Just a quickie....

Rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated as the famous saying goes. Yes, I have been notably absent not just from my blog, but even the web. Only emails received some brief daily attention over the last 2 weeks. The reason? My 13 year old daughter arrived for a visit from South Africa, and I can assure you, keeping her entertained was a full time job, but an exquisite pleasure.

Anyhow, I am in recovery this week, have only just got back to listening to my podcasts and reading my daily websites. Next week I have to head over to the US for a brief one week visit to Memphis, Tennessee, Austin Texas and Chicago before coming back, probably more wrecked than what I feel right now. Have to visit some ethanol plants (and that hot on the heals of the Nestle Chairman stating in the Financial Times last Friday that food prices world wide are set to rise and remain high due to the competition for food crops from biofuel! All the more reason to switch to chocolate I guess?

One of the few things I found is an 'old' thing - Boing Boing. Dated 1988. Yup, before the official internet and broadband. How come? Well it was a real mag at that stage called bOING bOING. Then switched to the 'new' world after their published went belly up (clever huh? That I know all these things? Uhm, I listened to Leo and Amber on net@nite talking to the founder of Boing Boing...)

The other thing that I enjoyed was another 'old' thing on National Geographic - the list of the 'new' 7 wonders of the World. Interestingly enough, the Great Wall of China made the list, as did the Taj Mahal, and the Peruvian and Mexican Mayan and Inca temples. Brazil is also represented, as is Jordan! Go on.... you know you want to peak. Just click here.... no one will ever know you peeked....

And a last one, a bit creepy for the squeamish ones. National Geographic again - this week's Giant Squid that washed up on the beaches in Australia, and a bit older, seeing that we are on the topic, a Colossal Squid caught earlier this year. If you suffer from nightmares, DON'T go there!!! You have been warned!!!!

OK, have to head off. Will try to update shortly!