The state of Wikimedia projects in South African and Africa – Dec 2008

I took a look at the South African language Wikimedia projects again today, to see whether there’s been much progress since May. Wikipedia – number of articles Language 1/10/2007 10/11/2007 9/12/2007 1/5/2008 16/12/2008 Afrikaans 8374 8608 8731 9679 11 285 Zulu 107 109 121 141 182 Tsonga 10 16 37 71 150 Swati 56 66… Continue reading The state of Wikimedia projects in South African and Africa – Dec 2008

An attractive honeypot

I came across a website recently that, lurking amongst the usual About Us and Contact Details had an Anti-spam link. I followed the link, and came to this page. It’s a company selling an anti-spam product, and the page was a spam honeypot (or spamtrap). Spam honeypots are web pages with email addresses that then… Continue reading An attractive honeypot

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