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Johnny Clegg performed this weekend in Cape Town. I am posting...

Tue, 30 Aug 2011 08:11:51 -0400

Johnny Clegg performed this weekend in Cape Town. I am posting one of my favourite music videos of him in support of Le Zoulou Blanc a.k.a. The White Zulu.

Confessions of a Cellphone Addict!

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 14:43:00 -0400

Hello,

I was wondering the other day how many cellphones I owned in my short life. My memory kept going further and further back in time until I remembered the very first cellphone I owned. Lets go through a quick warp back in time.

My first was this Alcatel One Touch Easy. After

my brother and I nagged for a

bit, we managed to persuade an aunt to

get us a cellphone from Dubai Duty Free.

I remember it could run on AA batteries…LMAO

After feeling humiliated with a phone that might as well be a toy(battery powered) I moved to Ericssion (before the merger with Sony).The GA628. This was when I started enjoying modifying phones as the ariel could be switched for a shorter on and the face was inter-changeable in red, green, yellow and black.

Ericsson T39

My next fascination was with size. The phone was so small it could fit in my palm. At this time, the Motorola StarTrek was seen as the smallest phone in the world and was in direct competition.

Ericsson CF788

I got this phone from my old man next, because he just got an upgrade himself. Similar to the previous except the flap did not spring open but just as small!

Nokia 3210

Next, I begged my mum to get this phone from Italy. And for one reason only…RINGTONES, RINGTONES, RINGTONES, and changing the logo. I started a little money making by downloading composing tunes from the net and sending to buyers.This was also my first introduction to Snake 1.

Nokia 3310

Okay, I will be honest. I joined the bagon wagon on this one. If you were in Zim at my time, this was the only phone you needed to be seen with. A bit bulky, but had better features than any phone I had. Including changing the clamp cover.

Nokia 6110

Ariels returned in the spotlight because those without were known to have signal problems. This phone also had infra-red so one could play snake with another phone with the same capabilities.

Nokia 6310

I will admit, this is one my favorite phones of all time. Slim, elegant,light, big screen and technologically advanced with no antenna.

Nokia 5100

You might laugh at me now, but apart from being my first colour screen it was also shock resistant. You could drop it from the second floor of any building and in water and it would still work like a charm.

Nokia 6230i

This was another one of my favourite phones. This was when imagination on the future of phones started. Added camera, memory card, WAP, mp3 ringtones, real life graphics, you name it, this was one of the first phones that did it.

Sony Ericsson K750

At this stage Sony had bought Ericsson and popularity of their Camera phones and music phones were growing fast. I felt I needed to experiment.

Sony Ericsson W810

After the camera phone I went on to experiment with the music phone.I remember the walkman technology from cassette,cd and MP3 players.The phone was just as good with three speakers at the back for a stereo effect and the the headset quality was just like an ipod. The camera wasn’t too bad but I felt the operating system lacked the ease of Nokia’s.

Nokia E65

I was a student with a business phone.Returning to Nokia had to start with a bang and this phone was amazing when it came out.I am not a fan of sliding phones but I put that aside this one time.Getting emails on my standby screen, MS office, multimedia of all sorts, and applications of all sorts; and you could run them all at the same time.I felt I had a computer in my hand, OH and internet was lightening speed.Nokia caught my attention again.

Nokia E71

GPS!!!I was one day lost in Johannesburg until a friend lent me this phone for the duration of my stay.I said that’s it I need it.The map software bowled me over+no slide(which I never liked). Also, an ENORMOUS screen to watch tv.What else does one need in a phone(maybe free minutes?)

And Finally, I am now left with two phones which I use. I have not tried any Blackberries as I have many reservations however I do want to get an android phone ASAP.

The last two:

Still not sure which one is better but what I can say is that no touch screen has a better response than an Iphone, and the Nokia N8 has a 12megapixel camera!!!

On Saturday 6th August I am going to a music concert of the...

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:27:54 -0400

On Saturday 6th August I am going to a music concert of the South African multiplatinum selling rock band, The Parlotones.

For those of you unfimiliar, Kahn Morbee, Neil Pauw, Glenn Hodgson and Paul Hodgson are the members who perform in the genre of Indie rock, New wave, Post punk and experimental fusions in between.Please don’t get it wrong, they are known as the biggest rock band in S.A. and are acclaimed internationally. Apart from being the opening act of Cold Play’s concert in S.A. they have also recieved numerous awards and it goes something like this:

South African Music Awards 2006 - Best Rock Album
You Magazine Awards 2007 - Best Ban^d
FHM Readers Choice 2007
MK Awards 2007 - Best Video
People’s Choice Awards 2008 - Best Music Act
Best Band Award – Caxton’s best of JHB
Loerie Kraft Award 2008 (first time a music video has won at the Loeries)
MTV Africa 2008 – Best Group nomination
MTV Africa 2008 – Best Alternative nomination
MK Awards 2009 – Best Video
MK Awards 2009 – Best Animation
MK Awards 2009 – Best Serenade
SAMA Awards 2009 –MTN Record of the year (nomination)
SAMA Awards 2009 – Best Global Chart DVD (nomination)
SAMA Awards 2009 – Best Music Video Of The Year
SAMA Awards 2010 - Best rock album for Stardust Galaxies
SAMA Awards 2010 - Best music video for Push Me to the Floor
International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2008 Music Video (first place)
International Songwriting Competition (ISC) 2008 Performance (second place)
2009 “Rock.Paper.Scissors” featured on USA hit TV series One Tree Hill

Overall, I must say I am going to have an enjoyable weekend :-)!

On Friday night I was invited to what I can only describe as a...

Sat, 06 Aug 2011 06:05:46 -0400

On Friday night I was invited to what I can only describe as a make-shift underground boxing tournament. It was an event where there were drinks and food all round as members of the boxing group went up in pairs to fight each other. This is the kind of thing I only see in Hollywood action films, so bring able to experience it myself was definitely a change from my usual Friday evening plans.