Archive for April, 2009

There really is one born every minute…

Monday, April 6th, 2009

Have you ever sat at your desk, on your couch,  in bed or on the bathroom throne and racked your brain for an idea that is going to make you a millionaire? Yeah me too. And so have millions and millions of other people. Once in a while, guys like these two have a cracker, and besides making a mint, bring to life an idea that changes human history.

This isn’t about those guys. This is about the guys who don’t make money from how clever an idea is, but from how dumb people can be… (more…)

Coming out of the Nerd-Closet

Friday, April 3rd, 2009

I think this is pretty damn cool. And if that means that I am officially out of the Nerd Closet, so be it. I’m OK with that.

THis kid is going to grow up having the same fantasies about Princess Leia his dad did. Or rrebel and become a total jock. Either way, that is one badass sleeping bag.

This kid is going to grow up having the same fantasies about Princess Leia his dad did. Or rebel and become a total jock. Either way, that is one badass sleeping bag.

More Blatant Self Promotion

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

We’re always up for a bit of fun so when Yogi-Sip launched a competition to win R100k by submitting an ad, a natural progression was from yoghurt to a slip and slide. We quickly storyboarded, shot and submitted it just in time for the deadline and in just over a week it became the most watched video on the Yogi Sip site.

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What’s more important: Staff or Infrastructure?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009

It’s taken us over six months to get an internet line installed in our office. Six months, to go to a cable exchange and change a line from phone and fax, to phone, fax and ADSL. Six months, four order reference numbers, three visits to the local telkom office and countless phone calls where I would work my way through the time saving automated menu before arriving at a destination that required me to hang up and try again. (more…)