What is up with these people

I am constantly amazed by loyalty/stupidity of some of the people here in SA. Our leading political party is the ANC of which the vice president Jacob Zuma is charged with corruption (ok fine, a politician no surprise) then this week charged with rape (a crime I think should get life after castration). Now personally I don’t think this is a guy I want in charge of a high school lemonade stand never mind a good portion of the control of a country. So the ANC has dropped his power and is vice president in name only (until conviction) however there is a group called the ANC Youth League who actually still “back him 100%” and still think of him as the next president. I mean come on, seriously people…. Am I missing something? I know…I know innocent until proven guilty, but I think anyone who knows the Shaik trial knows the first charge is accurate and as for the second more serious one he has admitted he did have sex with the victim but of course says it was consensual, however no lawyer or police commissioner is going to make such an accusation without some substantial evidence to back it up. In all fairness I shouldn’t judge the guy till the court has seen all the facts, but after all is said and done a man who has been legally accused and charged of such crimes should not be in political office.

New tenant

Jeepers these things go fast, I have a new tenant from across the world. This blog (which looks awesome by the way) is by an American professor in China discussing what is happening there from the political climate to the festivities in the region. It is an exquisitely designed site but what really made me pick this guy was the content of his blog. Check it out for yourself, by clicking on the thumbnail of his blog at the top of my links section.

These words hit home for me

Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams.
-- William Butler Yeats

Firefox 1.5

Is freaking awesome, the speed is great. As a designer I absolutely love the Noia 2.0 (extreme) theme. It is so incredibly cool. These guys rock serious kudos to the designers. Go to the links section on my blog and you will see a link to get Firefox believe me you won’t regret it especially if your on that archaic Microsoft IE

Mark's Avatar

Made this MSN avatar for a friend of mine. He's living in London and working there for awhile. Say's there’s good design work there.... have to say I'm interested. However would have to hear from a designer what the industry is like. Anyway liked the look so thought I'd post it. I have made avatars for a few friends, have to say its fun. The only real things you have to consider are that its relatively eye catching and that it still works when it's reduced to around 50 pixels. Oh and by the way he loves, I mean absolutely goes nuts over massively gigantic over the top buttons ;-)