December 28th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
This Xhosa man walked up to me as I was taking the picture of the little girl in the red dress. He tapped me on the shoulder, unwrapped his radio, smiled and said “Now you can take MY photo” and took off.
I find that his smile reflects pure joy and happiness!
December 26th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
December 25th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
This is still one of the best Mr Bean episodes ever! 
December 24th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
I’ve always wanted to travel on board a freighter and found this interesting post on “How to Travel by Cargo Ship”.
Just think: anywhere global commodities are shipped are places that you can disembark and spend time soaking up the local culture before re-boarding.
Anyone want to join me for this salt and steel adventure?
December 24th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
Wishing all my readers a joyful Christmas:
“Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” is a song by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the The Plastic Ono Band. As much as this song was John Lennon’s reaction to the war in Vietnam, it has become a very popular Christmas song, and in my opinion one of the better ones out there.
December 23rd, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
This is a picture of a Mosque located in District Six, Cape Town. In the background you’ll see Table Mountain and the cable car station.
Interestingly enough I couldn’t find much info about this mosque via Google search, since I don’t really recall where exactly I took this picture and what to search for… So instead I searched for the terms “Mosque” and “Cape Town” on Flickr and hit the jackpot.
A couple of images popped up which allowed me to identify the mosque straight away and find it’s official website.
The mosque is called Zeenatul Islam Masjid and is the largest mosque in Cape Town.
I’m looking froward trying the re-capture this image without any scaffolding in the frame, the next time I visit the cape.
December 23rd, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
In case you need to be reminded how to enter and exit a train, Metrorail provide this self explanatory sign:
…then again, there must be a reason why these signs exist!
December 22nd, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
General characteristics of the SAS Spioenkop (F147):
Displacement: 3,700 tons
Length: 121 m
Beam: 16.34 m
Draught: 5.95 m
Propulsion: CODAG WARP: (2 diesels 5920 kW each, 2 shafts for cruise; 1 gas turbine 20,000 kW, 1 waterjet)
Max speed: 30 knotKnot (speed)
Range: 8,000 nm at 16 knots (15,000 km at 30 km/h)
Armament: • 1 × 76 mm Oto Breda gun,
• 2 × 35 mm LIW (Denel) 35DPG dual purpose twin-barreled guns,
• 2 × 20 mm Oerlikon Mk1 cannon,
• 8 × MBDA MM 40 ExocetExocet
• 16 × UmkhontoUmkhonto missile
Aircraft: 1 × SuperLynx 300Westland Lynx
Estimated Cost: 1 Billion South African Rand
December 19th, 2008 / Comments / by Gregor Rohrig
…having a good laugh with your friends.
I am currently the New Media Specialist at Avusa Media's innovation unit (iLab), which focuses on developing cutting-edge mobile and web applications for the South African internet. I am responsible for managing these projects, consulting on all related issues and researching new commercial online and mobile products. In 2007, I was involved in the successful launch of The Times and the...read more
