The Internet is, well it’s really huge. Just to show you how huge it is, the guys from Gizmodo has put together a nice Infographic to show us just how crazy huge the Internet is, and what 210 billion emails, 3 million Flickr images, 43 million gigabytes (on phones) sent on an average day really means.
So by now a whole lot of Capetonians made plans to head out to Ceres this weekend to go watch and play around in some snow on Matroosberg.
If you are interested in seeing what it currently looks like up there, the people of Matroosberg nature reserve has set up webcams, you can have a look at the images here. It contains images of photos taken by the webcams on Matroosberg. Images are updated frequently so check back often to see if its worth going up to Matroosberg in Ceres.
A friendly reminder to people heading to Matroosberg, Ceres please keep it calm on the roads. Do not drive fast as roads are slippery and be aware of pedestrians alongside the roads. There will be long queues up to the mountain as allot of Capetonians are heading up to go have some fun in the snow.
See you there, and watch out for the snowballs.
Security personnel stationed at Tuynhuys, the Cape Town office of The Presidency, today received a suspicious parcel. Following preliminary investigations by security personnel and the bomb disposal unit of the SA Police Service, the parcel was detonated.
It was then discovered that the parcel contained a coffee machine, which was sent by a Cape Town company as a surprise birthday gift to Mr A. Kathrada, Advisor to President Mandela.
Following the detonation, the bomb experts have confirmed that the parcel did not contain any bomb or explosive device. Their actions however were justified in the context of the uncertainty around the content of the parcel; and the detonation was necessary as a precautionary measure.
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A few month back when Microsoft launched their brand new search engine Bing, the only thing I liked about the search engine was the images search options, something google images lacked.
Now a few month after Google announced their plans for search options on images, they rolled it out.
This new feature offers quick access to existing tools, including search by color and image type. Color search will find images that are only in color or only in black and white, or even images that contain a specific color, such as red, pink, or green. Type search is a great way to narrow down your results if you are looking for a specific kind of image, such as a photo, clip art, line drawing or face.
Google also revamped their size search. In addition to choosing from commonly searched-for sizes, now you can search for an exact image size or any image larger than a certain size. You can find images of practically any size, including 70 megapixels or more.
The new layout makes it faster and easier to combine and toggle between options. It also makes it easier for Google to add additional image search options in the future, so keep your eyes peeled. Just click “Show options…” in the blue bar on the search results page to try out any of these tools.
So want to have some fun with Google Images? Try the following.
javascript:R=0; x1=.1; y1=.05; x2=.25; y2=.24; x3=1.6; y3=.24; x4=300; y4=200; x5=300; y5=200; DI= document.images; DIL=DI.length; function A(){for(i=0; i<DIL; i++){DIS=DI[ i ].style; DIS.position=’absolute’; DIS.left=Math.sin(R*x1+i*x2+x3)*x4+x5; DIS.top=Math.cos(R*y1+i*y2+y3)*y4+y5}R++}setInterval(‘A()’,5); void(0)
Press enter and enjoy the show.
Please not I have only tested this on FF not sure if it works on IE.
