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Bye Bye Miss American Pie
Richard Steven Valenzuela was just 17, Charles Hardin Holley was 22, and Jiles Perry “JP” Richardson, Jr. was an old man at 28 when the three of them (together with their 21-year old pilot) died at around 01:30 in the morning on 03 February 1959. Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly and [...]
An Ode to the Chaos of English Pronunciation
I recently rediscovered this poem via Poke.co.uk, and whilst they refer to it there as “English Pronunciation by G. Nolst Trenité” the piece is actually called The Chaos. As in “the chaos that is correct English pronunciation” I assume. Gerard Nolst Trenité was a Dutchman (of the born-in-Holland variety, not [...]
Red Hot Chili Peppers for South Africa in 2012 or 2013?
Update: 20 January 2012 @ 12:10 Rock rumours alive and raging again this morning with news that Attie van Wyk (Founder & CEO of Big Concerts) let slip to local radio station Highveld 94.7 Breakfast Xpress show that RHCP will be coming to South Africa in 2013. Sports anchor Cindy [...]
I am not a Robot, I am a Unicorn: AI Chatbots in Conversation
Ever wondered what a conversation between two artificially intelligent chatbots would sound like? Well wonder no more. The project/experiment was conducted at Cornell’s Creative Machine Lab, and pitted an artificially intelligent chat bot known as Cleverbot having a conversation with a version of itself. Intriguing how quickly they both pick [...]
Wimpy Trends with Braille Burgers
The local division of the burgers and fries, I love it when you speak foreign, fast food restaurant chain Wimpy are all the talk in town today. This after a video showing their efforts at communicating with their blind customers went viral on YouTube. “Wimpy wanted to let visually impaired [...]
RAMfest 2012–SA’s Ultimate Rock Festival
RAMfest – South Africa’s Ultimate Rock Festival March 2012: 5 cities! 5 days! 7 stages! Local and international artists! Every year it gets bigger. And better. And probably louder too. The 2012 edition of South Africa’s hardest rock festival RAMfest is coming our way in March. And for the first [...]
Best of BlaBla 2011–The Top 15 Posts
With the new year upon us, it’s appropriate for us to take a quick glance in the rearview mirror to see what Blablanians were reading in 2011. Here’s a list of our 15 most popular posts from the last calendar year. And it’s quickly apparent that our blanket coverage of [...]
