Readers will have noted that the blog has been down for a couple of days. There was a problem with one of the mail accounts on the hosting server being hijacked by a spambot, which resulted in the entire host account being suspended. Fortunately this has now been resolved. You can follow @rosshofmeyr on Twitter [...]
We Hof’s are fairly well known to be difficult to pin down w for too long: the call of the wild is too strong to resist. My younger brother Stephen (not to be confused with the singer of the same name) is no exception. Although he is often to be found tweaking a PC or [...]
Coming on duty for a night call is certainly easier when this is the view through the floor-to-ceiling window…
Short story (longer one to follow): I was joined this morning by a fellow powered hang-glider pilot for a sortie from Hout Bay, on the western coast of the Cape Peninsula. Due to my current lack of a PHG, I was flying my PPG while he took to the sky in a Zee PHG trike [...]
For some time I have been watching a trend emerge; a meme and theme that resonates within me. Recently I’ve witnessed it progress from conception to creativity concrete reality, and now the evidence abounds. While I inevitably and unavoidably turn to the wilderness to find my peace and beauty, I am grudgingly but increasingly forced [...]
If you’re a regualr reader (or an observant occasional one) you’ll have noted that I have been adding some changes and upgrades to this blog in the last few weeks. This is partly because I am a card-carrying gadgetologist (*grin*), but mostly because I am trying to keep riding the wave of ease of online [...]
My delightful and talented wife has been invited to present her Masters dissertation at a conference which is being held this week at a hotel bordering on the Kruger Park. To her credit, she invited me to come along, so with a week of leave in hand we flew off to Lanseria (near Johannesberg) and [...]
Word has come to me of a team looking for a doctor for an overland traverse from the coast up to a plateau base this (southern) summer. The deployment would be approximately 3 months, with the latter half spent at a small research station. Previous expedition experience, especially polar and/or high altitude experience, as well [...]
I’ve been meaning for a very long time to upload some decent galleries of my photographs to this blog, for the reader’s general enjoyment. You’ll have noted the occasional random image post in the past. To this end, I’ve begun experimenting with a gallery plugin, accessed via the “Photography” page (above, or click the link). [...]
Great to see our little hospital featured on this popular EM blog – well done, guys. http://lifeinthefastlane.com/2011/03/gf-jooste-hospital-experience/ It’s worth a read even if just for the background about how and where we work
