork

August 25th, 2008

Open iTunes.
Highlight the song in your iTunes library, or in a playlist.
Go file->get info.
Select the “artwork” tab.
If the delete button is grayed out, click once on the picture and then click delete.
You can add a picture by selecting “add” and choosing the picture you want.

Read further about iTunes tip: Change your album artwork

Posted in I.T. | No Comments »