That's what we got after 1994, people, one man one vote.
Cast yours for the good of a, well, good blogger and help them to get their own
Foozi foosball table. That's right, given our broad understanding that the pen
is mightier than the sword (or in the strange case of Julius Malema, the mouth
is mightier than the sword) five intrepid souls are in line to win the ultimate
pub/family room accoutrement. A Foozi foosball table. How? Why? Because they
got typing and entered the Shine 2010 blogger compo.
Check out here
for more details on how to cast your vote for one of the five wordsmiths who
made it into the finals for that fine Foozi table. It's worth twelve grand, not
a prize to be sniffed or sneezed at.
Then, what would you do to promote the wonder that is FIFA
2010? Our golden girl, Oscar winner Charlize Theron went so far as to snog
a girl. For a cool US$140 000. Someone needs to make a Katie Perry
song about that one, for true.
On a completely different tack, here's some advice for all
you computer/internet addicted netizens. Make sure your machine is backed up.
On returning from a week out of the office in which I had my trusty HP notebook
as an occasional companion (to update this very blog, luvvies) the poor machine
succumbed to a lightning strike within hours of hitting Johannesburg. Nasty!
Imagine the chaos had the data gone the way of the hardware. Although, even
with complete backups , getting back up and running is truly an unpleasant
experience.
Particularly since Microsoft has this habit of changing everything
in its new operating systems just as you finally get used to the old one. Then
there is the hassle of familiarizing oneself with a new keyboard....trying to
remember the seemingly hundreds of passwords that have become a part of daily
life...for Twitter, Linked In, even TheTimes.co.za and the Mail and Guardian
and Moneyweb. Tough going I tell you. Makes one hanker for the simple life;
while down in Oudtshoorn I met an old bloke with the nickname of 'Katot' (which
means 'billycan'). Katot spends most of his time in the roaming the Karoo with
an ancient landrover.
I bet he hasn't had password or computer problems in recent
memory. Methinks he's getting the best out of 'modern living'.