My daily routine has engulfed me already. But I want to add some notes on my recent visit to Blantyre. And point you to some photos. And travel tips. Let’s start with the travel tips: A very favourable recent development…
So close that i managed to get quite a good snapshot with my small digicam: More Malawi photos to follow…
Pêle-mêle off the top my head: In my daily reads, I stumbled across a WordPress plugin called Tagaroo. It reminded me of Zemanta. I haven’t tried it out. But I guess the interesting part is that it is being sponsored/developed…
I am learning a lot from the African blogs I am reading… App+frica recently wrote about useful web applications for bloggers in developing countries. In his list he mentions Zemanta: Zemanta, which just scored a new round of funding from…
just read about the African Cookbook Project. You can submit your favourite African recipe at: questions (at) betumi.com. Off the top of my head and based on the recipes I’ve published here at Chiperoni.ch, I would say banana bread. I’m…
Interesting link via Mlle. A. : Design for the Other 90%
Lunch over IP on young Malawi windmill inventor: William Kamkwamba, a 15-year-old Malawian (…) built a windmill in his rural village based on a picture he saw in a book. He used old bicycle parts, wooden poles, plastic pipes, and…
I tried to capture today’s awesomely red fireball of a sunset in Basel. My cameraphone snapshot doesn’t quite do it justice. But heh, that’s one moment in time captured and stored and uploaded and tagged and online. Stumbled across this…
Here’s a cross-reference to Mike McKay’s blog post on TED and Africa: Hacktivate » TED gives Africans free laptops
More crosslinking to Cy’s Film. Or have a look at the video: