Sunday, March 25, 2007

Unidentified Flying Objects archive opened

I stumbled upon this link today. Still haven't been able to reach the website to which it is referring.

It seems that this website and the ufo's have something in common. Has anyone really seen them?

Thursday, March 22, 2007

You Train

I had a conversation with a client yesterday who said that most South African's hadn't even heard of MySpace. Say it isn't so! I feel as though this client, who had spent the last year in the USA might be more in touch as to what Web 2.0 is, what blogging has become, and most certainly has heard of MySpace and YouTube. So, when I found this article on the BBC website, I am hope that you, my small and attentive audience, will find it interesting.

My point: The YouTube ship sailed a while ago. What train are you on?

Monday, March 19, 2007

Customer's want more choice

Someone once told me that an opinion is like a belly button; everybody has one. But when you meet a fanatic, they might also start to point out how much bigger their naval is.

The debate in question was the colour of the Shova ST.

The other week I met with a rather enthusiastic Warthog who was riding a pink Morewood Shova ST signed by Patrick Morewood. The Warthog, who shall remain nameless, was very vocal about the standard colour option, karoo sand. So much so that he emailed me about it later in the week saying that he had tripped over one due to its virtually invisible shade of colour. Well, you can't please everyone, but you can give your customers a choice. And in 2008 that is what we intend to give those fanatical mountain bikers the world over, choice.

We have been working with Patrick Morewood and Richard Carter at Morewood bikes for about five years now, and it is amazing to see how much the company has grown in that time.

The Shova ST is also being raced for the first time in the 2007 Cape Epic by Rob Peters and Stuart Davies, two desk jockeys from iafrica.com. But it also is one of Morewood's most popular selling bikes in Europe to date, behind the Shova LT.

Picture by Gary Perkin. Taken at Paarl Monument of Gary's new bike.
More pictures by Gary on Flickr

Friday, March 16, 2007

Prison Break Taxi

Its a well know fact on the internet that choosing interesting headings and content links can increase your sites visibility. This taxi has nothing to do with the addictive tv series which is now in its second season.
But I imagine that it would make a pretty good getaway vehicle. Its perfectly anonymous, a white Toyota taxi, with white wall tyres, that will have no trouble driving fast and over taking on the left. (We drive on the left in south africa) But will they be able to resist stopping to pick someone up as they're making their getaway? I guess it better than using a bicycle.

Hey! What you looking at?

We went on a recky down main road the other week. Oh the things you will find when you just get out of your car and walk.

The car was at the mechanic for the 3rd time to fix the brakes. (I like old cars, I know they break, but I am paying for it) This forced us to catch taxis to meetings and walk or cycle if we had to go somewhere.

Researching for interesting signage and something original, we found this guy. He seemed to think we were taking his picture. And actually, we were.