Stolen PC phones home

Looks like my stolen PC just phoned home after a spell of chilling out somewhere...

The Geneva UCT Jet d'Eau

In a surprise move to ensure all of the watering of the garden beds was complete before 10h00, the maintenance services decided to bring a little bit of Switzerland to South Africa, et voilá:

The Leslie Commerce parking lot (oh, and the gardens too) receiving a proper drenching. Pity the poor motorcyclists that had parked out of the way of the automobiles, only to be soaked by this ode to l'eau.

Maybe it is some sort of subtle Objectivism reference: it is outside of the Commerce building after all...

Something old, something new

(from Bruce Sterling's Flickr photostream from his Turin trip)

It has a cute little woven basket because it's an ITALIAN Segway.

McDonald's committed to a healthy lifestyle

I snapped this picture at McDonald's in Cavendish Square in Claremont.

Since McDonald's has now embarked on a healthy lifestyle campaign in order to hold down negative publicity.

And you can see that they are really committed to it...except that the top magazines are over 2 m up, and that they are tucked behind a column next to the entrance to the counter / service area.

In all fairness, Mcdonald's biking is not such a ludicrous idea

Wikipedia's lamest edit wars

If you have half an hour to spare on silliness, check out Wikipedia's Lamest Edit Wars!

Including this priceless classic:

Guinea pig

Slow, simmering edit war between anons as to whether guinea pigs had no need to jump and climb in the natural environment in which they were created, or in the natural environment in which they evolved.