Category Archives: Featured Articles

A selection of featured articles.

WP Quote Tweets Plugin (updated)

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Have you ever wanted to embed specific twitter quotes in your blog posts?

With the new WP Quote Tweets plugin by Tanin Ehrami you can! The WordPress WP Quote Tweets Plugin by Tanin Ehrami makes it possible to embed specific twitter status updates in your WordPress blog via shortcodes. Like this:

Nice, huh? But the above example is now done using the auto-embed features built-into WordPress since version 3.4.1 – see the updates below for more info and link to the release notes. Continue reading →

Lions Head Mountain Walk

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I was just thinking about my recent Sunday walk up Lion’s Head and realized that I had not actually posted the slide show or blogged about it here for you to see.

If you live in Cape Town or are a visitor in this beautiful city, I recommend you to take the time out to enjoy a leisurely walk up to the summit of Lion’s Head to enjoy some of the most amazing views of Cape Town, surrounded by an amazing variety of flora and fauna.

I’ll share some more information about the walk and how easy it is in another blog post, but for now here’s a slide show of the snaps taken with the old trusty Sony Ericsson K800i we had available.

Infographic: Map of Top 250 Movies of All Time

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I was just checking in on my Twitter account this weekend and spotted a tweet by Guy Kawasaki about a map that plotted out the best movies of all time.

Top 250 Movies of All Time Map

Top 250 Movies of All Time Map

According to the article by Kelsey Keith over at FastCompany The Best Movies of All Time infographic comes from a French cinephile forum named Vodkaster and was created based on the most critically acclaimed films of all time. This super cool looking flowchart which reminds me of a tube map plots everything from classics such as Casablanca and Gandhi to epics like Dr. Strangelove and The Godfather.

This wicked data visualization was designed by David Honnorat and can be viewed in various resolutions and downloaded via the original post, The top 250 best movies of all time Map.