Mike Stopforth

Snakes on a Plane is a movie about, well, snakes that get put on a plane. It’s arguably the worst idea for an action movie ever. It is due for release on the 18 August 2006. The thing about Snakes on a Plane is, it’s everywhere. It’s the latest and greatest [...]

I spend a great deal of time in my car. In the past, if I was to maximize the value of that time, I had a number of choices. I could listen to the radio. Sadly, I have never found a commercial station offers me a three solid hours of stimulating listening. [...]

Another pleasant email this week announced the unceremonious return of my favourite T-shirt manufacturers, the infamous brand-extinguishing, Justin Nurse-inspired Laugh It Off.
They come complete with a revamped website and a range of new T’s. Good to have you back guys!

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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, the phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid is scuh taht it deosn’t mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a word are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit [...]

I’m a registered user at MyADSL - a community that according to the About page, was formed in 2003 to serve the South African broadband and IT community - “It provides visitors with up-to-date coverage of local and International IT and Internet related news, and gives them a place to give their views and share [...]

The Mail & Guardian Online, Africa’s self-proclaimed first online newspaper, has made an interesting move by including social (or Web 2.0) tagging and bookmarking tools at the end of their articles. See image below:

Four lads. A pitch black, freezing evening. Benoni Lake Club golf course. Flashing balls.
Now that’s golf. Merv Hartley, a good mate and ex-fourball partner of mine sponsored four of us to play in a charity golf day (or is that golf night) last Friday evening.
What a party.
I love golf, [...]

Mark Cuban, charismatic owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, is an extremely popular blogger and web personality. 
Mark spends a lot of time commenting on the impact of emering social (or consumer-generated) media on mainstream media, and recently wrote an excellent entry on the relationship (or divide) between blogs and what we understand as [...]

I was blessed to have recently been invited by a client to a talk on Celtic Wisdom for South African business by John O’Donohue, an Irish poet, philosopher and scholar. John also served 19 years as a Catholic priest and brings an interesting blend of philosophy to the table.
It had been a long day [...]

Yeah, this one gets around, but I still enjoy it.
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Albert Einstein