There hasn’t been much happening on my blog of late. Exactly 1 post in July, can you believe. But I’m almost sure that if I can get this offline blogging thing to work, you’ll definitely be hearing more of me. Anyway, heres what’s been cooking…

Sushi

After borrowing a sushi chef’s knife on my birthday to make sushi, I just had to get my own. I really love sushi, and being able to make it myself at home, is awesome. The only problem making sushi at home is finding fish at a decent price. Salmon retails for around R200/kg at Woolworths as well as at the local sushi restaurant around the corner. So if anyone knows where I could get salmon a little cheaper in Cape Town, please let me know. Heres a pic of my dinner plate from my birthday. (I made it all myself!)

Work

David, who gave me my first “big break” has taken up the position of CEO of one of our divisions, which meant he had to move Namibia. David is one of the most awesome people you could meet, and he has taught me so much about programming, business and life. We surely going to miss him in our office. We will still be working with David, but the distance will always feel like he has gone.

But there is always a bright side. Especially when a theres a ring at the gate, and a courier comes to drop off a couple of laptops, 19″ LCD’s, leather bags and a multi-function laser printer. These laptops absolutely fly. It’s heart is a Centrino duo which beats at 1.8GHz, biceps the size of 2GB, and a stomach able to hold 120GB. And when you hook it up to one of those LCD’s, there really is tons of desktop space to go around. No need for multiple desktops, ala Linux styles.

Life

As you might know, I recently received my Virgin credit card, but they sent me the wrong one. (The one on the right.) So I gave them a call and in a week, they sent me my Bling. I have heard of people complaining about the service and delays in receiving cards, but the benefits will pay off in the long run. Give them a chance to find their feet. As they say, Rome wasn’t built in a day, and neither are all the hiccups ironed out when launching a nationwide business in South Africa. Hey, I can’t complain about getting 5% interest on any spare cash I have lying in it. ;-)

So, even though I don’t have a decent connection at home, at least being able to watch TV and blog like this is pretty cool. When I get to work in the morning, all I’ll do is hit the synchronise button, and this post goes live! No need to sit at home on a dial-up and hope and pray I don’t get dropped half way through this sentence. Cheers.

The World Cup starts tonight! I cannot wait. Even though Germany vs Costa Rica isn’t going to be the most anticipated game at the World Cup, I’m sure going to enjoy every minute of it!

I also found out for all you South African plasma television owners out there, you will be able to catch a number of the matches in wide-screen format! How cool is that? If you ever see a match being screened on SS6 or SS7, press the menu button > advanced options > tv installation. The pin code is 9949. The ratio currently showing will be 4:3. change that to 16:9. Save the settings and get back to SS6 or SS7 quick! Now you will be able to watch DSTV on your plasma the way it was designed to be watched! More info over at SuperSoccer.

Other randomness… I had my 22nd Birthday on Monday and I learnt to make sushi! If you like cooking as much as I do, you’ll appreciate the art of making sushi. I bought most of the ingredients from the local sushi restuarant, and I even managed to get the chef to borrow his sushi knife to me for the evening. They say, never get into a fight with a sushi chef, and I now know why. I’ll post photos and some tips on how to be cool like me and make your own sushi soon.

Other than that, I really wish I had an internet connection at home. This dial-up nonsense to write blog posts is really getting me down. I haven’t been posting here as much as I’d like too, for that simple reason. ADSL is getting cheaper at the end of August, so I might just bight the bullet… But I’ll have to see. Any other idea’s anyone?