She's the Geek joins the Holiday Program

An organisation called Impact Direct Ministries who have been  running a holiday program for two years already to keep children safe from the street, teaching Life skills and motivating them to reach for a dream. Today I had the wonderful opportunity to spend the day with a group of boys and girls between the ages of 6 and 12 who come from disadvantaged backgrounds. Each group had to choose a name and were assigned tasks and the topics we had to discuss was Drug Abuse, Pornography, Sexual Abuse, as we started our discussion I was amazed at how colourful these children's lives were back home and what they were exposed to. At the end of the day the group presented posters they made and banners saying what the dangers are of Drug abuse and the effects it has on the Lives of loved ones's. Below I have included a pic of how creative these kids are. I am truly proud of each one and would like to thank the Organisation for allowing me to experience and enrich the lives of these wonderful children

Introducing Google Tv

Downloadable World Cup 2010 schedule.

This past weekend we enjoyed much excitement with the Launch of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, I for some reason had suffered a Vuvuzela attack and had a migraine for most of the weekend. :) unlucky me. 

Today I find myself back on track but haven't a clue of the Soccer schedule.

I came across this very cool site where they have made it really simple for you to automatically download the Schedule

All you need to do is to right-click this link, hit “Save link as…”, choose where to save the PDF file, then open it from the location where you saved it.

Then, you just have to hit Print and you’ll have your great printed World Cup 2010 schedule.

The Daily Maverick :: Analysis: On the eve of 2010 World Cup, the choice is ours

The Daily Maverick :: Analysis: On the eve of 2010 World Cup, the choice is ours

Have a nice day

2010 FIFA World Cup Art

2010 fifa world cup art

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My First Amazon.com Gadget Post

I decided to write a post about  amazon.com and this post I will be introducing a gadget called the Apple iPod touch 32 GB (3rd Generation) NEWEST MODEL


  
The iPod Touch (trademarked, marketed, and stylized as iPod touch) is a portable media player, personal digital assistant, and Wi-Fimobile platform designed and marketed by Apple Inc.The iPod Touch adds the multi-touch graphical user interface to the iPod line. It is the first iPod with wireless access to the iTunes Store, and also has access to Apple's App Store, enabling content to be purchased and downloaded directly on the device.


The new 3rd generation iPod Touch^[8] includes faster hardware (the same microprocessors, graphics engine, and RAM as the iPhone 3GS), a slightly lower battery life,voice control, light sensor, and bundled earphones with a remote and microphone.

BBC Digital Planet interviews Monique

This past weekend we had the BBC Digital Planet at the Reconstructed Living Lab. The team of BBC came to do some interviews with the team at Rlabs and they wanted to know about the success stories  how Social Media (Technology) has played a role on reconstructing  lives of men and women that was addicted to substance and involved in gangsterism and now turning this free Social Media Tools into business models.
  

This is a Guest Post by kingRoss

Zakumi the official South Africa Mascot

Zakumi's birth date coincides with a day known and celebrated as Youth Day in South Africa. The group A match played between South Africa and Uruguay (Match 17) also coincides with Zakumi's birthday. He will turn 16 in 2010.^[2]
The green and yellow (gold) colours of the character match the colours used in South African sport uniforms and can also be seen in the South Africa national football team's kit.
Andries Odendaal, from Cape Town, created the original character design.^[3]
The official motto of Zakumi is "Zakumi's game is Fair Play." The motto was seen in the digital advertisement boards during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup, and he will also appear in the 2010 FIFA World Cup.^[2]
According to a FIFA comic strip, Zakumi dyed his hair green so that he would be camouflaged against the pitch

The Final 23 to represent South Africa

The Final 23 to represent South Africa:

Goalkeepers: Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), Moeneeb Josephs (Orlando Pirates), Shu-Aib Walters (Maritzburg United)
Defenders: Matthew Booth, Siboniso Gaxa (both Mamelodi Sundowns), Bongani Khumalo (SuperSport United), Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa, Israel), Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth, England), Anele Ngcongca (Racing Genk, Belgium), Siyabonga Sangweni (Golden Arrows), Lucas Thwala (Orlando Pirates)
Midfielders: Surprise Moriri (Mamelodi Sundowns), Lance Davids (Ajax Cape Town), Kagisho Dikgacoi (Fulham, England), Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates), Reneilwe Letsholonyane, Siphiwe Tshabalala (both Kaizer Chiefs), Thanduyise Khuboni (Golden Arrows), Steven Pienaar (Everton, England), Macbeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan, Russia)

Strikers: Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), Siyabonga Nomvete (Moroka Swallows), Bernard Parker (FC Twente, Netherlands)