About a month ago I first installed Kubuntu Dapper Drake (6.06) on one of my home office machines. I really liked it. Last week, I decided to ditch the old version of Mandriva I’ve been running for about 18 months on my primary machine, a Toshiba laptop, and give Kubuntu a try there too. This… Continue reading Running Kubuntu 6.10 on my laptop
Month: November 2006
Ekiga – the free, open, Skype alternative?
A while back I wrote a piece entitled Greed and need, or why I’m excited about Wengophone, the ‘open Skype’. That piece goes into more detail about why I’d like to see an alternative to Skype, and mentioned Wengophone, a Free, open standards competitor to Skype. There seem to be four main alternatives to Skype… Continue reading Ekiga – the free, open, Skype alternative?
An exercise in narcissism
I know blogging can be a fairly narcissistic activity, but the lack of comments in the past few weeks on my posts was starting to puzzle me. Not enough to investigate further though – I just assumed I’d been relegated from the E list to the F list of bloggers. It’s only when I tried… Continue reading An exercise in narcissism
Sithengi
After missing out so often, I made sure to attend some of the films showing at the Cape Town World Cinema Festival (otherwise known as Sithengi). I’ve seen four films so far, two shorts, and two feature films. Both shorts left me disappointed, especially Alive in JHB, a 6-minute piece about aliens landing in Johannesburg… Continue reading Sithengi
American elections 2006 – the same or different?
There’s a zen koan I’m fond (perhaps a little too fond) of quoting, which goes something like: A zen master holds up two white chess pawns, and asks whether they’re the same or different. If you answer the same, you’re wrong, and get hit with the zen master’s stick, and if you answer different, you’re… Continue reading American elections 2006 – the same or different?
The Death of PW
Perspective is powerful phenomonen, which is why being aware enough to choose your perspective is powerful. I was reminded of that this week reading the responses to PW Botha’s death. Some of these include: The life and times of PW Botha – IOL Flags fly at half mast, but let the truth be told: A… Continue reading The Death of PW