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• Optimising your Airline Seat - by a TRAVELER 8 years ago Having just read ANOTHER post expounding "insider knowledge" on how to get the best airline seats that did not teach me anything I have decided to share my own actual traveler experience on how to increase your odds to get an optimal seat.  No, it won't guarantee a good seat and will not help...
• Stories from My First Offshore Race - Vasco 2015 9 years ago Animated Race Tracker from YB.TL The 2015 edition of the Vasco da Gama race ran 400 nautical miles (741kms for the landlubbers reading) along the east coast of South Africa from Durban to Port Elizabeth along a piece of coastline known as the wild coast.  It doesn't have that name just because it...
• Taking My "Toy" Off-Road 10 years ago One of the benefits (or drawbacks) of living in South Africa is that having a car is a necessity.  The lack of a vast public transport infrastructure means that for most people the daily commute cannot be avoided, but during the weekends having your own vehicle allows you to go out and explore the...
• Open Design Cape Town 10 years ago Today is the first day of Open Design Cape Town at the City Hall. I'm working with Make Games SA at their stand which has a number of games from South African game designers available for you to play.  Here are some images from the set up.  Come by for a visit if you are in Cape Town.  It is...
• 7 May 2014 - The Rainbow Nation Votes 10 years ago On Wednesday (7 May) I made my mark in South Africa's general elections - 20 years after the first democratic elections in 1994.  2014 was not the first time I'd voted, but it was the first time I'd experienced the amazing togetherness of the Rainbow Nation that is our legacy.  There are times...

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