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.

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

I remember that Tuesday quite clearly.

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

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.

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

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)

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.

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.

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!