Buy your Art Initials Now

Art Initials? That's what I thought too when I saw the headline and when I landed on the website I realised what a good money-making idea this is.

76 initials = 676 paintings = 1 global village. All art initials are unique and painted as a picture (frame size 30cm x 30cm x 1.8cm). The initials and the demand for the paintings determine the price.

It works like this, an artist/ artists make paintings with various sets of initials. You obviously want yours - so you buy your piece of art, hang it on your wall, and who knows, maybe in ten years time, someone with the same initials as you, really wants that unique art work, so you sell it for a big fat profit...well in theory, anyway.

They say it is a new Web 2.0 art project, but take a look at yourself at Art Initials.com

Dance, Young People Dance

And that overweight Irish stepdancer has the bloody cheek to call himself "Lord of the Dance"!

Well, he wasn't at the Amphimarket down on Durban's beachfront on Sunday afternoon when KZN DanceLink presented its annual Youth Dance performance - Giyani Lusha, when over 80 young people from around Durban performed in two exuberant, energetic pieces choreographed by Sbonakaliso Ndaba and Ntombi Gasa, assisted by Varsa Sharma - and absolutely delighted the audience.

The dancers all came from different dance groups and got together in the holidays to rehearse for this annual performance, where they get an opportunity to delight an audience.

Oh, and the Lord of the Dance – well he is the young man I photographed so much. I don’t think he is a professional dancer – I don’t even know his name, but he moved me deeply with his passion and focus and his body that painted such graceful pictures for my camera.

It is sad that there is so little funding for dance in Durban when dance is such a universal, intercultural way of communication.

Yesterday, out there on the lawn, eating ice-crams and slap-chips and samoosas were people of all ages and cultures with families – toddles and grannies alike enjoying the dance performances.

Let me not forget the amazing Kwa Zulu Natal Field Band. Those kids seem to be having a big jorl. They are great- This is also an organization that deserves support. Check out their website.

For more photos of the dancers and the Field Band check out Flickr

Blogger now has Comment Policy

I never even knew it, had to read it somewhere else, but I guess it's no big deal in my life because I don't really get many comments, but Blogger has introduced a feature where you can set a comment policy for your blog.

I'm all for free speech, but I guess if one is posting about controversial issues, it is quite a good idea to moderate posts and for that you need to tell people the "rules" of the blog upfront.

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Ultimate GMail Collection over 80 tools

How many of you don't have Gmail addresses? I guess that's as good as asking "How many of you don't like "slap chips"? It started off with each of us getting one e-mail address from our ISP (there were always the dodgy ones who had more than one).

Then we got hotmail addresses when we went overseas because it was an easy way to get mail away from home and those who played on virtual sex sites got as many addresses as they could to go with their various online personas.

But when the mighty Google brought out Gmail, it somehow seemed that everyone suddenly had a Gmail address. And they were using it, even for business, which was always a little frowned on with the yahoo and hotmail addresses.

GMail addresses are cool and one can seven do stuff with GMail like I have just recently learned.

So, from makeuseof.com we get over 80 Gmail tools and tips, including Firefox extensions, Greasemonkey scripts, Desktop programs, Web applications and all-purpose ‘HowTo’ guides.

My head is spinning, I don't know where to start.

Top 30 social Bookmarking Sites

I have been neglecting Muti, so I clicked over there and found this really interesting article on the Top 30 Social Bookmarking Sites of 2007. These are ranked by a combination of Inbound Links, Google Page Rank, Alexa Rank, and U.S. traffic data from Compete and Quantcast. It also has lists with links of the Top blogs, most Popular websites an more. Many Thanks to Thakadu who posted it.( I see you already have 1350 kudus - may they multiply!)

Dar es Salaam Tanzania - Nyumba ya Saana Kaole Ruins Mwenge Art Market Kari

Dar es Salaam, known as Dar, is a vibrant center of tourism and industry in East Africa, where visitors can enjoy the markets, beaches, arts and crafts and cuisine.

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Adopt the Sky

A while a go one could Name a Star and give it as a gift to a friend of loved one, but now US environmentalists have come up with a great idea to promote clean air - Adopt the sky.

You can see a map of the states and statistics of square miles adopted so far, you can also "float" though the clouds an experience each person's own little patch of adopted sky, with a personal message. Hey, as they say, you can find friends, on your journey to adopt the sky.

Adopt the Sky was the idea of Human Ideas/Space150, Minneapolis for client Earthjustice. By by adopting part of the sky you sign a petition for better air quality regulation.

Good idea, isn't it?