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  • Mindgame Escape Umhlanga Review

    Mindgame Escape Umhlanga Review

    Last week Saturday we were invited by the the team from Mindgame Escape in Umhlanga to join them for the opportunity to try and “escape” from one of their escape rooms. Escape Rooms is a physical adventure where you have to solve puzzles, and clues in order to work your way out of the room, usually within a pre-determined time limit.

    This has to honestly be one of the most fun afternoons out that I have had in a REALLY long time. Being a parent we often are restricted to just doing what the kids want to do. So when I asked a few of our friends if they were keen for something different, everyone jumped at the opportunity.

    When we arrived, we were met by Monique, who took us through a quick 2 minute video on what Mindgame Escape is all about. We had decided to do the Sherlock Holmes Baker Street mystery, where we needed to find out who the “murderer” was.

    Essentially, you are locked in a room with an hour to escape using a whole bunch of clues, riddles & locks. Without giving too much away, the thought that went into some of the clues was amazing. We don’t often think to look in the simple places for the most obvious things, and that’s really how your mind should work at Mindgame Escape. You are also allowed to call for hints at anytime, which will help with solving the clues.

    We finally made it out at 56:29, so literally with a few minutes to spare. Apparently only around 35% of people make it out. The record for that specific room was broken on the same day at 46 minutes!!

    All of our friends that were with us, really enjoyed the experience. We literally couldn’t stop talking about it, and what we could have done differently.

    The pricing of Mindgame Escape varies from R250pp (for 2 people) to R200pp (for 6 people) and is well well worth it. You can also book your slot online at https://www.mindgame.co.za/ and also check out more info about the rooms and about the whole concept. Once again, this is a highly recommended if you feel like doing something different and giving your brain a bit of a workout!

    Disclaimer: Mindgame Escape invited us to join them to try out one of their escape rooms. I was not asked to blog or talk about it, but it was honestly so amazing, I can’t stop. I know we’ll all definitely be back for the Houdini room very, very soon!

     

     

  • How to buy WAVES Platform Coin in South Africa

    How to buy WAVES Platform Coin in South Africa

    I’ve been looking at the WAVES Platform for a while now. In a nutshell, WAVES is a decentralised platform where you can create your own crypto token, and it has it’s own decentralised exchange (WAVES Dex) launching VERY soon! This means you can have your own cryptocurrency and have an exchange to let people trade it on! It is also currently ranked 22nd on Coinmarketcap. They also seem to have quite a lot of stuff in the pipeline in the next couple of months

    How does WAVES work ?

    Wave-Platform-Working

    You can use & store WAVES in a number of different ways.

    There are also a number of exchnages which allow you to purchase WAVES, and trade with it. My suggestion is to look at Bittrex. You can easily buy Bitcoin on Luno, and then transfer it to your Bittrex account ,which then allows you to trade and purchase WAVES. There is talk of the guys at the will also be adding sometime in the near future EDIT: have recently added as a coin to purchase. Great news!! And the volumes are also great!!

    You can also use a number of other instant buy & sell options to buy WAVES

    Changelly allows you to purchase using your VISA or Mastercard directly on the platform. You will need a WAVES address which you can get from one of the wallets above

    You can also buy WAVES directly on https://waveswallet.io/ or thorough Shapeshift.io. I prefer using Changelly though as the exchange rates are much better.

    Another way is to buy WAVES directly on the decentralised Exchange – https://wavesplatform.com/get-waves

    WAVES is often compared to ETH but I still think it has a long way to go, but it has loads of potential. Keep your eyes on WAVES

    Waves vs. Ethereum

    For more info on WAVES check out some of their resources

     

     

  • SACrypto – South African Crypto Community

    SACrypto – South African Crypto Community

    It’s been a while since I’ve written about Bitcoin and other Crypto Currencies. I previously wrote in January about “How To Buy Bitcoin in South Africa” and since then I’ve learnt so much.

    There are so many different Crypto currencies out there, and each one has a different objective. I’ve learnt how to do some trading, buy some really bizarre coins, and make an extra little bit of cash. The key to this all is to keep learning about what is happening in Crypto Land. Every day something new comes along and can change the face of Crypto quickly.

    A few months ago a friend of mine chatted to me about a community he was wanting to setup in South Africa called SACrypto. The community would be the leading Crypto community in South Africa, where people freely share knowledge & insight into what they had been learning. So we started growing the community with a couple of other guys, and am really proud of how the community and platform has grown in the last few months.

    We have 3 different communities all based on instant messaging platforms, as well as a Facebook Group. We have  a which allows everyone from newbie to expert to join in and learn more about Crypto. This group has proved valuable especially for people just starting out in Crypto and getting lost in some of the jargon.

    We also have a growing community of enthusiasts. This group, also on Whatsapp, shares so much knowledge about mining Crypto and what to mine and what hardware to mine with. Admittedly, some of this stuff is a bit over my head, but these guys genuinely know what they talking about. If you into Crypto Mining, this is the place to be!

    Then finally, we have the awesome South African Crypto Traders group. We recently had to move this group over to the Telegram platform, as we had reached our max capacity on Whatsapp and people were begging us to join. This group has a LOT of clever people in it. A lot of the people in the group have made some good money, just by following the calls in this group. I have enjoyed been a part of this specific group, as I have personally learnt so much!

    So, if you are interested in anything about Bitcoin, Ethereum or anything Crypto, this is the place to be!

    You can join the groups here

    SA Crypto Traders Chat (Telegram)

    SA Crypto Facebook Group

    If you are looking to get into Crypto, check out these posts on how to buy Bitcoin in South Africa, or look at buying Altcoins in South Africa. Also check out the Binance Exchange for buying other coins

  • Qustodio from Appsafe – Awesome Parental control software

    Qustodio from Appsafe – Awesome Parental control software

    It’s been a while since I have come across a really good app that I don’t mind paying a subscription for. And being a dad to 3 (awesome) kids, I want to ensure my kids are safe on the internet. All 3 of my kids have iPads, which we bought a few years ago, and I have heard some horror stories recently about how kids have been dared or sent to the dark ugly internet.

    I am a firm believer that our kids were born into this technology era, so we need to embrace it, but have to ensure that we protect them and give them the tools to ensure they and the devices they using are safe.  The key for me for these types of issues is to ensure they is a) a trust between child & parent, and b) an education from parent to child to warn them about the realities of what is really out there.

    So when a friend of mine told me about an awesome new app he was going to start reselling in South Africa through his company called AppSafe, called Qustodio, I had to check it out.

    Qustodio is one of many solutions on the internet that allow parents to monitor and control devices. There are plenty of solutions, but I haven’t seen one as comprehensive as Qustodio and at a really affordable price. For only R650 a year, you can protect up to 5 devices across your family. You can install Qustodio on iOS, Android, Windows & even Mac.

    Some of the features that stand out for me on Qustodio include:

    • Setting multi-device time limits, right down to app level. So if I only want my kids to be on Youtube for 1 hour a day, I can set that per day
    • You can view social media network activity, with a full report of new friends added etc
    • Block Pornography and other dodgy sites. Some really scary stuff out there!
    • Track SMS & Calls
    • Location tracking & panic button for mobile devices

    You also get a daily email that is sent to your account with a summary of the history on the devices for the previous day. This is really great to see what your kid has been up to.

    So many people ask me, but why would you want to restrict your child? Again, I believe that we are really just protecting our children from is out there. Having been in the internet industry for around 18 years now, I can promise you I have seen it all. I would rather give my kids tools to help protect them!

    You can purchase a One Year 5 device license for only R650 from AppSafe.co.za. This works out a LOT cheaper that having to buy it in USD. They also are really helpful when it comes to support and also offer a 14 day money back guarantee if you are unhappy with your purchase. You can also email them on [email protected]

    Disclaimer: I was not asked or paid to write about this service. It really is a fantastic service and well, well worth the money!

  • How to extract all the numbers from a Whatsapp Group

    I came across this quick & easy way to extract numbers from a Whatsapp Group. Whatsapp doesn’t have a simple way to export group info, even if you are an admin, so this is a bit of a hack, but can be done quite quickly following the steps below.

    1. Make sure you have linked your mobile WhatsApp to Whatsapp Web. This is pretty easy by going to https://web.whatsapp.com/ and follow the steps for logging in. Make sure you are using Chrome to load Whatsapp web.
    2. Go to the group you want to view the numbers of and click in the header of the group
    3. You will see a list of all the numbers in the group on the right-hand side of the page.
      On the page (usually, works over some typed text) right click and you should see a menu item called “Inspect”

      You should see a whole bunch of HTML code appear on the right-hand side or bottom of the page.
    4. Do a Ctrl-F (Control Find) and search for keyword infinite-list. This is the start of the list of all the numbers in the group. You should see that part of the code highlighted in Yellow. If you have a large list of people, scroll to the bottom of the list before the next step
    5. Right click on this line and go to Copy, Copy Element
    6. Open a new tab in Chrome and then go to https://conextractor.herokuapp.com/
    7. Click paste inside the box on the page. Check the Re-Captcha box, and click on the submit button (red button on the right-hand side)
    8. You will then see a text file download appear in your browser, called Contact-List.txt
      Open this in Notepad, and you will see all the numbers from the group in there

    It might seem a bit of a run-around, but it works really well especially if you have a larger group. I did ask the developer if they could add the Whatsapp Name as well, so hopefully, they do that.