The folks over at Quirk have done an amazing job of putting together a website - United For Africa - that pinpoints all these xenophobia attacks happening in South Africa onto a Google Map.

If you have any information about any attacks in your area, please head on over to unitedforafrica.co.za and submit a report.

I am totally gutted after last nights Champions League Final. I’m heartbroken and really struggling to even muster a smile today thats how painful that loss is.

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!

For all of you Wordpress guru’s, rockstars, newbies, bloggers and the just plain curious, there is a Wordpress Meetup happening on Wednesday the 28th of May.

Once again, its another chance to do some networking with other bloggers as well as have a good time and chat about our favourite CMS - Wordpress.

There are a number of sponsors, speakers and prizes on offer. So far this event seems to be one of the biggest sponsored events I’ve been to in Cape Town. I hope I’ll be able to catch a free t-shirt while I’m there!

Also, I’ll be giving a quick chat / announcement regarding Wordcamp SA that is happening in August. There are 1 or 2 really awesome announcements to be made regarding it, so stay tuned for that!

Go and read the Wordpress Meetup blog to find out more about the event, venue, speakers, sponsors, freebies and what to bring along. I hope to see you there!

The basic umbrella has been around almost since the beginning of time. And in all that time, it hasn’t seen much, if any innovation. Sure, the materials have changed, but the basic design? Nope.

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

I’ve been doing some pretty hectic slicing and dicing of xhtml and css of late and in the process have learnt a few more tricks with CSS. For example, how to properly use definition lists (<dl>, <dd>, <dt>), proper font sizing and absolute and relative positioning of parent and child elements just to name a few.

Here are a few CSS links that might be of interest:

• Formatting a definition list
• 8 fonts you probably don’t use in css, but should
• The Incredible Em & Elastic Layouts with CSS - proper font sizing!
• Pixels to Ems Conversion Table for CSS
• 70 Expert Ideas For Better CSS Coding
• Improving Code Readability With CSS Styleguides
• Listmatic - formatting lists (<ul>, <ol>, <li>)