Recently, IOL featured a story on the front page entitled Do kids crave discipline. There’s anarchy in our schools! We need to bring back some discipline! In my day, I was beaten, and I’m OK! goes the thinking. The article discusses the author’s experience of a bully who was put in his place by fear… Continue reading Discipline is not fear
Category: Water (Personal)
Some thoughts on leadership
Lao Tzu, according to Tony Benn at least, said that the best leaders are those who are never noticed. Those who are praised follow, then those who are despised, with those who are feared at the bottom. A related Zen saying is that a teacher’s work is only done when the student has bettered the… Continue reading Some thoughts on leadership
Wikimedia and the Cape Town Book Fair.
I’ll be at the Cape Town Book Fair helping at the Lettera27 stall. One of their projects is WikiAfrica, hence my involvement. Lettrea27’s principal aims are: to create awareness of the WikiAfrica Literature (WAL) to generate new virtual pages in WikiAfrica/Wikipedia. to involve authors, publishers and new readers/users in the WikiAfrica Literature project. to involve… Continue reading Wikimedia and the Cape Town Book Fair.
Why do YOU need a detox?
Recently I undertook a 10-day detox. Facilitated by a yoga teacher, and wife of one of the Ethical Co-op members, I was drawn to it after my colleague’s tales of his wife’s boundless energy. “I want some of that”, I thought. Besides the obvious what does the detox consist of?, I’ve had two common questions… Continue reading Why do YOU need a detox?
Genetically-modified foods at the Geek Dinner
Like everything else, even the Geek Dinners are going green! Tomorrow I’ll be talking about the wonders of genetically-modified food at Happy Habanero, the Geek Dinner being held at Mel’s Kitchen in Rondebosch, Cape Town. There’s still space – sign up and details on the wiki. Related posts: Garullous Grape at Greens Frugal Fennel at… Continue reading Genetically-modified foods at the Geek Dinner
Migration to WordPress
I’ve moved my blog software from b2evolution to WordPress. Now if for some malign reason this post got Slashdotted/Dug (and please let me install the caching plugins before being so cruel, oh yes, and the Google ads!), let’s circumvent the inevitable comment storm. Hoorah, good for you, WordPress is much better because blah blah! What?… Continue reading Migration to WordPress
Garullous Grape at Greens
Monday night saw the seventh of the Geek Dinners, Garullous Grape. It headed north for the first time, and was held at Greens in Plattekloof. The food was fantastic, and Perdeberg saved the day for the drunkards wine connoisseurs by coming through with a wine sponsorship at the last minute. Geek ingenuity was amptly demonstrated… Continue reading Garullous Grape at Greens
Tune Xhosa with Ian
I’m learning Xhosa. Those who know me may may roll their eyes – another flavour of the day from Ian. How long will this one last? Using only the infinitesimal fraction of my life represented by my blog, witness Learning Mandarin Chinese, and some insight into my brain’s inner workings as a failed attempt at… Continue reading Tune Xhosa with Ian
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
Small things and Dangerous Drumsticks
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