We have moved to a 2 bedroom place up in High Cape, which overlooks the CBD. We still have a few boxes to unpack, still don’t have proper DStv and I’m waiting patiently for Telkom to install a telephone and ADSL. So no HD sport or ADSL. I’m getting serious withdrawal symptoms.

Once we have settled in, I’ll take a few pics of the place as well as the amazing view and post them here.

Project52 is a personal challenge geared toward getting fresh content on your website. The goal is to write at least 1 new article per week for 1 year. Because we all know what it‘s like to procrastinate on our content. A website is not just a fresh design that can be uploaded to the web and forgotten about!

I’m struggling to write a post a month these days, but I can definitely give this a go!

2 weeks after migrating, the Creative Cape Town Facebook fan page has over 1200 members and the interaction on the page has been way better than the group ever saw.

Facebook groups are dead. Create a fan page. End of story.

To remove Flash 10 and then install Flash 9, follow these easy steps for both PC and Mac:

1. Download and run the Flash uninstaller (available from Adobe)
2. Download and install Flash 9 (available from Adobe)
3. Bask in the glory that your web browsing experience is now fixed

That’s it!

Preso Rule 2/5: Serious is fine. Boring is not.

Preso Rule 3/5: Most people prefer to listen to words and see pictures. Be nice to those people.

Preso Rule 4/5: You are the presentation. Prepare for every preso under the assumption that your visual aids wont work…

Preso Rule 5/5: Presentation is storytelling, stories are fun, knock yourself out.

These tips will come in handy when I give my first 2 presentations later this year. Follow PresoRockGods for more tips from the Missing Link guys

The Aside posts are also styled differently and it’s pretty easy to accomplish using the in_category() function in WordPress.

I’m also able to use the QuickPress feature of the dashboard as well as the Press This bookmarklet. For now, I have to set my default posting category to Asides as QuickPress doesn’t allow you to select a category. (Coming in WP 2.8)

1: Don’t take it personally

The first thing I’ve definitely learnt is not to take any of it personally. Sure, people often are responding directly to something you blogged about or tweeted, but its more about the subject matter they are upset about or responding negatively about. People have called me some pretty nasty things since launching the blog, but I know that if they ever had to meet me or enter into a civil discussion about the issues, their opinion about me personally would change.

2: Think before responding

Take the time to assess what the person is commenting, blogging or tweeting about before replying. Sometimes a knee-jerk reaction to a situation only adds more fuel to the fire. More often than not you will find people responding on your behalf or trying to explain the situation before you need to step in, so hold back a while if the situation allows for it.

3: Stay positive

When you do respond, always thank the person for taking the time to respond. Once thanked, it becomes easier to formulate a response that is appropriate to the situation. The Mashable article talks about finding something to agree with and this is also a great way to find middle ground with the commenter. I’ve found that in these situations, staying positive and responding directly via email to a person goes a long way than just shutting down any false or negative comments.

The 2008 Olympics will run from the 8th to the 24th of August in Beijing, China. The main Olympics stadium is known as The Bird’s Nest and is truly magnificent!

Having a look at the 2004 Olympics held in Athens, Greece, here were the top 5 countries:

1. United States (36 / 39 / 28 = 103)
2. Russia (27 / 27 / 38 = 92)
3. China (32 / 17 / 14 = 63)
4. Australia (17 / 16 / 16 = 49)
5. Germany (13 / 16 / 20 = 49)

South Africa (1 / 3 / 2 = 6) ended 35th. But with only 1 gold, it was a pretty disappointing performance by our team. Having a look at our world class swimming team that are traveling to the 2008 Olympics, I’m sure we will see a few more gold medals. The swimming starts on the 9th of August and ends on the 17th.

Here is a pic of the medals that will be presented in Beijing:

Also, with all Olympics, there has to be mascots. The 2008 Olympics has the Fuwa – which means good-luck dolls as their official mascot. Their names are Bèibei, Jīngjing, Huānhuan, Yíngying and Nīni.

Go check out the Wikipedia article on the 2008 Beijing Olympics or visit the official site.

The game was a great showpiece of how the English Premier League has improved over the past 2 seasons and is by far the best league in Europe at the moment. Did Manchester deserve to win? Probably, but if Chelsea had taken it, I think we could easily have said the exact same thing. For any cup final to be won or lost on the luck of penalties is really awful. Especially if you consider the one player that by far wanted to win that game more than any one else – John Terry.

What was even worse is that my Fiance, who is a huge football and John Terry fan, plane flight from Namibia was delayed by 2 hours and she missed the entire game. She landed just as the penalties started and I gave her running commentary – she is just as heartbroken.

There were moments of controversy, moments of glory and moments of tears, but all in all, it was a fantastic display of football, for Chelsea supporters, Man U supporters and even the neutrals.

The boys did us proud out there. Terry, Lampard, Ballack, Makelele, Essien, Joe and Ashley Cole get special mention for their big effort I felt they put in last night. They gave everything for the cause but the footballing gods just weren’t on our side last night.

Me? I’ll get over the loss (eventually). I won’t forget the pain and the way we lost the game, but I will be here next season shouting Chelsea! Chelsea! Chelsea!

Keep the blue flag flying high!

Check out the Nubrella. A hands-free, cocoon like umbrella.