I always enjoy reading Greenpeace’s Guide to Electronics, as much for the response from injured fans upset at the depiction of their company (Apple) as for an understanding of what companies are doing. The report is most well-known for its ratings of Apple, and the outcry by brand-loyal Apple fans, grasping at straws in an… Continue reading Apple now better than Microsoft!
Month: November 2007
Love, aloneness, the relativity of emotion and a beginner’s mind
Ramon Thomas today wrote a post about Osho’s Love, freedom and aloneness. It struck a cord seeing as (as everyone on Facebook knows) I recently had a change of relationship status, and I also happen to be reading the book. I was musing on the topic as I drove around the Peninsula today, and looking… Continue reading Love, aloneness, the relativity of emotion and a beginner’s mind
Wikipedia Academy – the video
Frank has uploaded a well-edited video of our experiences at the Wikipedia Academy at CIDA. It includes snippets of Jimmy Wales’ and Ndesanjo Macha’s talks, some shots of an overly hairy dude with a ponytail, as well as footage of us stuck in the infamous lifts. Related articles Afrikaans Wikipedia meetup First Wikipedia Academy in… Continue reading Wikipedia Academy – the video
Plastic vs Bioplastic
At the Co-op, we’re having a fascinating debate on whether to use plastic for packaging dry goods we supply, such as rice and quinoa, or bioplastic. The bioplastic is controversial, as there are no bioplastic sources that we know of that are guaranteed to be free of GMO’s. I’m glad we’re discussing it, trying to… Continue reading Plastic vs Bioplastic
Afrikaans Wikipedia meetup
The iCommons offices today played host to an Afrikaans Wikipedia meetup, as part of Wikipedia Week. Attending were international guests Jimmy Wales, Ndesanjo Macha and Frank Schulenburg, as well as a number of Afrikaans Wikipedians and Afrikaans press. Laurens, one of the prime contributers to the Afrikaans Wikipedia, gave a short presentation, followed by an… Continue reading Afrikaans Wikipedia meetup
First Wikipedia Academy in Africa
Today we held the first Wikipedia Academy in Africa. Held at the CIDA Campus, it was a great event, with inspirational talks by Jimmy Wales and Ndesanjo Macha. Ndesanjo’s talk on his path to Wikipedia through African spirituality, after being asked the question where is it written in response to his shared oral tradition, I… Continue reading First Wikipedia Academy in Africa
Wikipedia Week
I’m in Johannesburg right now for Wikipedia Week, which is aimed at developing Wikipedia Academies into a regular community-building activity in South Africa, and then further beyond into sub-Saharan Africa. It’s organised by iCommons, the Wikimedia Foundation, and Wikipedia Germany. I’ve kindly been invited to assist with the process. The first event, and the first… Continue reading Wikipedia Week
Why is anybody still considering nuclear?
The renewable energy world is incredibly dynamic right now. Almost every day I read of new innovations (today it was inflatable solar arrays), plummeting costs (solar is dropping 3-5% a year), and increasing rollouts. But still more nuclear power stations are being conceptualised, and even attracting some support. Why is nuclear still attracting support? Nuclear… Continue reading Why is anybody still considering nuclear?