Eric Edelstein

Mango on Friday put up 5 000 tickets for sale at R1 (exclusive of airport taxes) on all its routes for bookings in May. The offer is on a first come, first serve basis, Mango said in a statement.
I guess the viral element took a little time to get going, but this morning the FlyMango.com [...]

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Sunday Times columnist David Bullard came under blogger fire today, for his article entitled “name and shame offensive bloggers”.
His last paragaph read as follows:
“I visited a site the other day that was so hideously racist that it would have qualified its publisher for a long spell in prison if it had appeared in print. So [...]

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The gift image on facebook today was a guy on a surfboard, and I decided to buy it for a friend of mine who I used to surf with about 10 years ago. It’s the FIRST time i’ve bought a gift icon on facebook.
It cost $1 which is around R7.
But the sms and email notification [...]

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Protea Hotel’s Arthur Gillis celebrated his 50th birthday last night by taking over the whole of his Extreme Hotel, continuing with a Pajama party for a few hundred guests this morning.
After a few hours sleep, I wandered downstairs in my eSquared Robe and you have to picture the scene. People everywhere in Pajama’s eating breakfast.
So [...]

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Remember the Neighbour Swindler who took my wallet and cellphone in my own flat?
Here’s a reminder of what happened if you don’t remember the facts!
I’ve just got a mail from one of the other people who were also taken in, that someone has been arrested!
“Hi Eric,
I just wanted to let you know that my husband [...]

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Just received the following SMS from an Alt-X company I have an investment in - Blue Financial Services.
“Newsflash! Ersnt&Young new designated advisor. Audited results 10 May on www.blue.co.za. R45 million funding deal with MLP European Holdings. Blue Fin Serv”
Brilliant to see the traditional company’s in South Africa starting to embrace new ways of keeping in [...]

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I was one of 3 called up on stage for one of the acts tonight, and this is what happened:
1. Larry Soffer gave me a small piece of white paper
2. He told me to think of a PET’s NAME and write it on the piece of paper
3. I thought of a small dog called Bobby [...]

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About 2 hours ago, I received an SMS from an ex-colleague who is busy working on some interesting Internet projects…
“Hi, we have launched www.name-of-their-site.com tonight. We are offering 30,000 rand in prizes. Check it out Regards name of ex-colleague”
Why did I take a look at it, when I get requests on a regular basis, and [...]

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