THE SA BLOG AWARDS – a lot of a let down…
SHARPILE for your support of ‘the SA Blog Awards’ – sadly Represent did not win a single award depite being finalists in 6 categories including music, entertainment, design and photography. Congrats to all the winners. Please guys check out the winners of the SOUTH AFRICAN blog awards here, let us know your thoughts. Suffice to say we didn’t really fit ‘the profile’, at all, so we weren’t suprised that we didn’t feature. But we had been warned. Our bad. In terms of the ‘much hyped’ event – which represents the awards in the flesh – it wasn’t our vibe at all so we didn’t have much fun. Was a very tightknit, amateur, bland affair with winners being announced on first name basis (this one goes to Sues….!) on a shocking PA system in a faux-Cool Runnings in Fourways (don’t EVER go there) featuring embarassing ‘challenges’ for spot prizes we won’t even go into…leaving us feeling pretty left out and disillusioned. It was so far from our world and kind of like going back in time to a place we thought we’d moved on from – we’ve been traumatised all weekend. We’re putting it down to different strokes for different folks which is all good. But before we’re accused of being bitter or sour graped, we’ll put it behind us and move swiftly on and up. But thanks to you all again! We know just how many times you clicked through to vote for us and are way impressed. Sharpile! —————————————————- Thanks to everyone that showed us some love and nominated us for the SA Blog Awards 2007. SHARPILE! We have been lucky enough to make it through as finalists in SIX categories – we’re delighted, overwhelmed and excited. Now we need your help to help us win a big one! VOTING ENDS ON FRIDAY so please vote for us now!: – South African Weblog of the Year – Best SA Entertainment Blog – Best SA Photographic Blog – see our photoblog here – Best SA Blog about Technology / Computers / Web Development – Best SA Music Blog – Best Designed SA Blog This is really what makes this fairly thankless and pennyless work (you know we love it) worthwhile and we’d like to THANK YOU all right now for the props. It would be awesome to win at least one category but just getting this far has made our day. So now we need to ask you, our dear readers, yet again to help us out with your treasured mouse. If you REALLY love what we do and would like us to win an SA Blog Award, please VOTE FOR US BY CLICKING HERE...
Friday Laugh – EXCELLENT BEE Ford Bantam ad
Thanks to Cheese for this Friday laugh – watch to the end. We’re not sure if it’s a spoof or a viral campaign by Ford – we await the response. It’s probably illegal to show it so watch while you can! BEE in the flesh....
Need a de-stresser? Try this!
We’ve spoken before about what you can do online without going offline to de-stress you when the going gets tough… This game has got to be the BEST online de-stresser we have found in ages. It’s called BOOMSHINE by Danny Miller and is in essence a game of total fluke where you try to click at the right moment in the right place to cause a literal and really mesmerizing ‘ripple effect’. Sounds weird? Do yourself a favour – next time you’re stressed but can’t leave your desk or switch your computer off and you just need 20 minutes of distraction without having to read or write anything – play BOOMSHINE HERE. Remember to switch the sound off – click on the speaker before you start – it stops the music and makes a delightful ping noise…or wear headphones – the very calming pings to you may be very irritating to your colleagues. 🙂 PS: We find when we blur the eyes a bit it helps in the tougher rounds...
MIT OpenCourseWare – free courses on the web!
So you’ve heard of MIT right? Otherwise known as the Massachusetts Institute of Techonology, it’s one of the most respected and renowed science and technology institutes in the world, let’s just call it brilliant boffin-land. It’s any scientist techno-geek’s dream university and the best news is that you can now access the MIT coursework online for FREE! Wikipedia gives us the official profile: The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private, coeducational research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on theoretical, applied, and interdisciplinary scientific and technological research. MIT is one of two private land-grant universities as well as a sea-grant and space-grant university. MIT’s endowment and annual research expenditures are among the largest of any American university. MIT graduates and faculty are noted for their technical acumen (63 Nobel Laureates and 29 MacArthur Fellows as of October 2006), entrepreneurial spirit (a 1997 report claimed that the aggregated revenues of companies founded by MIT affiliates would make it the twenty-fourth largest economy in the world) and irreverence. SO anyway, MIT have now made most of their course material available online under their MIT OPENCOURSEWARE program: MIT OCW’s goals are to: Provide free, searchable, access to MIT’s course materials for educators, students, and self-learners around the world. Extend the reach and impact of MIT OCW and the “opencourseware” concept. Here are the departments you can access: Aeronautics and Astronautics Anthropology Architecture Athletics, Physical Education and Recreation Biological Engineering Biology Brain and Cognitive Sciences Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil and Environmental Engineering Comparative Media Studies Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences Economics Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Engineering Systems Division Experimental Study Group Foreign Languages and Literatures Health Sciences and Technology History Linguistics and Philosophy Literature Materials Science and Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Media Arts and Sciences Music and Theater Arts Nuclear Science and Engineering Physics Political Science Science, Technology, and Society Sloan School of Management Special Programs Urban Studies and Planning Women’s Studies Writing and Humanistic Studies And the information is incredible – we dipped our toe into “Sloan School of Management” and then chose a course on “Management Communication for graduates” and managed to have a look at the teacher’s notes for Teamwork Basics and found this very interesting bit on “Hints for Handling Difficult Behavior” Just one difficult personality in a group can make the group unproductive and the teamwork experience unpleasant. Here are some suggestions for resolving problems: Overly Talkative This person is usually one of four types: (a) an “eager beaver”; (b) a show-off; (c) very well- informed and anxious to show it; (d)...
Emdeni Children’s Home Soweto
Yesterday we were invited to attend the Ghett Ruff PR event at the Emdeni Children’s home in Soweto. The occasion was a handing over of two vehicles – a big combi and a food van donated by Cell C. The project was spearheaded by Zola who has been involved with the home since the age of 16 according to Ghetto Ruff. All the bands in the GR stable came along to celebrate the moment, performing to delighted kids who partied up a storm despite the slight drizzle. MXO, DJ Cleo, Jozi, Brickz, Brown Dash, Malik and more were all there, unfortunately Morafe couldn’t make it. Jozi definitely got the loudest reception, with the kids eventually storming the stage to touch, hug and dance with their heroes who gave the love right back. Big ups to everyone involved, see our pics of the day here. We leave you with the question… “What will I do today to make a difference to South Africa.” Leave a comment and share your ideas. Thanks to Adi Loveland and the kids of Emdeni for the pics – we will try post some video’s...
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