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More Nutella Alternatives from Israel
Leah sent me snapshots of Nutella substitutes she saw at a supermarket in Israel. I’ve added them to the Nutella alternatives group at Flickr. I guess that covers Israel. Want to join the fun? Join the Nutella alternatives group. Please note: you don’t need to buy or taste the stuff. A snapshot is enough.
Blog resource links
Here are a couple of starting points: Blog hosting Three possibilities: Sign up with a hosted service such as WordPress.com, Typepad or Vox (fastest cos it takes all of 5 mins). Sign up with a webspace provider that already includes blog software in their package. Sign up with a webspace provider that offers PHP 4.x… Continue reading Blog resource links
Live Demo at STC
here it is
Zurigo
The conf location is impressive… Sarah O’Keefe is speaking on “Working in a third culture world”. A couple of slides:
Centric pattern I saw
jeans
A weekend snapshot…
Blogging for Content Developers
At an undisclosed location in the very near future, the editor of this beautiful blog will be holding a talk on a high-flying topic yet to be prepared. Blogging for Content Developers I’ve decided to give this whole project a jump-start by writing down the outline in my blog… because getting started is always the… Continue reading Blogging for Content Developers
Photowalking
I went a-photowalking in Hannover and Hamburg. I’ve started uploading a couple of snapshots. Some of my personal favorites include: errr… all of them really!
spring
When a crocodile eats the sun
vacation
Nyambadwe Hill
Other Nyambadwe photos at Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=nyambadwe&w=all đ
BlogCampSwitzerland
I attended today’s BlogCamp in Zurich; a so-called unConference because it organizes itself like BarCamp. But heh, we’re in Switzerland so it was fairly well organized. I saw a couple of familiar faces. Maybe I should get a t-shirt saying “Blog conference tourist”… And I invited some of the Basel bloggers to the upcoming Basel… Continue reading BlogCampSwitzerland
Price comparison
I pay 3.20 Swiss Francs for a kilo of tomato at the local supermarket. 3.20 Swiss Franc is currently about 384.56 Malawi Kwacha Compare this to current Malawi prices: Shoprite 199.99 MK Peoples 110.00 MK At the market, between 10 to 50 MK for one tomato depending on its size.
The power of insects…
We got to see the destructive power of tropical insects…. One of our cars stood idle for 3 weeks cos it needed to be repaired. Within those 3 weeks termites got into the seats, started eating away the insulation on the wiring, and created short circuits with their discharge in the fusebox, and thus corroding… Continue reading The power of insects…
Textiles
Here are a couple of snapshots of wall hangings I saw: Tribal Textiles, based in South Luangwa, Zambia is making some very nice and original cloth. There’s a shop in Blantyre that has some of their textiles: La Caverna in Mandala House. Mandala House is one of the oldest buildings in Blantyre, built by the… Continue reading Textiles
Avocados
Here are a couple of snapshots of one of our dogs in Blantyre enjoying avocados: We’ve got an avocado tree in our yard and the dogs eat the fallen fruit.
Chiperoni country
Drive-by snapshot of the Chiperoni blankets depot in Luchenza, Malawi. See also: http://www.chiperoni.ch/wordpress/index.php?p=9
Where we have hope
Recommended read: good, informative book on Zimbabwe as seen thru the eyes of a foreign journalist, that was based in Harare from 1980 until he was expelled in 2003.
Lift 07: Fragments of Captured Attention
Back from Geneva. Here are a couple of short, offline notes I took during the various sessions. I don’t want to provide a write-up of the sessions I attended. See Stephanie’s or Bruno’s excellent write-ups instead. And in addition, the LIFT 07 videos and presentations will be available online some time soon. So here’s a… Continue reading Lift 07: Fragments of Captured Attention
Lift ( Day 2.0 )
A small little trend I observed: Quite a couple of presentations are using Flickr photos as a background…
Tour de Quälix
Summary of this evening’s sporting activities: Bike home cos I forgot my takkies Bike back into town to meet up with jogging friends Run along the River Rhine 2 bridges down and 3 bridges up Add a few a stretching exercises, and then bike back home to document sporting activities meticulously in blog A jogging… Continue reading Tour de Quälix
exploring the great outdoors
Museumsnacht 07
Lots of fun. It was incredibly warm for January. Nearly felt like summer. I’ve uploaded some snapshots at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/chiperoni/tags/museumsnacht07/