Category: Water (Personal)

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

Small things make all the difference. I’ve just come back from Dangerous Drumstick, the 4th Geek Dinner, held at Summerville in Camps Bay. I was tired, since my routine of extremely late nights and late mornings is not always appreciated by the rest of the world (thanks Sean for waking me at 9am, what were… Continue reading Small things and Dangerous Drumsticks

After a Monday morning facing overwhelming odds, I have admitted defeat. 2900 mails arrived in my mailbox this morning, and that’s just what got through the mail server’s spam filters. So, I’ve had to wave the white flag and reduce civil liberties (apologies for the mixed martial metaphors, but it suits the moment). No more… Continue reading Defeat

I’ve been offline much more than I’m used to thanks to a move of about 400m, from one part of Obs to another. With Obs having wireless coverage from hell, I’ve sadly had to (again) break my vow never to spend a cent with Telkom again, and am waiting for them to install my line.… Continue reading Interviewed by Vincent Maher

I’m learning Mandarin Chinese in preparation for my trip to Taiwan in August, where I’ll be attending the Wikimania conference before spending a month or so wandering around the island. That’s assuming my passport comes through the strike in time of course. I’m enjoying learning a new language again after a long period of atrophy… Continue reading Learning Mandarin Chinese, and some insight into my brain’s inner workings

I get about one SMS every 3 days from Nedbank trying to get me to buy/win/participate in something or other, and fairly regular phone calls, not to mention the junk post as well. I don’t really mind email spam that much, as the vast majority goes straight to my junk folder, if it even reaches… Continue reading Private numbers and Spambank – who ARE those people?

Sitting with my 3-year old son in the kitchen, I heard some rustling outside, by the front garden. Living in Obs, where the houses are all quite close together, I assumed it was from a neighbour’s house, and didn’t pay much attention. Then the sound got closer. I got up to take a look and… Continue reading Of carving knives and guavas

For the last few months I’ve been attending Tea Club meetings, hosted by Ming-wei Andy Tsai and Feng-chih Lisa Tsai. I met them through the Talent Exchange, and was first invited to a Tea Club meeting to talk about the Ethical Co-op. I missed a few months after that, but have attended the last 3… Continue reading Cape Town’s Tea Club

In those heady early days when I first envisaged blogging, I imagined every post filled with wisdom, carefully crafted to add only the best, most beautiful, most constructive to the world of words. Instead, I find I don’t write about 9 out of 10 topics I want to write about, because writing of the kind… Continue reading Peace, love, happiness and Mr Delivery

Telkom came today to sort out the phone line, as the company I share my home/office with was moving out, and taking the line with them. I was impressed, Telkom arrived on time. Unfortunately they didn’t actually do anything as they were too short to reach the pole. They felt precarious reaching up so high.… Continue reading Telkom excuse of the day