Audi A3 Exchange Challenge!

by on April 29, 2013 in Cars with 1 Comment

She was beautiful like a pearly white mermaid temptress trying to lure me in with her striking lines and gorgeous figure. After one weekend with the beautiful lady, I was hooked.

I recently got to drive the new Audi A3 Sportback 2013 edition for the weekend to help spread the word of the #AudiA3Exchange campaign. All you have to do is tweet using the hashtag “#AudiA3Experience” and which city you wanted the exchange to take place in, either #CPT, #JHB or #DBN, and the city with the most “votes” got the chance for four people to battle it out with the winner exchanging his current car for the sexy new A3 Sportback.

All I can say is that it left me nothing short of breathless. A car so elegant, yet so naughty. On first glance, the gliding lines that define her beautiful shape lure you into thinking that she is all comfort, class and nothing but a lady. Well, the interior is exactly that. Refined elegance that one gets accustomed to as soon as one glances at the finishing around the dash and the comfort of the seat. The mechanics however, are nothing of the sort. Technically, this car is perfect. The ride was incredibly smooth and you literally floated around corners as if you were riding on a magic cloud. But as soon as you put your foot down, it was the exact opposite. It was like a dark beast was unleashed from its dungeon as you were flung back into your seat as sheer power was exulted from the 1.8T FSI engine as it purred like a wild cat in its element.

I simply just wanted to drive and never stop, and that started from the moment I opened the door and got a whiff of that “new car smell”. I felt right at home the instant that I sat in the driver’s seat and the mini heads up display slowly rolled out from the dashboard to my disbelief.

I have never experienced a machine like that which was so well put together that you naturally understood how much thought and attention had gone into every inch of the car – from the stitching on the steering wheel to the air-vent dials to the tiny lights illuminating mere centimetres ensuring that you could see everything inside, but without being distracted. There was such a mixture of classy experience but youthful rawness that was blended to absolute perfection. The testament to this is how much fun not only I had, but how much my father enjoyed a joy ride.

This weekend was incredibly fun and a big thanks must go out to Audi South Africa & Natasha from Ogilvy for organizing this.

All I need now is a way to break into Audi to be reunited with my baby…Daddy misses you.

Don’t forget to visit audia3exchange.co.za to get the chance to exchange your current car for the new A3 Sportback.

Take a look at the photo gallery :)

Another Small Favour

by on April 23, 2013 in Gaming with No comments

In Another Small Favour you are an alien assassin. You have just assassinated Senator Lobe, and will have to find a way to get back into the city. To do so you will need a new identity, and the only person who can provide you with one is the mysterious Mr Personality. But where to find him?

In order to get to Mr Personality you will have to trade favours with the people you meet. Some will trade items you need, but others will simply owe you one, a debt which you can call in when you need a little bit of help later on in the game.

Can you figure out how to achieve all the objectives so you can gather up the tools you need to gain access to Sky Camp, Mr Personality’s current HQ? Complete all the missions and collect the items you are given in return. You can also store less useful items at the Trade Center and borrow better ones in exchange.

Play Another Small Favour and many other fun point and click games at Games.co.za!

Everyday Awesomeness: Leap Motion

by on April 23, 2013 in Equipment with No comments

Here’s a toy/tool for your birthday list. Meet Leap Motion. (It’s that unassuming silver box in front of the laptop).

“It goes where no device has gone before. With a wave of a hand or lift of a finger, you’re about to change the way you use your computer. The Leap Motion Controller senses how you move your hands, the way you move them naturally. So you can point, wave, reach, and grab. Even pick something up and put it down. Just like in real life. It’s an amazing device for the things you do every day and for things you never thought you could do.”

This is one of those situations where seeing is believing. Have a look at this video to see what Leap Motion can do.

For more information (and to fly through the sky on Google Earth), visit the Leap Motion website.

The Kooks in Cape Town – 5GumExperience

by on April 22, 2013 in Cape Town, Events, Music with No comments

As I am typing this I am busy pumping “for Now we are young” – the album of a band called Beach Party. You might not have heard of them, and neither had I until two weeks ago, but they were part of the wicked and massively successful 5 Gum Experience in Cape Town on Saturday night featuring The Kooks.

I tried to think of things that were poorly done or just made the event unenjoyable and I had to stretch my imagination to come up with only one thing. ONE THING for a venue with a good few thousand peeps? Job flipping well done.

The whole thing was so smoothly organized you felt like you were just rolling along with the tide. The buses transporting you to the event were on time and efficiently organized that the queue vanished chop-chop.

Once at the venue, you were searched and tickets checked without any hassle. There was a big scary man barking orders making sure no one stepped out of line and that you got inside before you even had an idea of where the hell you were.

The venue was traditionally kept secret right up until you arrived and they did a good job of not letting it slip; Salt River Film Studios being the lucky destination and what a sweet venue it was!

From there, there wasn’t a single hitch and the place was pumping! No one goes for the opening acts, but boy did Beach Party, Haasbroek & December Streets get some love! People were jamming their faces off and jolling along with the brilliant local acts with most of the crowd singing along word for word!

The local acts were top class and really took me by surprise that they were just that good live, but the Kooks stepped things up another notch and rocked the house. The tunes kept flowing with the crowd loving every minute of it. Peeps were fighting to climb things to get a glimpse and get their jol on properly. If you had someone’s shoulders to go on, it seemed you were on them without hesitation. The crowd was amazing and the Kooks seemed to love it and were feeding off it. The energy was great and you could see the whole place was loving it – I don’t think anyone wanted it to end!

Seriously, it was a fantastic event which was so well organized that Jacob might need to look over his shoulder. I can’t have enough praise for the whole thing. From how well the activation was initially handled, to how 5Gum kept everyone in the loop with every detail via social media, to how awesome the venue was and how well it was handled. There was loads of space, huuuuge bar with enough service, the sound was good, and there were loads of toilets. Oh ja, and the flipping Kooks were playing!?

I give this a solid 10/10 and have been playing the Kooks and Beach Party on repeat this morning! 5 Gum got the name spot on – it really was an Experience.

Everyday Awesomeness: PC on a stick

by on April 17, 2013 in Equipment with No comments

Have you heard of the Cotton Candy? It’s a flash-drive-sized computer.

Popular Mechanics magazine explains the Cotton Candy like so.

The Cotton Candy may be small, but it has the ability to transform a TV into a fully functional PC. Connecting via HDMI, it’s powered through its USB port (ensure your power supply has a sufficient current output), using Bluetooth and Wi-Fi to get you online and connected to other devices. The Cotton Candy runs on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, so operating it is as easy as working your smartphone or a tablet PC.

Features

  • Quad-core ARM Mali-400MP graphics processing unit
  • 1GB DRAM
  • Up to 64GB storage on a microSD card

This “sweet little PC” costs about R3800 and includes a mini keyboard with touchpad.

The write-up gives www.adpod.co.za as the the contact for the Cotton Candy.

Hands of War 3

by on April 16, 2013 in Gaming with No comments

In Hands of War 3 the War of Tempor is finally over. However, the Heartstone that provides the Kingdom with its power is still broken, and the kingdom has broken up into separate factions, most of which are suspicious toward each other.

Choose your king and carry out missions to restore peace to the kingdom. Deal with hostile factions and invading monsters at the same time. Travel around the map and carry out side quests for money and skill points. In the meanwhile, search for clues as to why the Heartstone is still not working.

Improve your standing with the merchants of various factions so that you can buy new pieces of equipment and new magic skills. Can you make all the right choices and employ the right strategy to restore peace to Tempor? Set out to assemble your quest party!

Play Hands of War 3 and other fun Strategy Games at Games.co.za!

Everyday Awesomeness: Pick n Pay’s clever use of Pinterest

by on April 11, 2013 in Cuisine and Beverages, Networking with 2 Comments

Pick n Pay has come up with something clever and useful for those of us who battle to think of what to cook for dinner night after night/what dessert to make for the dinner party/ideas for that bring and share event. It’s called the Daily Dish and you’ll find it on Pinterest.

The Daily Dish is a Pinterest board filled with beautiful food photography and accompanying recipes designed to provide meal inspiration. Here’s a screenshot:

Looking for warm winter comfort food? How about this Shepherd’s pie?

Or what about an easy but impressive post-supper treat?

If you’re keen to see more, visit the Daily Dish.

Everyday Awesomeness: Easter sale at Woolies

by on April 3, 2013 in Off Topic with 1 Comment

Chocoholics, unite! Woolworths is sporting its post-Easter sale with specials on their Easter fare.

There are pages and pages of tasty treats available at reduced prices, so if you’re interested take a look at the Woolworths Easter sale page or pop in to your local Woolies to see what’s there.

Day 1: France

by Chris M on April 1, 2013 in My Life with 1 Comment

Hello all the way from a town in France called Montpellier! Happy Easter to everyone :)

We arrived at Cape Town International Airport at 15h00 on Saturday and boarded our flight to Johannesburg shortly afterwards. A rather awful and unpleasant flight to Johannesburg, at least it was just shy of 2 hours only. We then rushed to get onto our flight to Paris, the times were incredibly close. I believe that the only thing that kept me sane was a few minutes in the various SLOW lounges where I could take a moment to relax, splash my face and have a nibble in peace. The flight to Paris was something else. The longest I’ve been on a flight for is about 3 hours and this was 10 hours! I didn’t manage to sleep much at all, dozed a lot, but there are continual interruptions.  Nevertheless, the flight wasn’t awful and the time actually went fairly quickly. Before we knew it, we were in Paris and boy oh boy was that an experience – the airport, Charles de Gaulle, is nothing special and it’s quite tricky to navigate yourself around when you don’t speak a word of French, but the people were friendly and we found our way to a cafe to get some nibbles and then off to the next gate for our flight to Montpellier (as seen in map below). The flight to Montpellier wasn’t the best, the pressure was making my ears feel like they were going to burst, but it only took an hour and before we knew it we had landed and were ready to get the show on the road. Grabbing a taxi to our hotel was a piece of cake.

Seriously though, 28 Euro’s for a taxi for a 5 minute drive and 5 Euro for a coke o.O – Gota watch yourself here when you’re operating off Rands! The public transport here is absolutely incredible, I honestly didn’t understand what people were trying to tell me, hop on, hop off, destination reached! The ticketing system is awesome, it just takes you a bit of time to understand the different tram lines.

We had a wonderful dinner in the center of Montpellier, which is truly beautiful. The tall buildings built with architectural perfection are something that you can only really understand and experience in person. I’ve seen photographs, heck, I’ve looked on Google Maps, but it just doesn’t do them justice. I stood outside the restaurant in the middle of town, puffing on my cigarette (which is ever so accepted in France) and just admired the true beauty. People have been really friendly, we’re yet to experience someone frowning upon us for speaking English. Although, with that being said, we try our best to add a bit of an accent and throw out the odd, “Je ne parle pas français” or “Parlez-vous anglais” and these little phrases clearly earn you some respect. It’s funny walking into a cafe and saying, “We have drinks here? Yes”? Haha! Or, “Chocolat Crepe one please” ;)

I’m going to try and post as often as possible for all of you who want to follow or just enjoy seeing what France looks like. I’m armed with my iPhone 5 at the moment, but I should be able to get another point and shoot camera shortly, which will produce better photographs. Or, I’ll be a professional and chuck some Instagram filters over them :P

Here’s a quick batch:

I’m having the time of my life, I truly didn’t understand how incredible this was going to be!

Heading off to lunch shortly with some friends and then I need to do some admin and prepare my slide deck for tomorrow’s workshop.

I’ll post again soon, but otherwise you can follow me here for updates:

Incredible dancing

by Chris M on March 28, 2013 in Dance with 1 Comment

It’s been a while since I posted something on dancing as I honestly haven’t seen to much amazing stuff lately. That all changed this evening when I came across this video, there are tricks in this that I’ve never seen before and tricks that will put you on the edge of your seat.

Sit back, grab a snack and enjoy:

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