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We at Autostyle Motorsport have been an integral part of the technical side of the movie. Stuff like advising on race car models, design trends and popular products.   Being in Cairo means I missed the official launch and will most likely only watch it on dvd this June (unless Cairo Cinema decides otherwise:)

That said,  be sure to support South African cinema and support a movie with a positive message.  Their cast should appeal to all race groups in South Africa,  check out the trailer below. I’ve been told there’s tons of Autostyle placements from the race tracks to the vehicle signage to authentic street credible accessories.

The Race-ist Movie is showing at major cinemas in South Africa from 1st April 2010

This post will breakdown the various tech that I’m using to continue work while travelling and studying in Cairo.

Firstup is hardware. I’m using a medium level Asus Notebook – K50ij series with 2gigs of ram, 320g storage, Intel Dual Core T4300.   This has surprised me with its speed and ability to multi-task with Photoshop, Corel draw, Gmail and a few other browsers. Lastly a 500g external usb powered drive for daily backups of all files, settings, software, etc. Watching movies and playing games is not a priority hence a 15” LED backlit screen suits me just fine.

For file management between JHB offices, webclients and myself. We are all using Dropbox.  The 2gig free version is more then enough to keep things going smoothly.  Website updates, advert submissions and text documents are all handled through this. A few successful referrals has bumped me to about 4gigs of online storage.

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Way back in 2006 I created this little company overview to pitch us to potential suppliers, publishers and the like.

Earlier today I posted it on Slideshare.net to share the document with more clients.  At time of this post, Slideshare.net has it featured on their Automotive category

Below are a few domains and websites that I’m looking to sell off. Alternatively if you have a really good idea, perhaps we can collaborate on something.

www.blogosphere.co.za - No site for this domain, however it could make a great aggregator for South African blogs, more so since theres only 2 competitors locally. Afrigator & Amatomu

www.FoodBlog.co.za – currently a mini aggregator showcasing a few leading South African foodblogs. It’s in somewhat of an autopilot mode but I’m sure more can be done with it (more…)

old homepage

Recently the Autostyle website was given a facelift.  Many new features on screen and behind the scenes were implemented to keep up with current trends and usability.

Right from the start, you’ll notice the site is a lot more wider.  On the old site (2 years old) we had to cater for a substantial 800×600 monitor resolution userbase.  Fast forward to 2009 using Google Analytics, I can now safely say that minimum monitor resolutions is now at 1024×768.

Colors and side navigation has not strayed too much from the old site. I have grouped the categories further and given the popular Car Audio its own menu bar. The titles of each category is also alot more visible. (more…)