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Whilst the initial intention of WordPress was to become the best blogging software out there, it has evolved into to a cutting edge content management system, capable of allowing anyone with information they would like to publish, freedom to manage and expand their website with simple, easy to use tools.

From presenting media such as photographs, audio and video files, to running an online store, WordPress is now much more than just a blogging platform. It’s a piece of software that can take your website to much higher levels of search engine awareness using permalinks, tags and other strategic methodologies.

I have been building websites almost exclusively using WordPress this year and I have reached a level of design knowledge that now allows me to offer fully customised WordPress themes for your website. If you would like to take complete control of your web publishing I can put you into the driving seat of uniquely customised WordPress site for as little as R5,800. Contact me for more information.

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Messing around in the studio, doing some headshot tests.

I am very happy to announce that my photographic studio in Glenwood, Durban is ready for personal photographic services.

These services will include both full length and head shots for individuals, product photography and commercial photography involving smaller products. If you have a product larger than 1m wide and 2m high I can accommodate you, but I will need advance notice.

UPDATE (June 2010): The studio is now only available for headshots and product photography.

Those of you who are into the same music I am will be happy to know that David Byrne, the former frontman for one of the best post-punk bands to come out of the 70’s and 80’s, and Bian Eno have released their second collaborative album together. This one is entitled “Everything that happens will happen today”.

Brian Eno hardly needs any introduction. This man has produced just about every band I have ever loved, including U2, James, Talking Heads, David Bowie, and so on. I don’t think there is an artist he’s produced who’s music I don’t love.

You can visit the link below to buy the album and download a free song off the album in MP3 format. Enjoy!

Do you have some tattoos or body art that you would like professionally photographed?

I am offering a tattoo photography service that includes close up, high resolution detail of your body art, as well as artistic sittings in my home studio on either white or black seamless backgrounds. Shooting on location is also an option if you’d prefer.

My standard rates apply.

I need to upgrade my stuff so I am putting some of my existing equipment up for sale. Here’s what is included:

D2H body only: R5,500 – about 25,000 actuations – comes with charger – re-printed manual – wrist strap – original D2H strap. Excellent condition. SOLD!

D70 body with 18-200mm VR lens: make an offer – body has < 10,000 actuations – excellent condition for both items – ideal travel combo  – most images on this site were taken with this equipment. SOLD!

Nikon 300mm f/4 AF telephoto: R4,000 – excellent condition – comes with front soft cap and rear cap. Very sharp lens even wide open. SOLD!

Tokina 20-35mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro: R1,800 – as new, comes with pouch, hood & caps. SOLD!

Nikon F2 Photomic: R2,000 – silver – king of professional all-manual cameras – excellent condition – a collectors item. Comes with flash shoe adapter. Picture on request. SOLD!

Nikon FM2n: R1,500 – silver – condition like new – only about 4 rolls through this body – fully manual – classic Nikon. SOLD!

Minolta Dimage Scan-dual IV film scanner – complete in box – R2,750 SOLD!

I am selling the following kit:

Nikon D2H body + Nikkor 300mm f/4 AF telephoto lens for R8,000 (if both items taken together).

Body only: R6,000

300mm f/4 lens only: R4,000

Tokina 20-35mm f/2.8 AT-X Pro lens: R1,800

A lot of the time I sit at my workstation and receive Skype calls from friends and would be clients. Sometimes its not practical to use the computer speakers and microphone on my MacBook, so I bought a Skype handset that runs on USB. Don’t like it. Firstly I don’t have enough USB ports on the Mac and secondly the cord sucks (it isn’t one of typical stretchy phone cords).

So I started wondering how it would be possible to get Skype on my cellphone? In South Africa a lot of the functionality of cellphones is stripped out by the networks so that they can milk us for those expensive cellphone calls, as well as data, so I wasn’t holding out much hope of finding a solution, but lo and behold, I discovered www.fring.com.

Basically Fring is an application for your phone that logs you into all your online chat services, such as Skype, AIM, GoogleTalk and a variety of SIP providers. Fortunately my phone (Nokia E65) also has wi-fi, so I can use that as an access point and enjoy all those services including Skype voice for only the cost of the data I am using via that access point. I can walk around the house and use my Skype service just as I would a regular cellphone service. Why, just this morning I called my buddy in Auckland New Zealand!

It’s also freed up some of my screen real estate because with Fring running on my phone I don’t even have to be logged into Skype on the Mac. If I am roaming out of the wi-fi range it will log me in whenever I am in range of another of my access points, so if I set up 3G/GPRS on the cell network as one of them I can make and receive Skype calls on the go at the cellular data rate.

Pretty cool stuff!