If so, then TwoFour may well be for you (and if that is the case we’d rather you not visit us anymore)!

Basically TwoFour is a search engine. He’s also a blogger. Oh, and a robot.

This is so wrong. On so many levels. No really ad people should be fired over this (fingers crossed).

Basically TwoFour is trying to be the “Face of” search. From Bizcomm:

I cant believe clients’ buy this garbage. They should realise that search has a face already, and it looks like this.

We really don’t need to be spoken down to with cute characters, we’re not idiots. What amazes is me that they’ve also managed to talk the client into creating animated TV adds for TwoFour. TV Ads! For a search engine!

The blog is worth a read too…

Call me a web freak-a-zoid again and I’l kick you in the nuts and bolts. This is not a blog, a blog is about real people. What this is, is a classic case of a 28 year old creative trying to write as a teenager, and it’s just stupid (hint: the teens are the ones that don’t need to be convinced about the tech, work on the boomers, and for god’s sake don’t use a robot).

And people pay loads for this shit!

It’s like the blind leading the blind…!

PS: I found this link on gottaquirk, be sure to read Darren’s take on it

Saw this on my way to a meeting this morning.

A little further down the road were two more signs saying “Road tax is coming” and “4 wheels pay, 2 wheels don’t”.
Can anyone confirm this? I’ve never heard of (or found online) a publication called ‘News Today’, and I can’t find anything remotely close to any news of road tax approaching.
My biggest thing, however, was that all these signs telling me I’m going to have to pay for the road I’m driving on, is on Bellaires Drive.
The
worst
road
in the North. But don’t take Rich’s or my word for it, ask Aquila too!

Just over a week ago, D’ave and I were in Salem, Massachusetts. We went to the witch trials wax museum. I remember discussing the mob hysteria with him and asking how intelligent people could be so irrational. I guess that’s what life in 1692 was like.

Seems life in 2006 is pretty similar:

My, but we’ve come a long way…!

Warm up your fingers, get your game face on, ‘cos bidorbuy have created by far one of the coolest games online right now, and you could win some cash too! Introducing

…or Ching Chong Cha as us Safricans like to call it.

Challenge your mates, your girlfriend or your grandma, but get challenging, ‘cos it’s loads of fun.

Given recent events I thought this Teazers billboard outside Cresta was pretty cool.

Nice bit of self depreciating humour. Would have been better had they remembered the apostrophe though. Better luck next time.

To show our respect for this advertising, I think I’ll pay them a visit in person.

Feel free to join me…!

How flattered should we be?

And they’re not even a fucking blog…!

The new HOV lane between Joburg and Pretoria has caused a bit of confusion in the past few days, but some people, like Wackhead from 94.7, know just how to get through it.

Thanks to Brendon for the pic.

Filming in Cape Town on Tuesday, my tour guide Matthew took me to an awesome store in town called The Bin (pics of store here, online store here).
Run by the CircusNinja.Collective, the store aims at showcasing new local design talent, as well as rocking and unique international brands.

I bought a Limited Edition CircusNinja T and a Decay top too. I smiled.

When you’re in the Mother City I definitely recommend popping in and supporting the team. If you’re stuck at the office, they have a blog too.

First there was “I like the way you move” advert, with a crowd following an oversized rat, then “Can’t touch this” with a dance-off in a club, which didn’t last too long ‘cos now they’ve gone and bought that “Gasolina” track too.
Ok, now how much does it cost to use a commercial track? Especially for TV. Vodacom have bought 3 in the past year (that we know of). Isn’t that a bit silly considering they’re trying to get the nation to follow dance moves performed by a mongoose?
Now you know where all you monthly cellphone payments end up, MC Hammer’s pocket.

I just go a mail from Tyron Love, one of my favourite local cartoonists, he’s blogging now.

His stuff rocks, go check it out…!

We do indeed.

Not sure if this guy’s review warrants a whole post. But hey, we’re nice guys, and he obviously needs the traffic…!

Yesterday’s news…!

So more crap has sprung up about the whole match-fixing saga with Hansie Cronje. Now Herschelle Gibbs has confessed to receiving an offer to underperform in 2000 from then captain Oom Hansie.

Derek Crookes has also been named as another baddy, but he says he’s innocent, that’s his story and he (with his lawyer) is sticking to it!

Even six years after all the rubbish, Indian Police are still trying to get all the guilty parties in trouble, and now with Herschelle doing his bit, hehe, he might be in line to face charges of conspiracy. Silly boy.

Two Pretoria schoolgirls (who we can only imagine got into a pillow-fight-turned-nasty), bliksem’d each other in the school cafeteria until one of the girls’ fists started bleeding.

Other kids standing around did nothing to stop the fight, but did however record it on their cellphones, which we could only imagine had started with the aforementioned pillow fight.

Thanks to Rob ‘o Tech for the link.

South African-born Howard ‘Butch’ Kerzner, son of hotelier-of-the-world Sol Kerzner, died in a helipcopter crash in the Dominican Republic while surveying the land looking for new development sites.

He was appointed CEO of Kerzner International Holdings in January 2004, and the company, even after all the crap his dad Sol went through years ago, is on the up and up.

He’s left behind his wife and two young children.

Sucky.

A few years back Le Fran introduced my to the joys of Vida e Caffe. I f you like coffee but haven’t yet tried these guys you’re seriously missing out.

It’s not just the coffee though (but I must stress that that coffee is fucking good) but the overall experience you get when you visit them, there’s an attitude to the place – and the attitude rocks.

Anyway, I just got as sms from them. it read:

Nothing new, just another nice, small touch from a company of nice, small touches.

Obrigado…!

Would you let the guy that made this sign ink you for life? I spotted this at the below mentioned trip to Kalk Bay – I’d stick to the restaurant if I was you.

Then again, who am I to talk? The guy I trusted made a spelling mistake that we only just caught in time. One of my tattoos very nearly read “RECLAIM YOURSELF, QUESTION ERERYTHING“.

I can’t begin to tell you how much that would have sucked ..!

A few week’s ago, while on our way to Tack’s wedding (it rocked, thanks bro), Andrea and I stopped off for lunch in Kalk Bay, at a little restaurant called Cape to Cuba.

I’m not sure what I liked most about this place, the menu, the vibe, the view, the service, or the decor – complete with Cuban knick-knacks and the obligatory mug shots of my hero (the Argentinean?) Ernesto “Che” Guevara. The entire experience rocked though.

For starters we shared a portion of Fresh Cuban Bread:

It rocked, I could have eaten this again as a main course (I actually considered having it again for dessert). We then both had Puntas deFillet for main course.

Strips of beef fillet pan fried, tossed in a sun-dried tomato, chocolate, fresh basil and black pepper sauce.

Well damn if this wasn’t every bit as good as it sounds. It was one of those meals that as you’re getting to the end, you start eating small bites, slowly, just to extend the pleasure a little bit longer.

Strange thing was apparently Martin and his family were there the same day, at around the same time, and we missed each other. A few other bloggers seemed to like it too.

It’s 45-minutes outside Cape Town, but shit, it’s well worth the drive – it’s now officially my third fav restaurant in the world.

Hasta la Victoria siempre…!

Me neither, but the ladies at Fairy Godmother Inc. (site under construction) seem to know exactly what it’s about, and they’re offering workshops for all you lovely people.

Dream Mapping is a process to help you get clear on what you want in your life, or in a specific aspect of your life.

So there you go. Here’s some details about it all, but basically:

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Workshop Date
Johannesburg
Date: Saturday 14 October
Time: 13h00 – 18h00
Venue: Hyde Park
Cost: R 300 (including materials)

To Book
Phone Kirstin on 084-207-0202 or forward this email to kirstin@fairygodmotherinc.com with your contact details

I have absolutely no idea how I got onto this mailing list, but here’s a gig ad I just received from Desmond and the Tutus. I hope this isn’t Desmond…