Bill Bailey
Thank God for Darwin
Dylan Moran
Vodka! That's a child's drink, why am I drinking this stupid drink, oh and why am I on a traffic island?
When Music meets Microsoft
Some time back I heard of a group of people on the internet who were spending their time creating graphs of songs titles and lyrics and posting them online –…
The Internet Buzz Election – Britney pips Obama? Not quite….
Every time you turn the television on these days you get more talking heads crunching numbers about the US Elections – whispering urgently about who is going to win which…
Sosaties and roosters: dipping a big toe into Potch
It is either slightly disconcerting or enormously flattering when you arrive at a hotel for the first time and the receptionist greets you by name. In the case of my…
Thabo Mbeki Explained: By the US Congress
I don’t know if you saw this recently — but it’s an actual screen capture of President Mbeki’s diary, as published on government’s own website. I wish I was making…
What do you mean you don’t ‘get’ South African politics?
What if we could represent South African politics visually? What if we could take a snapshot of M&G investigative reporter Stefaans Brümmer’s brain? Would it look like a plate of…
Much ado about … well, quite a lot actually
Spare a thought for the family of Andrew Olmsted. You may not know him, or even have heard of him, but you’re about to. This is what was posted on…
A tale of four tossers
On Wednesday night I went to see Jethro Tull in concert. Not because I’m a fan, but because my wife is and one of my favourite things to do is…
We’re all in this together … not
I’m tired of hearing how I need to play a role in fighting crime. In the wake of Lucky Dube’s shooting last week, President Mbeki said we should “act together…
Why we’ll lose the World Cup
It’s Saturday evening. 9pm. The World Cup final. Fifteen men in green and gold line up to face fifteen men in white. It’s a showdown of epic proportions — England…
What’s for supper tonight? Ask Arnold
Somewhere a computer is quietly thinking about you. It is deciding what you want for supper tonight and sending instructions to trucks and warehouses to make sure that your local…