I’ve been playing around with Lisp a little just out of curiosity. The (format) macro used with the “~r” directive convert numbers into english words. Unless you’re a mathematician or a Zimbabwian, these numbers will be new to you like it was to me. Here we go: (format nil “~r” 1000000000) “one billion” Nothing new [...]
A while ago I was fed up with Vodacom. I was planning to move to MTN and give them the finger. I found out how to do it and decided that I’ll phone Vodacom Direct on 0821959 (since my upgrade is due) and confirm why I hate them and tell them to get stuffed while [...]
I need to give one last push to see if I can out think my fellow bloggers and win the Afrigator “Livin’ It Up” Blogger challenge. Although I have discovered some cool tips that may come in handy for those of you who would also like to play the game and stand a chance at [...]
On my way to work this morning I had to stop at my friend’s place and pick up his two beautiful Labradors’ piles of crap since I got home too late last night to take my son to do it. Not an ideal start to a day. When I got to work, the morning took [...]
I am always keen to try news things, especially when there’s a game involved. (I love games) This new “Livin’ It Up” game by Standard Bank seems like a blend between Farmville and the SIMS, so I am quite familiar with the concept. After selecting my 4×4 car, Hobbit House and Staffy and Baobab tree, [...]
So there have been some disasters in the Livin’ It up game, which has made me realise that I need to always be insured so that if a disaster strikes, I can be covered. I also noticed that depending on what security items you have bought, the game gives you a indication as to how [...]
The iPad always seemed like a novelty to me. An expensive and fancy reader and web browser thingy. That’s only because I didn’t have one. Now I do, and yes, it still is an expensive and fancy reader, but I discovered this brilliant little app that teaches you Lua through an interactive interface (pic). Now [...]
I hope that you guys have logged in to the game yourselves and if you have not, you should click on this link and start playing Livin’ It Up. I discovered some tips as to how to get points. It seems that you get the amount of points as the item that you purchase. (i.e. [...]
Embassy cables aside, I am astounded at how badly the US Government is dealing with this “crisis” (for lack of a better term). I’m hardly an expert in politics or diplomacy. No, in fact, I know nothing about it. What I do know about it is that if done wrong, the effects could be disastrous. [...]
Normally, I would be very, very skeptical about anything trying to take on an established, market dominating service. I’m not going to be this time. I think this could be quite a great move by Facebook. Exciting! Will it be as good and properly compete with Gmail? That remains to be seen. There are two [...]