Now if The 3D Printer isn't the most exciting piece of equipment ever thought out, I'd like to know what is.

And I'm ordering a surfboard like this: Tattoo Heaven surfboard designs

If I ever need a calendar again, the following is the link.

Today Date and Time

Today in History - Historical Events on this Day in History

Bleah. Second time on the blog and VBScript error bites already. Eeew... Anyway, this day in history, Jan 8 will be remebered for George Bush Sr falling ill and vomiting on a Japanese prime minister. Go check The PBS site if you don't believe me... and by the time it finally was posted the tempis fugitted and we were already in thursday 9 Jan... 8 Jan in SA history finds the formation of the ANC in 1908, and the English takeover of the Cape in 1806. Further afield, the Vikings stormed Lindisfarne on that day in 794. And yes, on this day the first computer was patented by Hollerith. This is also the birthday of Elvis in 1935, David Bowie in 1947, Robbie Krieger and Shirley Bassey. Thanks, ladies & gents.

This is the beginning of the diary I should have started in 1996. Better late than never, I hope. I intend (and know the road to hell is paved wif good intenshuns) to collect and collate those jewels of knowledge from the mountains of chaff we have to filter daily. Like the Hopi indian, the quest is to find the meaning of things. Today, the first working monday of the new year, fresh with the sounds and smells of yellow refuse trucks and weekend garbage, this blog is now officially declared open for business, right as rain and a for away! Tempis fugit!