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balmainhk (34)in #words • 7 years ago
My Origin of Words: Jumbo, it’s a big story
The origin of the word Jumbo is a bit of a myth mixed in with conjecture and splashed with some showmanship. In essence a good story. It is thought the original word could…
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balmainhk (34)in #photography • 7 years ago
My South African Photography: Savage Insects
On holiday in the Drakensberg I decided to get my macro photography on! Hiking around I came across a tree with quite cup shaped leaves. The insects in these leaves were quite a…
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balmainhk (34)in #technology • 7 years ago
My Jarvis: The ESP8266
Background This is a series of submissions on my attempt to create my own JARVIS and all the home automation bits that go with it. This series of articles starts here .…
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balmainhk (34)in #words • 7 years ago
My Origin of Words: In the Limelight
The phrase "In the Limelight" refers to someone who is the centre of attention. It is a fairly innocuous phrase but it has an interesting etymology (well I think). Limelight -…
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balmainhk (34)in #photography • 8 years ago
My South African Photography: Hout Bay, Cape Town
Many people have heard of Cape Town in South Africa. It's in the Western Cape province. We were there a few years ago and while on a drive along Chapman's peak I took this…
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balmainhk (34)in #technology • 8 years ago
My Jarvis: Introduction
Overview Like any self-respecting geek my goal is to create JARVIS . Luckily I have been endowed with a skill set geared to this so I started to create the beginnings on…
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balmainhk (34)in #photography • 8 years ago
My South African Photography: Three Rondavels
In the province of Mpumalanga ( Place of the Rising Sun in the isiZulu language) the Northern Drakensberg mountain range ends in an escarpment. At this point, the natural…
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balmainhk (34)in #introduceyourself • 8 years ago
Introductions
Hi, I am a South African guy living in Johannesburg. I was introduced to this platform through my general interest in blockchain technology but I have liked what I have seen so…
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balmainhk (34)in #words • 8 years ago
My Origin of Words: Aaaah....the Bikini
In the 1940s, two men, Louis Réard and Jacques Heim, began competing to create something for which men around the world have not thanked them nearly enough. No endeavour has more…
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