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I messed up my work machine, install a package here uninstall one there, and after a couple of months, you have a mess.

Well, I decided it was time to reinstall, this is simple right… WRONG!!! I tried booting with a Kubuntu Live CD and it wouldn’t load, I tried a number of CD’s and nothing worked.

Finally at 01h30 this morning I decided to google it, and voila found someone else was having the same issue, and all I needed to do was to change a bios setting.

SATA MODE: ATA (defaults to AHCI)

After install and recovery of data I changed it back and there we go, alot of frustration over nothing… *sigh*

I never thought the day would arrive that we have a large collection of gaming consoles.

• Playstation 2 (Zach got it for his birthday a few years ago)
• Wii (Zach got it for his birthday last year)
• PSP (Zach got it for his birthday this year)
• Playstation 3 (We were looking for a bluray player and decided on this)
• 3DS (This was a gift from a friend craygs mind

The only two missing are the XBox and the Leapster, and I’m not sure if the Leapster is worth it…

So now that we have a PS3 I now have a PSN account and a portable ID:

I love the idea of the trophies, kinda like achievements in Steam, it makes the game a little more fun as you try and get all the trophies. The other thing I like about the PS3 is that you can buy games from the console, you can also buy PSP games and they get downloaded to your PSP (if you setup the account on it)

I also managed to get the RemotePlay feature of the PSP and PS3 to work, which means you can watch movies and play some games on the PS3 using the PSP, which is nice if someone else wants to use the TV

The Gautrain link from Pretoria to Johannesburg has been open for a while now, and I decided to give it a try. Mitzi, Zach and I took it from Centurion to Sandton a couple of weekends ago, and were plesently surprised. There after I decided to try using it to get to work, and it’s working out really well. I’m alot more relaxed when I get home in the evenings, and the time that I’m on the bus and train I can do stuff, like read, send emails, write blog posts (ok this is done at home). The only problems I have found are that the busses get stuck in traffic (but at least I’m not driving), and when in the tunnels I don’t get cellphone reception (Maybe they should get wifi on the trains, #justsaying)

All I need now is an iPad or Galaxy tab #hinthint

I’m in the second week and still loving it, I’ve noticed I’m a lot more relaxed in general, which is a good thing… +1 for public transport that works

I was walking around the office, and one of the guys at office asks me if I want to test drive a car. Then I find out it’s a Lexus with a hybrid engine. Lexus CT200h

The first thing I noticed was that it looked really sporty, it doesn’t look like a Lexus (you know, an old mans car).

Started the car, and it was very quiet, I actually thought the car wasn’t on at first, then put it in reverse, released the break and away it went, not a sound. Drove out the gate and to the traffic light, still no sound. The traffic light changed green, slowly pull away, then put my foot down and the engine kicks in, very nice…

The inside was very comfortable, a couple of us just sat in the car for a couple of minutes and chilled, was nice even just sitting in it, for a while even forgot that we were sitting in a car.

I havn’t looked at all the features yet, but I know it has sat nav, bluetooth, USB/MP3…

Personally I like the car, although I wouldn’t buy one, firstly cause I don’t have the money, secondly well it’s not a Subaru… Don’t get me wrong, if I was given one of these I’d keep it (Hint hint :p )

Morning all, it’s been a while, but thats what happens when you busy with stuff…

And by stuff I mean, family and work stuff. Work has been good, running around like mad keeping everyone working but that is the life of “the IT guy”.

Hopefully I can make the time to blog more, maybe I should start reviewing the WII games I’ve been finishing :p

Well till next time…

This phone was lent to me by a friend, so I could test out the features on it…

Unfortunatly it couldn’t do exactly what I wanted, which was to sync and keep seperate my contacts, calendar and emails from two different accounts. Other than that it’s an amazing little phone.

Actually I am typing this blog post on it, using an app I downloaded from the Android market place…

Yes you heard right, since I started at the current company, I have been using an Apple Macbook Pro, and I’m amazed at how quick it was to start using it, I can even support it (to a degree).

Every thing just works (ok most of the time), for example, you can share your current internet, eg. 3G modem with wifi and ethernet, with the click of three buttons (basically)

And the iPhone, so far the only phone I can find that can sync my mail/calendar/contacs the way I want them synced (seperaly)

Hopefully my next phone will be an iPhone, and yes I did just say that, also if I ever get to buy myself another PC it will be a MacBook

Ok enough of this, time to get some sleep, going to be a long day tomorrow

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I’ve realised that I havn’t blogged in a while, and I really need to do so again.

Currently at work we are going through a merger, and this weekend we are actually doing the move into the new building, it’s stressfull, but it’s going to be worth it in the end.

I can’t believe I’ve been back in Johannesburg for 7 months already, time is flying so quickly.

Well hopefully I will get more time to blog and hopefully there will be more interesting stuff to blog about in the future…

Watch this space…

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It’s been a while since I’ve blogged, time has been in short supply…

Things back here in Jozi have been great, I’ve had a couple of life changing experiences, but all in all I think they have been good

Well back to work, hopefully have some awesome stuff to share soon…

I also want to say Happy Birthday to my dad, hope you have an awesome day, pity you not home to share it with us…

In less than 12 hours I leave Capetown and move back to Johannesburg.

I am excited, a little nervous, and really looking forward to what the future holds.

On that note, it’s almost lunch time, and I’m gonna miss the friday ritual of going out and getting food. Thank you to TheClassifieds it’s been a great year, I’ve learn a lot, and I hope you guys have also.

Time to shutdown and go to lunch, catch you on the flip side