Monday, December 25, 2006

Boxes (sic) Day

I asked Sandra why the day after Christmas was called Boxer's Day. Sandra is very useful sometimes because she knows everything. So she told me very emphatically :

"All public holidays the day after another public holiday are called Boxes' Day ... and it has nothing to do with all the empty boxes left over from Christmas!"

later...

Friday, December 22, 2006

Stevie is now blogging

Stevie is now blogging from Thailand.

..and the verdict is out; it has won the "Best New Pillemer Blog of December 2006"!

Check it out at: link.

Me... I am very tired most of the time as I am suffering from cortisone withdrawal. I have been off it nearly a month; which means hopefully I will have more energy to do something else apart from work, sleep and eat.

Enjoy the holiday season.

later...

Tuesday, December 12, 2006

4 firsts, 1 second

And my university marks this year are...

COS301Y Theory of Computer Science 076 Passed
COS3114 Advanced Programming 080 Passed
COS3216 Operating Systems 080 Passed
INF303D Database Principles 083 Passed
INF305F Software Practise 061 Passed

Not bad, considering....

later...

Sunday, December 03, 2006

Jonx brings it to the internet....

Jonx is now online. His internet site is still in the beginning stages; but he now has digitial portfolio available to the world.

Check it out at http://www.jonx.pillemer.co.za.

Congrtulation Tracey on graduating from law school!

And keep your open for future pillemer.co.za websites that are on their way....

later...

Friday, December 01, 2006

The Purple Cow Tournament...

I just received the following email for an idea I submitted ages ago... and after watching it for a while - thought no-one had liked it. Well looks like its popularity increased unbeknownst me!


That’s right ilAn,

Your idea Pandora's Secrets has been selected for the big show – the Purple Cow Tournament!

How it works

Every month 16 of the top community ideas are selected to compete in the upcoming tournament. Each week, ideas are paired off to battle one another with the winner advancing, and the loser dropping out. After four weeks, the top idea will emerge and is declared the tournament winner.

What’s in it for the winner?

Besides the obvious fame and glory from winning such a prestigious tournament, winners will be forever immortalized in the Hall of Champions on the as well earning a Cambrian House Market Test.

Next steps

Prepare your idea for battle. Check your title. Double check your description and inspiration to make sure they are as compelling as possible.

Good luck!

Make sure you tell your friends and family your brain child is in the tournament and get their support. All they have to do is register:

http://www.ideawarz.com/login

And then vote!

http://www.ideawarz.com/tournament/matchup/49

The honor is all ours. Best of luck in the tourney.

Your tournament host - JR

...

.. It's in words that the magic is -- Abracadabra, Open Sesame, and the rest -- but the magic words in one story aren't magical in the next. The real magic is to understand which words work, and when, and for what; the trick is to learn the trick. ... And those words are made from the letters of our alphabet: a couple-dozen squiggles we can draw with the pen. This is the key! And the treasure, too, if we can only get our hands on it! It's as if - as if the key to the treasure is the treasure! ------- John Barth, Chimera