Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

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  • The Blue Bulls: The Best Rugby Club in the World

    With the euphoria of the Bulls having just won their semi-final and so reaching the final for the 4th time in as many years, I decided to put up this post. But it is not just the euphoria that has gone to my head. There is actually some motivation for this statement: The Boys from…

  • The Best Harry Potter yet?

    SPOILER! I have just finished reading the The Half-Blood Prince, the 6th Harry Potter book. I don’t know why, but the critics did not rate this book as highly as the others. I thought it was very good; possibly the best one yet. I’m glad no-one spoiled the ending for me so I won’t spoil…

  • iPod Nano – I couldn’t resist anymore

    I’ve been slagging off people, including LenT, that own iPods for a while now. My opinion was that they’re much more about fashion than about music. But since I had my first play with a Nano I was interested and today I couldn’t resist any longer. I hope the ú179-00 I paid for it is…

  • Potgooi 13

    Ons gesels ‘n bietjie oor Suid Afrikaanse- en werêldnuus, ‘n paar techie goed en bespreek SA se negatiewe beeld in die Britse media. Verwysings: Wesley Moodie wen! en Walk for Wildlife (WWF) en Groot Wit Haaie swem vêr en Google Desktop en Halo, die fliek of laai af.

  • WWF Walk for Wildlife

    We have just come back from our Walk for Wildlife sponsored hike. It was a gorgeous day and it was only 5 miles around the Thames and Richmond Park. It is such a beautiful part of London you shouldn’t really need an excuse to do this walk. Each year the WWF choose an animal as…

  • Hacking the IPod Nano up to 10,000 songs.

    Have you been interested in an Ipod Nano, but thought that 20GB isn’t enough. Check out how to increase your Nano to 200GB.

  • Halo, the movie

    This news has really got me excited. Universal Studios have just signed Peter Jackson, from Lord of the Rings fame, to direct the upcoming Halo. Alex Garland, the writer from The Beach is writing the screenplay. I wouldnÆt call myself a hardcore gamer, but I must admit that the first Halo (on Xbox) was one…

  • Potgooi 12

    Ons gesels oor die week se Suid Afrikaanse- en werêldnuus en bespreek skole in die Oos-Kaap en ‘n paar flieks wat ons gekyk het. Verwysings: Hoër Volkskool, Graaff-Reinet en Welcome to Sarajevo en Crash en Apple iPod Nano en Freedom of Information victory of laai af.

  • When things were different

    Whilst going through a bunch of old photos, I came accross these classics. These are The Boys. They’re a rare breed of genial yet modest software magicians. The code that these freaks came up with could well have changed the world had they not lost The One. Once The One had left – now nowhere…

  • 10MB Broadband upgrade!

    I’ve just been informed by Telewest, my ISP, that my connection will soon be upgraded from 2MB to 10MB for downloads and from 256KB to 384KB for uploads! The best thing about this is that the upgrade is 100% free. Is this the time to start thinking about hosting from home?