Posts Tagged ‘Things I Like’
Posted on August 19, 2008 - by Justin Hartman
Last.fm’s Awesome New Functionality
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I have a four year old. He loves music. The only problem is he loves listening to his music on my iPhone. The net result of this has been a complete dominance of kids music on my Last.fm profile. I think the graph below illustrates my point.
Now prior to the new look Last.fm site there was no way to actually ban or remove artists from your profile. I asked other Last.fm connections if this could be done but alas, there was little hope of cleaning my profile up.
The great news is that all thanks to this…
…My Last.fm profile now looks like this:
Thank you Last.fm for giving me this much needed functionality!!!
Posted on October 16, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
Can Bolton Deventer win us the World Cup?
Gregor and I have created this awesome game for The Times! I’m hooked.
Brought to you by The Times
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Posted on October 10, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
How to pack your clothes. No, seriously!
This was found on OneBag.com and I wish I had found this before packing my suit and heading off to Cape Town.
Posted on August 16, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
The best design application in the world
Wondering who owns the best design application? Find out below.
Posted on June 27, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
Videos of the snow in Johannesburg
If you missed it then you seriously lost out. At around 12:00 on Wednesday morning the snow started to fall in Johannesburg for the first time in around 26 years. In fact the last time I saw snow in Johannesburg I was only 2 years old.
With the downfall of the snow I managed to capture three really cool videos. They’ve been uploaded to Twac and I’ve included the final video below so you can see just how thick it came down.
There is also more. Here are the links to the three different clips taken at almost half hour intervals:
You can also view some pictures I took of the snowfall by visiting this link.
WOW - what fun this was, if not a little cold!!!
Posted on May 24, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
Show me the Gatorlove
Some things just tickle my fancy but I have to admit Gatorlove is really blowing my hair back! It’s such a simple yet cool new feature to Afrigator and I can already see the benefit of having Gatorlove on the site.
Nic very kindly exposed this new feature this morning and Stiaan has done a cool post on it as well. Then of course there is the Afrigator Blog which shows this new feature in great detail.
But I’ll highlight exactly what Gatorlove is all about:
Gatorlove shows you just how much love you are getting from other Afrigator users in the Afrosphere by outlining how many blog posts and blog sites link to yours. If you login to Afrigator and click on the Dashboard link you will now see a list of your sites showing you your Gatorlove.
We have very cool plans for Gatorlove and this is really only the beginning so watch this space for further announcements!
Posted on May 9, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
Shirley, Goodness and Mercy
So last night I did something I haven’t done in more than six years - I went to the theater. Zane Meas of 7de Laan and Twac fame stars in the lead role of a beautiful coming of age story set in the coloured community of Riverlea called Shirley, Goodness and Mercy.
The play is a touching and vibrant account of acclaimed South African writer, Chris van Wyk and is based on the book of the same name. The theatre version of Shirley, Goodness and Mercy has been adapted by director Janice Honeyman to capture Van Wyk’s love of storytelling and the wonder of a child’s inquisitive mind in stifling and oppressive circumstances.
I have certainly forgotten just how powerful theater can be and the play captured my imagination from almost the very first line. It’s wonderfully entertaining and Christo Davids, who plays the young Chris Van Wyk, was absolutely brilliant in his role. In fairness though each and every member of the cast were amazing and I take my hats off to their performances last night.
I think I may just have to do this more often.
Posted on March 29, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
The Cleaners Revenge
So there’s this really cool clip I came across yesterday on the Twac website which I thought I have to share with you. It lacks a little plot and is a little silly but the technique is brilliant. The clip below was shot using still photos and more than 450 pics were taken to create this effect. The result - brilliant!
Posted on February 6, 2007 - by Justin Hartman
Of 9/11 and being pessimistic
So the new job is going great (thanks Carls for asking) but I’ve had little time to blog recently. I really wanted to share my experience I had on Sunday but I’m only finding the time to do so today… rather late than never.
Sunday morning 8:55am I found myself eagerly awaiting the implosion of four buildings in the heart of the JHB City. Yes I made a conscious decision to go and see my very first implosion and what excitement it was. The streets were packed and alive with activity as we all awaited the final countdown.
I have to admit I was expecting a louder bang when the explosion went off but nonetheless seeing these buildings come down in less than 12 seconds was well worth the lack of sleep. Within 30 seconds we found ourselves covered in dust from head to toe as a thick grey cloud of dust and debris came hurdling towards us.
A sudden chill of fear and remembrance consumed me at this point as all I could think of when this grey cloud consumed me was the tragedy that was 9/11. I’m often very blasé about the whole 9/11 incident but this was, if only a small version, a practical and very real example of what those poor New Yorkers must have gone through on that tragic day.
Sunday evening I watched the news and the television shots of the implosion and subsequent cloud cover do it no justice and I’m pleased that I got up early to bear witness to this event. While it’s not the same as driving an Aston Martin DB9 for the day (yes that’s you Mike) it does mean that I have one less thing to do in my life.
Now onto being pessimistic… I love this part of my persona and it is no surprise that when I stumbled onto the NO DATA website I immediately fell in love with it.
NO DATA is a questionnaire of sorts and has previously been used as an ‘art’ exhibit in the Watershed Media Centre, Bristol, and as part of an earlier incarnation of www.radiohead.com (one of my favourite bands of all time).
It’s long but takes you on an interesting journey and I highly recommend spending some time to discover the myriad that is our pathetic existence. What are you waiting for? Go there now!
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