Om te leef.

Die lewe is ‘n ongelooflike lied wat wag om gesing te word
wanneer helder gedagtes sonder doel ronddraai
en inspirasie die ritmes van my hartklop versteur,
wanneer opgewondheid my liggaam bedwelm -
my bewussyn kontamineer met idees,
wanneer emosies my siel verblind
met ‘n intense waardering vir dit wat is.

Dan besef ek wie ek is:
‘n Nietige mens met ‘n begeerte om te verstaan.
Om te skep.
Om te leef.

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4 sources of free, high quality, open source music

Music is a very powerful method of expression. It inspires, uplifts, changes, creates, redefines, revives and silences.

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9/11 and United 93

I remember that Tuesday quite clearly.

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I finally got hacked

Yes, yes. After too many years to count online, I’ve finally been hacked… and lost my whole website.

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Thoughts on Slumdog Millionare

Slumdog Millionare is one of those films where everyone in the theatre stays seated until halfway through the scrolling credits, where silence reigns in the corridors that lead out of the cinema.

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Yoop crowned HIP2B² Project of the Year

For the past year, I’ve been a Brand Ambassador for HIP2B², an awesome brand started by South African entrepeneur Mark Shuttleworth.

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Obama speech in full colour

I thought it would be interesting to see new U.S. president Barack Obama’s speech visualized as a tag cloud. Courtesy of Wordle.net, here’s the rather interesting result:

(click the thumbnail to see the full-size image)

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Physically back in South Africa. Mentally not.

Although I’ve travelled to a few places in the world before, my stay in Germany the past 7 weeks has been the first on which I tasted true independence.

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Photo memories

Coming to you from a very cold and extremely interesting Germany, here are some of my memories that have been captured on film (figuratively speaking) so far.

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Ubuntu ‘Xauthorization file’ problems

After having many troubles with the ‘Xauthorization file’ in Ubuntu (8.10) today, I thought I’d share the simple solution to the problem that took me at least an hour to solve. No guarantees, though!

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