Geekissues

Ok so I just made up “man bling”; whatevs.

Over about the past 2 years I’ve been on a slippery slope of accumulating accessories. Mainly starting with an (almost under-control) obsession with rings, starting with 1 and growing up to 5 on occasion; averaging at 2. I also decided it was time to wear a watch again (for the first time in a good 5 years) so I treated myself:

This had me content for quite a while. Until I decided to start passively looking for something to wear on my right wrist. Yesterday I stumbled onto exactly what I was looking for:

Even mom mostly approved.

This unfortunately led to another slippery slope. Whilst parading around the office getting opinions one of the girls mentioned she had a white one which she wasn’t using ’cause it didn’t fit.

I’m not completely sold mostly ’cause I feel it has a pretty feminine look but I’ve promised to give it a full day because everyone in the office said it looks good.

*EDIT*

Solidgame recently requested where I got my “man bling” so here’s a breakdown to the best of my memory:

• Black & silver ring (right ring finger) is from Metrosexual in Canal Walk.
• Silver ring (left index finger) seen here is from a little shop I found at the Hermanus flea market.
• Thick silver ring (left wedding finger in the above photo) is from a friend who studied jewelry design at Stellenbosch.
• Thin silver ring (left wedding finger in the above photo) is from a Jeweler in Ballito.
• Tribal silver ring (right index finger in the above photo) was from a center court shop in Gateway. One of those little trolley things that don’t seem permanent but they are.
• Fossil watch was from the Fossil shop at Canal Walk.
• Black leather cuff is from a shop called Bogart Man at “The Zone” in Rosebank
• White leather cuff (I was told) is from YDE somewhere in the JHB area.

Let me know if I’ve left anything out and I hope this helps.

Side note: I still haven’t worn the white on in public since the day I got it.

So I stumbled upon ladders.com by mistake just now trying to find ladder theory (which is hilarious by the way) and MY WORD is that guy creepy?

It’s like an androgynous older relative.

I’ve been procrastinating writing about my plans for ages now; mostly because a lot of my plans are up in the air and the rest I can’t talk about yet.

I’m currently working out the month at my my old job. I’ve worked for this company for almost 2 years now and although it’s been great fun, a fantastic learning experience and all those positive things, I really felt like it’s time for me to move on.

One of the most important realisations I had, which really swayed my decision to move on, was the difference between B2B and B2C software/web/mobile development. There’s such a huge gap between the two and it became so obvious which I want to pursue.

At the end of November I’m going to go back home to Durban to hang out with the family over Christmas / New Years with some dedicated time to work on B2C side-project ideas I’ve had lurking around for a while. My British passport gets me 3 months in America and I’ll be going over to NYC mid-Jan with the main objective of having some fun and getting some travelling under my belt.