moodley guilty

moodley was found guilty of murder today and sentenced to life imprisonment. i can't help feeling that there is more to this story that hasn't been disclosed or uncovered. there were a number of facts that moodley didn't discuss when he pleaded guilty.

durban july horse race

i feel really sorry for the favourite in the durban july horse race which happened last saturday.

he had to be put down after he got a lame leg whilst running.

south african vice president

today the president of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, asked the deputy president, Zuma to step down, after Shaik was found guilty.

Shaik will be appealing, and Zuma has not been charged (as of yet), but Mbeki (rightly) thought that it was inappropriate for Zuma to remain in the position.

no-more-dandruff dot com

i've just taken a look at a site selling a cure for dandruff ebook. the site is www.no-more-dandruff.com

it's really interesting seeing people writing ebooks about a wide variety of topics, and this site is about a cure for dandruff and dry scalps.

so if you have dandruff, then i suggest taking a look at this site, otherwise drop an e-mail to a mate to give them something interesting to look at - it's not every day that you see an entire site dedicated to a dandruff cure

michael jackson

everyone is speaking about how Michael Jackson has been found free on all 10 counts in his court case.

i'm more relieved that the case is finally over so that the world can now focussing on more important and pressing issues!

the practice tv lawyers

the practice is brilliant. last weeks episode of the practice was one of the best i have seen before, and i was waiting for tonights episode of the practice. i wasn't disappointed. i won't go through the whole story, but let me just say that if you aren't watching the practice yet, then you should start.

monday night is brilliant for tv watching, but what makes it worthwhile, more than the comedies and the rest of the programs during the night, is the practice.

Mike Dinoia or Buydomains.com

k - got it - Mike Dinoia owns Buydomains.com, a similar company to ultsearch.

interesting is how they have tools which allow them to snap names the moment they become available on the registers.

Mike Dinoia

a reminder to keep in mind Mike Dinoia and yin ye - they are involved in domain names after they expire. yin ye had a company called ultsearch, which was sold a few months ago to marchex for 160 million bucks.

i'm not sure yet where Mike Dinoia fits into the picture.

ultsearch, yin ye's company is also called names unlimited or something like that, and it appears that there were 100 000 names.

anyone know about Mike Dinoia?

the Jewish 100

busy reading "the Jewish 100" - a ranking of the most influential Jews of all time by Michael Shapiro.

the Jewish 100 is fascinating reading as it gives a mixture of old biblical figures and new modern days people.

however, it's amazing out of the 100 people in the Jewish 100 how many passed away when they were young in their 40's. Makes me realise I need to live each day to the full!

And many of the people in "the Jewish 100" only became famous or well known after they passed away.

Anyway, Michael Shapiro has written an amazing book - i'm really enjoying it. i'm on number 38 at the moment - about to start reading about Leo Szilard.

hating telkom

now i know why there is so much anger around telkom.

i moved apartments a few weeks ago, and wanted my phone and internet lines changed. first telkom have lost the fax we sent them to get the line changed!

then i finally found a helpful lady who gave me a reference number, and told me to phone another number for the installation date.

i have called this number every day this week, and the number is constantly busy. it's impossible to get through to them.

so i called back the helpful lady's number, only to find that this telkom number no longer works.

so i went to the telkom website, and sent a webbased message to the telkom customer support - and haven't had a reply yet.

and i found the adsl number (another one) to call telkom, and managed to get through to someone, and they said that the installation date hadn't been set, and that i must carry on calling the number that is always busy.

i also asked the telkom lady to get customer support to call me, and she said that they would call within 5 minutes. that was 24 hours ago, and i'm still waiting. i'll probably wait forever until telkom actually has the decency to have some customer support.

and then i called the same number this morning, and they said that they can't / won't/ don't want to help and that i must carry on calling the number that is always busy.

so it's now the 7th of the month, i'm paying for my internet line (in south africa internet is expensive for 24x7 connection) and i don't have a landline, so i'm using my cellphone to make every call - including holding on to telkom's queue's for ages, and paying per minute, although i'm calling an 0800 toll free number.

so this is a special thank you to telkom for getting my blood pressure rising, and not giving me the customer service that any half decent company would have.

i await the day when the second national phone operator begins operating. if they're only good and not excellent, they'll be 10 times better than the telkom service.

anyway, back to calling telkom - wish me luck!!