Category: Water (Personal)

A Wikipedia ban and the wisdom of a 5-year old

I’m sure many people enjoyed an outrageous weekend. Going to a strip club, drinking too much, behaving outrageously and then getting banned from ever returning. That sort of thing. My version involved almost getting banned from Wikipedia. Technically I’d broken a fundamental Wikipedia rule, reverting an article three times. Since I’m absolutely passionate about the… Continue reading A Wikipedia ban and the wisdom of a 5-year old

MTN, Vodacom and Cell C square up against a Faraday Cage

Hold the Nobel Prize for Science. Visting friends last night, they excitedly told me that they had a Faraday Cage. U had put her phone in the cage and tested it by trying to ring it (it connected outside the cage), but couldn’t get a signal. Wanting to see this wonder in action, I put… Continue reading MTN, Vodacom and Cell C square up against a Faraday Cage

Focusing on solutions – no more news

I realised this evening how to verbalise my own reasons for throwing newspapers in the dustbin, which I’ve struggled with before. At todays Facelook and Foodcook, two of the four speakers specifically advised not reading newspapers, and reasoned it in different ways. But an unconnected point one of them made sparked the connection. I’ve tried… Continue reading Focusing on solutions – no more news

Learning Languages Revisited

I’m making vague plans to go to Argentina in August, so I’ve started brushing up on my Spanish. I’d learnt Spanish for a month before going to Peru in 2001, but haven’t used it since, and have forgotten everything but Hola and, of course, Hasta la vista, Baby. I’ve been considering how my personal language… Continue reading Learning Languages Revisited

Biowashball distributor’s response

Following my previous post, here is the response from the biowashball distributor. ——– Original Message ——– Subject: Fw: Unfair public statements Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:50:02 +0200 From: Marietjie Lacomme To: CC: Ian, For the record, I never said we didn’t mention the Soapnut, and we persist that we did not and in no… Continue reading Biowashball distributor’s response

Threatened with legal action by the biowashball distributor

12/3/2009 UPDATE – They have sent a response to the email below. A comment I made in the Ethical Co-op newsletter last Thursday attracted some attention. When introducing a new product, laundry soap nuts, I mentioned my unhappiness with another product, a laundry ball, which in their marketing material had slammed soap nuts, and had… Continue reading Threatened with legal action by the biowashball distributor

Mindfulness lessons from a five-year-old

Having a child is a great lesson in mindfulness, and living in the moment. Dorje’s mind: Brrummmm, here comes the aeroplane, yeeeoooowwwww, crash, into the mountain. Jump, the plane’s on fire!!! Don’t worry, here comes the fire engine, bee baw, bee baw… My mind: Brrummmm, here comes the aeroplan… damn, he’s putting his feet on… Continue reading Mindfulness lessons from a five-year-old