{"id":594,"date":"2008-10-10T01:42:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-10T07:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/?p=594"},"modified":"2008-10-10T01:42:00","modified_gmt":"2008-10-10T07:42:00","slug":"kaleidoscope-promo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/kaleidoscope-promo\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaleidoscope Promo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;\"><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"260\" height=\"195\" data=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=60247\" classid=\"clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000\"><param name=\"flashvars\" value=\"intl_lang=en-us&amp;photo_secret=5273359c8c&amp;photo_id=2927917478&amp;show_info_box=true\"><\/param><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/apps\/video\/stewart.swf?v=60247\"><\/param><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><\/object><br \/><span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/royblumenthal\/2927917478\/\">Kaleidoscope Promo<\/a><br \/>Originally uploaded by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/royblumenthal\/\">royblumenthal<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m now a weekly co-anchor of CNBC AFRICA&#8217;s business magazine show, &#8216;Kaleidoscope&#8217;. Mandlakazi Mpahlwa draws information out of our guests. And I draw that info live on screen on my Asus R1E tablet pc.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote this promo for the show when Catherine Gargan, my senior producer at CNBC AFRICA, confirmed that we&#8217;d be going ahead.<\/p>\n<p>I had already secured a sponsorship deal with Rectron. They agreed to supply an Asus R1E tablet pc for me to use on the show. <\/p>\n<p>However, when our shoot date arrived, there was no stock of the machine in the country. So I had to use my trusty old Toshiba Tecra M4 as the star of the show.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Catherine Gargan for producing and directing, Bathabile Modutoane for camera, everyone in studio for getting the feed right, and Andre Oosthuizen for editing.<\/p>\n<p><i>All paintings I make for the show will be made on my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rectron.co.za\/\">Rectron<\/a>-sponsored <a href=\"http:\/\/za.asus.com\/products.aspx?l1=5&amp;l2=24&amp;l3=329&amp;l4=0&amp;model=1882&amp;modelmenu=1\">Asus R1E<\/a> tablet pc, running <a href=\"http:\/\/www.artrage.com\">ArtRage<\/a> 2.5. The show airs via satellite on Saturday nights, 7:30pm to 8:00pm (Central African TIme, or GMT +2 hours), on CNBC AFRICA. That&#8217;s channel 410 on DStv.<\/i><br clear=\"all\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\">Roy Blumenthal is a writer, director, artist, and <a href=\"http:\/\/snipurl.com\/visualfacilitator\">visual facilitator<\/a>. Hire him to make pictures of your meetings or workshops.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaleidoscope PromoOriginally uploaded by royblumenthal I&#8217;m now a weekly co-anchor of CNBC AFRICA&#8217;s business magazine show, &#8216;Kaleidoscope&#8217;. Mandlakazi Mpahlwa draws information out of our guests. And I draw that info live on screen on my Asus R1E tablet pc. 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