In an age characterised by rapid, unprecedented technological evolution, consumers and business often find themselves in a desperate race to stay ahead of the latest trends and innovations informing their daily lives and enterprises. Think back to the rise of...

If you’re like most (if not all) access automation installers, or any tradesperson for that matter, chances are that you have a toolbox that you carry with you to every job for which you are commissioned. In this toolbox, one is likely to find a wide array of...

Do you remember going to the doctor as a kid and him or her telling you in a kindly, sympathetic voice to “tell them where it hurts”? Then, being ever the obliging and obedient child, you would do just that. That’s one of the neat things about us humans, we are able...

  In an increasingly advanced society, technology has become a sort of framing device, a companion piece to humanity’s narrative of continuous innovation. Virtually every facet of our reality is viewed through the lens of technology, from culture to the dissemination...

In William Shakespeare’s famous play Julius Caesar, a soothsayer warns the emperor to “beware the Ides of March”, presumably because that turn of phrase sounds a lot more ominous and dramatic than “Yo, Caesar, mark off the 15th on your calendar because something super...

Valentine’s Month is coming to an end, and we’ve had our fill of chocolates, oversized teddy bears and movies with obligatory airport scenes in which the protagonist declares his undying love to a romantic interest intent on relocating to a different city, and in...

In 1992, author and radio talk show host Dr Gary Chapman released his highly influential and oft-referenced book The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate, which is still a staple of relationships self-help almost 30 years since it was...

What’s love got to do, got to do with it, legendary pop diva Tina Turner wanted to know in the leather-lunged chanteuse’s 1984 hit, which is as recognisable today as it was almost 40 years ago. Quite a lot, as it turns out. So much, in fact, that there is an entire...

“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways…” Indeed, Victorian poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning loved her paramour fiercely, boldly, and in every known dimension (“to the depth and breadth and height”, according to the next line of her ode to Cupid’s arrow; because...

Please allow me to preface this letter by wishing you a happy and prosperous New Year. We at CENTURION look forward to bringing you world-class products, service and support in 2021 and beyond. Despite a somewhat inauspicious start to the year – with a move back to...

2020 will go down in history as the year of COVID, the global pandemic that started in the Wuhan province of China and ultimately brought the entire world to a grinding halt, with many countries instituting lockdowns in an effort to curtail the spread of the novel...