Slick Visionary hairdo
Hey sista we like your style especially your TInTin hairdo… keep it up! Spotted in the VIP section of the SA Music Conference party – she knows how to get up!…
How does stuff work?
Willis sends us to the answer: Ever wanted to impress your pals by explaining the inner workings of a hybrid engine? Wondered how a cellphone works, but too embarrassed to ask? Curious to know what black holes are and how they work? Boning up to impress Fiona on the weak “The Weakest Link” quiz show? Want to shut your irritating know-it-all brother-in-law up by explaining th…e REAL reason for hangovers? Well look no further! How Stuff Works is a site that explains in simple terms how anything from an acoustic guitar to a zipper works. Learn that even though cigarettes contain 8-20mg of nicotine, that only 1mg is absorbed by your body when you smoke. Shudder at the fact that the legal muzzle velocity limit for paintball is 327km/hr. Drool over the possibilities that personal jetpacks, exoskeletons, flying cars and hoverboards will offer. And for those that have fallen out of love and want that no-longer-special person’s name removed from your right butt cheek, know that lasers offer a mostly painless solution....
Hey White Boy
While skulking round the SA music conference afterparty yet again we came across this mysterious white boy whose style was all Frenchiefied – we like it. REPRESENT! We like white boys that stand out from the crowd… Who is this guy by the way?…
The Art and Science of Travelling Light
Check out this site that gives guidelines on what to pack when you go travelling.. it’s for people like me that always take too much… I like it – check out ONEBAG. …
Beam me up Skattie
Just when you thought you had South African’s all packaged neatly into clear-cut stereo-types, along comes the Science Fiction Organisation of South Africa to blow our hair back – they’re a wild and wonderful group of people dedicated to promoting and growing the science and fantasy world of Art… film etc They have regular meetings, screenings, quizzes and a…ll kinds of fantastic stuff – Joburg based of course! They even have a short story competition on the run… They sound absolutely marvellous and just add to the eclectic mix of minds in our city… Beam me up Skattie@! PS: If anyone does talk to them – please help them with their website – it needs an extreme...
Pssst – A real treat for couples
As we turned onto the dirt road 5 kilometres out of Magaliesburg and bumped our way towards the outstretched arms of our weekend treat, I spotted the Whispering Pine rooftops peaking out of the swaying bending trees ahead, beckoning to us to come closer… Being a truly MetroHectic couple, often reluctant to ‘make that move’ and get out of the city, w…e had no choice but to give in and go forth and surrender to pleasure. It was too late to turn back to city temptation but instead, we turned our eyes to the magnificent setting sun. Let me state upfront that this idyllic haven is perfect for couples that just need to get away and spend some (don’t you just love this one) ‘quality time’ together away from cellphone signals and computer screens. Thanks to the generosity of the owner, Wayne, we were given the honeymoon suite for the night which was dominated by a wide yawning bed covered in crisp white soft covers – We thought it was too good to be true as we laid our eyes on the DSTV decoder – in the bush!?? (later were dissapointed at the limited channels available) But then we stumbled into the bathroom and stopped dead in our tracks as we stared at the spacious bathtub. Now we’re not exactly a petite couple and a bath that we both can fit into is a rare find indeed – but I got to tell you the stress of the city washed easily off our bodies as we lolled around together in the tub, staring mindlessly out of the adjacent window into the depths of the mysterious ravine forest bordering our cottage. Supper time soon came and we made our way hungrily towards the restaurant – this is when we realised the importance of stressing once again that Whispering Pines is best geared towards couples. We noisily bumbled our way into the ‘dining room’ which is situated in the main house – and once again found our movement abruptly halted as we stared at the line of four neat tables along the far wall, each housing a very quite whispering and in love couple. Now we are an in love couple – a very happy one at that – but I must be honest i found the soppy aeroplane love music in the background and the hushhush calm of the dining area a little too over the top for us. It’s fine if you need those things to help with the romance, but an instrumental version of ‘I believe I can fly’ is enough to put me off my salmon starter...
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