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68James Bond an icon an era and the gold standard in blockbuster Movies
When I was young When I was young around thirteen or fourteen I read my first James Bond book, Casino Royale by Ian Fleming. I loved the quintessential spy genre, the cool spy with gadgets. M his boss...
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76How to Improve your life in 2009!
Isn’t it funny how every year of our lives we look forward to the New Year.We think ahead. We plan ahead and make a bunch of resolutions which we have not the slightest intention to carry out. Well, we...
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85Eye care - Cataract Operations
The gift of sight Eyesight is a valuable gift. We see and hear from the time we are born and take it for granted. At least I did until I read about Helen Keller. Helen Keller was rendered blind and...
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75Cartoon Characters that have defined my childhood years.
My early years 5 to about 12 My First memories of cartoons were from about five years old. The very first character I can recall was Mickey mouse. His wife Minnie with her Polka dot bows. They were a...
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69How I lost 25 KGs and kept it Off
After the Cancer A few years back after my bout with cancer, I was being looked after by my dearly beloved. She insisted that I should change my GP. She was most unhappy that my previous GP, whom I had had as...
22 comments78Travel,technoology and petty crime France,Lisbon and Barcelonas
Hello all I am back from my European trip to Paris, Lisbon and Barcelona where I attended and gave a paper at a conference. Technology The thing that struck me about this trip was firstly the technology.In...
1 comment73Electricity Load shedding
In South Africa we have a power crisis are subject to wholesale "load shedding" which is clever euphemism for " we screwed up and this is a result of of our lack of planning" Load shedding takes place on a...
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56Traveling tips, tricks, advice and what not to do.
As you can see from a lot of my hubs, I travel quite a bit. Possibly I can share some of my experiences with you. Planning the trip The first rule of any vacation is planning. You need to...
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56A Tale of two themed Parties
Two Parties Two parties that stand out in my life were both fiftieth birthday parties. The first one in !997 was mine. This was a difficult ime in my life. My son had recently been killed in a car wreck...
58 comments74IBM '80 vs Microsoft '08 an alternative History of Computing
Background I started work on computers in July 1965. Way back when IBM was king and a few other Computer manufacturers called the BUNCH existed. The Bunch consisted of Burroughs, Univac, NCR, Control Data and...
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