Tonight I watched Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, a new Will Ferrell movie. I really enjoy his films because its movies for guys, with humour for guys. And it was hilarious, on par with Anchorman. Will Ferrell’s dry humour is not for everybody but the physical comedy makes up for that. Now this…
I’m fascinated by how China is regulating the Internet. There is a lot of criticism, and companies like Google and Yahoo have been roasted over the coals for how they cooperate with the Chinese government. I do believe they are doing right when you consider a staggering 446.7% growth from 2000 to 2006. I can’t…
I’ve been using ClamWin, an open-source and free antivirus program, for about two years now. It’s the best open-source product I’ve ever used (next to Mozilla Firefox). When my original Norton Antivirus expired and they wanted me to pay in excess of US$50 to renew, I decided to look elsewhere. And to me, this product,…
I’ve been a user of Google Video and YouTube for several months now. Maybe I am fortunate here in South Africa because I’ve had an ADSL link for more than 2 years, and I recently got a Wifi network going. So I’m surfing the net all the time for cool things. A big distraction is…
I would rather be Steve Jobs because he’s so much cooler, so much happier, so much more inspiring. He’s Harvard University commencement address I wrote about here, is one of the deepest messages I’ve ever read, and the way that Jobs described his life into three concise lessons is potent. On some websites about the…