Why Some Men Have Dogs And Not Wives

u got it, babe

1. The later you are, the more excited your dogs are to see you.
2. Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name.
3. Dogs like it if you leave a lot of things on the floor.
4. A dog's parents never visit.
5. Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.
6. You never have to wait for a dog; they're ready to go 24 hours a day.
7. Dogs find you amusing when you're drunk..
8. Dogs like to go hunting and fishing.
9. A dog will not wake you up at night to ask, "If I died, would you get another dog?"
10. If a dog has babies, you can put an ad in the paper and give them away.
11. A dog will let you put a studded collar on it without calling you a pervert.
12. If a dog smells another dog on you, they don't get mad. They just think it's interesting.
13. Dogs like to ride in the back of a pickup truck.

And last, but not least:
14. If a dog leaves, it won't take half of your stuff.
             
To test this theory:
Lock your wife and your dog in the garage for an hour. Then open it and see who's happy to see you.

Bacon Cheese Turtle burger

For our next office braai may I suggest something new

Mmmmmmm bacon...............this is a heart attack waiting to happen.

Handmade ground beef patties, topped with sharp cheddar cheese,
Wrapped in a bacon weave.then the next step, add hotdogs as the heads, legs and tail.   Next step?

Place on an oven rack, covered loosely with foil and baked for 20-30 minutes at
400 degrees.  A little crispy, not too crunchy...just how a turtle
Should be, no?
 

  

 

 

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Starting today you are a brand.

Excellent article, and very applicable for all IT professionals who do not know how to progress their careers.

Frequently I encounter IT engineers who assume their career path is the responsibility of their employer. NO, you are responsible for your career. Change is upon us, use your employer as he uses you. Your employer is a vehicle that enables you to gain experience, volunteer for that experience. Take on the difficult projects. Prove yourself and more importantly praise yourself in front of your boss and colleagues on a job well done.

in reference to:

"Starting today you are a brand."
- The Brand Called You | Page 2 | Fast Company (view on Google Sidewiki)

Extreme Programming - Wikipractice

Extreme Programming - Wikipractice: "Listening
Programmers do not necessarily know anything about the business side of the system under development. The function of the system is determined by the business side. For the programmers to find what the functionality of the system should be, they have to listen to business.
Programmers have to listen 'in the large': they have to listen to what the customer needs. Also, they have to try to understand the business problem, and to give the customer feedback about his or her problem, to improve the customer's own understanding of his or her problem.
Communication between the customer and programmer is further addressed in The Planning Game (see rest)."

Why men should not write advice columns

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I love South Africa, and the incredible survival of a Renault 5

One thing I learned in England was that common scense is not that common.

Which brings me to this photo:



I took this photo on my way to Midrand the otherday. If there is one handyman that follows the stingest of safety standards it is the gas repair guy (another thing the Brits ensured I learned). Obvoisly his safety standards are applied to the job and not the transport.

This is why I love South Africa, this guy will probably never make a living with his vehicle in any other country except South Africa.

Deprived IT in South Africa

One thing we South Africans can "pride" ourselves on is the fact we always see the glass as half empty. I've not met many South African who think the FIFA 2010 World Cup is a good thing, which I don't agree with, I think it is the best thing since the release of Nelson Mandela in 1990.

One thing is for certain; in the IT sector I can see a difference. One late night, many years back in the California while doing database benchmarks for SUN and Oracle, I wanted to order a pizza for delivery to the office, not knowing the places around I started a search with Google that was something like this "local pizza".

Immediately I was take to Google Maps, that not only showed me the local pizza places but also the contact detail, the menus, the directions AND the prices. Google obviously used my IP address to determine my geographical location and then provide search results based on my preference.

Now this kind of Google functionality is available almost anywhere except for South Africa until recently. Another thing I was used to was the lightning fast, super cheap, unlimited ADSL in the UK. Again not something I found when coming back to South Africa in 2007 after 8 years in the UK. Here (South Africa) the bandwidth is very expensive and the quality of service is not great.

NOT ANYMORE!!!
1) Thanks to the new SEACOM cable we now have much more bandwidth, and this is already apparent if you follow all the news on the Bandwidth Wars now in South Africa. We kind of need this as the rest of the world take HD TV for granted.
2) Google heavily invested in their South African operations in preparation for 2010 FIFA World Cup. We now have local version of Google Maps including street view coming. We have translation in and from Afrikaans, and I'm sure some other interesting bits that will be revealed as we get closed to June 2010.

So, to all the FIFA World Cup doom profits, 2010 has helped to reduce (not close it, I admit) the IT gap that South Africa experienced for a very long time.