Stay Hungry Stay Foolish – Words from the man at Apple
WE HAD TO PUT THIS BACK AT THE TOP OF THE SITE – it’s got a lot of people thinking…. Thanks to Cath for this piece of mindfood…. It’s a long read but so worth it. It’s some awesome insights into life from the CEO of APPLE himself. Here’s a bit of background on this visionary creature – how inspiring. “In the autumn of 1974, Jobs returned to California and … began attending meetings of the “Homebrew Computer Club” with Steve Wozniak. He took a job at Atari, a manufacturer of popular video games, as a technician. During this time, it was discovered that a slightly modified toy whistle included in every box of Cap’n Crunch breakfast cereal was able to reproduce the 2600 Hz supervision tone used by the AT&T long distance telephone system. Jobs and Wozniak went into business briefly in 1974 to build “blue boxes” based on the idea that allowed for free long distance calls. In 1976, Jobs, then 21, and Wozniak, 26, founded Apple Computer Co. in the Jobs family garage. The first personal computer Jobs and Wozniak introduced was called the Apple I. It sold for $666.66, in reference to the phone number of Wozniak’s Dial-A-Joke machine, which ended in -6666.” This is the text of the Commencement address by Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Computer and of Pixar Animation Studios, delivered on June 12, 2005. I am honored to be with you today at your commencement from one of the finest universities in the world. I never graduated from college. Truth be told, this is the closest I’ve ever gotten to a college graduation. Today I want to tell you three stories from my life. That’s it. No big deal. Just three stories. The first story is about connecting the dots. I dropped out of Reed College after the first 6 months, but then stayed around as a drop-in for another 18 months or so before I really quit. So why did I drop out? It started before I was born. My biological mother was a young, unwed college graduate student, and she decided to put me up for adoption. She felt very strongly that I should be adopted by college graduates, so everything was all set for me to be adopted at birth by a lawyer and his wife. Except that when I popped out they decided at the last minute that they really wanted a girl. So my parents, who were on a waiting list, got a call in the middle of the night asking: “We have an unexpected baby boy; do you want him?” They said: “Of course.” My...
Feeling bored? Take a surf on this wave…
SEND IN YOUR FAVOURITE SITES!!! Thanks to our resident Internet trawlers WILLIS, STOFFEL and DAWN for their tips on websites that blow their hair back! Just click on the orange! Dawn kindly points us to SITES that ‘excel at random’. Well put. You excel Dawn! Thanks for this chicca, we vote your listing of WILDMOODSWI… NGS as one of the hottest portals yet! It’s a classic – pick your mood and be transported into some INCREDIBLE websites. We clicked on ‘badly dressed’ – it took us straight to UGLYDRESS.com and we’re still laughing. Just do it. Then there’s a site for all of us that love CHINA COOL. If you don’t know yet, China is the next WORLD POWER, so take the time to check out URBAN LIFE IN CHINA. ******************************** STOFFEL is a big influence on our lives at Represent, he often fills us in on what’s going down on the net that we should know about but are too busy to find ourselves. Sharp Bru! He told us about GOOGLE EARTH a long time ago and we’ve been meaning to share it with you… sorry for the delay. But it’s so worth it. Hope you heard it from us first. Simply put GOOGLE EARTH is a ‘A 3D interface to the planet ‘. Yes, that’s right – Google Earth allows you to zoom in from satellite photos out in space right down into your continent, then your country, even your town and if you live in the West, even to your street and house… It’s a free download and a mind-blowing concept. Unfortunately their content on Africa is a lot less impressive than that of the States or Europe, but we’re sure they’ll get onto it soon. Next from Stoffel is a foray into Internet Reality content the MTV UK STARZINE site… takes a while to load but it’s worth it. Basically it’s an MTV magazine that gives you a chance at stardom… they’re looking for content – you create your own content and then readers vote for the STARS. They’re also have a SNAP, SEND and WIN site with a call for photo’s around a specific topic, this month it’s BAD HAIRDO’s – anyone from TRIOMF SHOPPING CENTRE online? FASHIONISTA’S LISTEN UP: His third offering is a fascinating fashion concept and site called 360degree Fashion, it’s a NOKIA sponsored LIFEBLOG software site – read all about it – thanks to MOCONET for the explanation: “Nokia is promoting its LifeBlog software through the 360 degrees of Fashion project, or on WAP(http://micro.anina.net). The eight participants were given a weblog (Typepad solution from Six Apart) and a Nokia telephone...
NBA stars at Cafe Vogue in Rivonia
We’re not mad about Rivonia – it’s not the place, it’s the people – the nouveaux riches of this world – lotsa cash but not much culture. However, there is one place that always rocks and where you know you can have a real party, and that’s CAFE VOGUE…. Those tall NBA boys are in the house! They even offer DISCOUNTS to large groups, but we’re not sure what they mean by ladies ‘dressi…ng to impress’. A little sexist non? NBA ALLSTARS – Come Hang out this Friday with NBA All-Star Players from the U.S. & around the world in true Cafe Vogue Style. NBA Specials All-Nite (i.e buy a drink, take a three-pointer and get a Free Tequila Shooter) Ladies Dressed to impress free entry before 23:00 . CAFE VOGUE Hing Yip Building Cnr 9th & Wessels Rivonia (Opp the Square) EMAIL VOGUE For inquires: 082 780 6557 For more info, RSVP your Birthday Party or for Large Group Discounts call us!...
Slick Visionary Sista! Love those earrings!
Young Babalwa here is a super-creative Jozi woman, check out her stunning earrings that she made all on her own! She was spotted at the Women’s month celebrations at ConHill. Africa knows fashion!…
Sunny days and friendship
We don’t know what the weather is like in the rest of the country, but Joburg is glorious and sunny already – let’s hope it stays that way. Winter has been good to us. As you can see, the ladies are already set for Spring and don’t they look fabulous. They were snapped at the ConHill Women’s day celebrations. PS: Take note of the brown shorts – that’s the look! Now where are those high heels…...
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