Slow Thoughts from Dale du Preez

  • Thoughts of Home (The Prelude)

    There are a number of thoughts about South Africa that I’ve had over the last few weeks. Being at home and having a decent amount of time on my hands gave me the opportunity to re-encounter and sharpen a number of thoughts that I’ve been mulling for some time now.…

  • Observations on Airports and Planes

    After flying with British Airways on two Boeing planes, I must say that I find Airbus planes to be much more comfortable. The issue starts with legroom. I am 6’2″ and legroom isn’t only about comfort; it’s about me having enough room to fall asleep in. On the Airbus A340,…

  • Apologies

    Sorry about the lengthy gap in posts. I mentioned my final exams in mid-December, but they overtook (and overpowered) me in the week and a half before I flew home just before Christmas. As a result, I didn’t leave a written warning about my impending trip to South Africa, where…

  • Thinking “creatively”

    Given that I am in the middle of my final exams, I am lacking something in terms of energy and creativity. It doesn’t bode well for the upcoming week, but I’ll have to give it my best shot… In any case, I was struck by two celebrations of creativity online…

  • Mystery Gmail references…

    I get to read my blogs stats and such-like, but I’ve found something that confuses me no end: I keep getting people clicking on links in Gmail. (Either that or WordPress is registering links incorrectly.) But I don’t have a clue as to why anyone would be linking to my…

  • Exciting stuff: Charlotte and a (possible) job

    So you may have noticed I didn’t blog over the weekend, which was entirely due to my being in North Carolina with my girlfriend. Seeing as I was only there for two nights, I didn’t really find the time to blog. But that was not a huge issue to my…

  • Index Cards + Irreverence = Hilarity

    Once again, thanks to Rex Sorgatz’s Best Blogs of 2006 that You (Maybe) Aren’t Reading, I found Indexed, a blog devoted to stray thoughts captured on index cards. I’ve been reading (or would you call it viewing?) Old Bag’s posts for a few days now and won’t be stopping any…