So, our TopTV is done and dusted. It's pretty cool really - there are some kinks and the content is a little old but I like it     Retro is so for me - and with the supposed addition of 50 new channels (10 HD) by the end of the year I'm keen.   The picture is really good quality and it's nice that it's all in the correct aspect ratio for our TV. Take that...

is much shorter than I expected, the quest is over   I have TopTV and so far it's pretty good. I'm enjoying the programming (it's mostly old) and I much prefer the interface to that used by DSTV.   Bit of an anticlimax really. They've made it easy and it shows - if the call centre wasn't inundated by thousands of phone calls no doubt it would have taken less than...

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    Some people may not have even heard of them yet - I know quite a few who hadn't - but TopTV is the talk of the country today as they took a running kick at the Multichoice monopoly.   With their launch date set as May 1st and 50,000 decoder units shipped to various outlet stores around the country, TopTV were set to rollout at a reasonable pace over the next month or...

billionaire ( ) n. A person whose wealth amounts to at least a billion dollars, pounds, or the equivalent in other currency.   I decided last night that I need to become a billionaire. It's not all that crazy is it?   Well, perhaps just a little. Still, it gives me something to aim for. I'll grant that it may have had something to do with watching Iron Man 2 last night but I...

Sitting here at Smokey Swallows, I'm somehow reminded of being at the concert of an aging rockstar. Interesting, a little syncopated and just a touch too loud. Generally speaking, I love jazz and this is no exception. These guys are good, heavy even. If I were the type I would even be tempted to call them hip cats. It's really not their fault the venue is a bit too small - with the result that...

Taking a trip to my local Spar today, I see that even the vendors (those purveyors of quality Fakely, Swutch and Nikee goods) have hit on the soccer world cup price gouging tradition. I was offered a genuine, no-frills Soccer shirt for the princely sum of R280. Madness. Share and...

This one's a simple one. Everyone should be able to understand it - and hopefully know that it's right.   ADMIT YOUR PROBLEMS   Nothing in life is one-sided so why on earth should race relations be? There's a play called Avenue Q that imparts some excellent information:   Ready for it?   Sure?     It's true. Each and every one of us is a little bit racist. Now,...

  As much as it pains me to say it and to move off the #ignorejulius campaign, I have to admit that he's kinda right. (and yes, I expect some flak for this opinion)   Not, perhaps, in the way he says things or the manner in which he'd prefer to fix the problems he sees but fundamentally right. For 15 years, South Africa has been pretending that everything is wonderful, that the...

After battle lines were drawn earlier today in Ventersdorp, it was hoped that following the exchange of pithy insults both the White and Black races would calm down enough to be rational. Unfortunately, the situation remained tense and matters came to a head when a group of black and white observers taunted each other with song.   Police were quick to step in with razor wire and attempted to...