Comments for Mark's Tech Blog

Comment on Tour of Cape Town 2010 Stadium by Steve Mathew

Steve Mathew — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 20:34:27 +0000

Great pics, thanks!

Comment on Tour of Cape Town 2010 Stadium by ctguy

ctguy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 22:56:01 +0000

No problem!
View pics of the grass over here.

http://www.tfphotography.co.za/catalogue.php?cid=4

Image 118-125

Comment on Tour of Cape Town 2010 Stadium by Mark

Mark — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:08:08 +0000

ok great. thats just the info I got from the tour! let me know of any other changes.

Comment on Tour of Cape Town 2010 Stadium by ctguy

ctguy — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 11:19:54 +0000

Grass was grown in Stellenbosch.

Comment on Oak Valley Mountain Bike Trail by Pieter

Pieter — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 09:30:49 +0000

I did the layout of the trails so any comments to improve them will be appreciated and the trails deffinately ride better in drier conditions.

Comment on Oak Valley Mountain Bike Trail by Lala

Lala — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 18:58:56 +0000

Well, an enjoyable ride, but I would not say a very challenging ride. Its just nice…nice scenery, a slight hum of the N2, its really like “farm riding” as opposed to “Mountain biking”. Some technical skills needed for the nasty A frames that take you over river beds and fences – your pedals MUST be level as you go over the apex – trust me! Some racey dug-outs that give you the feeling of a bobsled run.

On a wet day you;ll have plenty tyre clinging mud as you cross cow pastures and sloping fields.

Total bonus is loo and shower at the end, you can leave Oak Valley to enjoy a coffee and meal at Peregrine Farm stall in a dignified fashion, not mud slung and grease faced

I’ll go back there with my mum for another ride….not top of my list.

Comment on Whales beach themselves at kommetjie – not much hope by Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 30 May 2009 19:28:27 +0000

Big up on you for getting out there to help!!

Comment on Post Netprophet 2009 Conference by Mark

Mark — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:47:29 +0000

400 – the number of people that attended the conference
6.10 – the number of hours #netprophet trended in twitter top 10
4th was the average trend position on twitter trends for the day
511 – the number of visits to #netprophet website on the day
489 the day before – talk about LAST MINUTE Cape Town!

Comment on New Naish Helix Kite by Mark

Mark — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:14:07 +0000

ahh.. the best thing to do is purchase some second hand gear less than 2/3 years old.

Usually go for a BOW kite – stay AWAY from C-shaped kites – they kill newbie’s.

70-80kg – 9m2
80-90kg – 10/11m2
90-100kg – 12m2

This will get you running in winds from 14 to 20 knots. These kites can all be depowered by changing the settings rather easily so only use the above as a guide.

And last but certainly least: Get some lessons by an IKO certified instructor. (THIS IS MOST IMPORTANT)

Comment on New Naish Helix Kite by Stii

Stii — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:42:51 +0000

I’d love to start kite surfing. I’m surfing, but a lot of times in Cape Town the wind spoils my efforts so I end up with a failed mission I reckon if you surf and kite surf you’re covered for 90% of times.

The only problem is it is so damn expensive to start. Lessons don’t come cheap and equipment is hectic! I’ll have to save for many months more

As a matter of interest, (and if you don’t mind saying) what did you pay for the new kite?