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South African Revenue Service (SARS) Scam e-mail.

Another scam e-mail doing the rounds at the moment.
This e-mail apparently comes from SARS telling you that you are due a tax refund and that you must click on their link in the e-mail. They then request all your banking details, and they clean out your account.
Firstly this e-mail is not from SARS.. it is [...]

Internet Banking SCAM (Standard Bank, ABSA, FNB)

I have now received this e-mail about 5 times, I have received it from all 3 banks and considering I only bank with one of them, immediately warning bells should go off.
Firstly, the e-mail does NOT come from your bank… this is an internet scam playing on your emotions and your fear about your banking [...]

Avatar out now on Blueray and DVD!

Well it’s no surprise that the posters and adverts have been out for the last month about the release of Avatar on Blue ray and DVD, and today is the day that they got released.
I had commented on another post on this site, that The Matrix was the reason I bought a DVD player, and [...]

Silver Orange Bistro

For valentine’s day this year, my wife booked us a table at a restaurant that we had not heard before, but their website looked nice and we are always keen to try new places. Silver Orange Bistro is located just on the other side of the Northern Ridge of Hartbeesport dam (About 200 meters from [...]

Meru Taxi’s – India, Bangalore

I have just been on a trip to India, Bangalore to be more exact, and had a really good time there.
There was sadly, one thing which made the trip quite difficult and that was trying to get a taxi in Bangalore.
The Sunday we arrived in Bangalore and had already prearranged a taxi (from the hotel [...]

HeyWAY (Hey Where Are You) – Location Service for iPhone

HeyWAY (Hey Where Are You) is a free iPhone app available on the App Store through iTunes, which allows you to share your current location with your friends.
The app is very easy to use, and the menu is broken down into 5 menu options
1/ Send my location
2/ Request Others’ Location
3/ See Others’ Location
4/ Invite Others
5/ [...]

iPhone 3GS 16GB with Vodacom

I have waited a very long time for my iPhone, a total of 16 months to be precise.
I sadly, signed a contract with my old Cell Service Provider just before the iPhone 3G phone came out, and was quite sad that I hadn’t done the research before hand to see its arrival date. However, since [...]

Won a Chevy Spark from World Connect

So by now you have either received, or shortly will receive a phone call from someone saying they are from a company called “World Connect”
I received my 3rd call for this year on Tuesday, and was informed that I was one of 15 finalists for a competition that I entered via sms on the 30th [...]

Best Mango Chicken Curry Recipe Ever

I was recently on a course where lunch was provided by the training centre. On one particular day the food was so good every single delegate on class went back for second and third helpings of this Mango Chicken Curry. I was certainly impressed with it, and the delegates couldn’t stop talking about how good [...]

Geocache Navigator by Trimble

I found this piece of software earlier on this year, and I now use my Nokia N95 with this software more than I use my handheld GPS.
The software is free to download, and only requires you to register on their website and link it to your geocache account. It is currently supported on BlackBerry and [...]