I’ve been having fun today on the Afrikaans Wikipedia. Although my Afrikaans is bad enough so that everything is quite slow going, and I sit with a dictionary by my side, its quite fun working on something that’s still so incomplete. The English Wikipedia is huge now, over 600 000 articles, so the tiny Afrikaans… Continue reading Templates on the Afrikaans Wikipedia, and a translating tool
Afrikaans Wikipedia hits 4000 articles
The Afrikaans wikipedia hit 4000 articles today. Geluk mense :). It hit a high of 3951 in November 2004 (it may have gone slightly higher during the month), but dropped quickly after that to 3524 in February, thanks in particular to some cleaning up of empty date articles. However, the project has been gaining momentum… Continue reading Afrikaans Wikipedia hits 4000 articles
King Leopold’s Ghost, Hypocrisy of Mugabe’s critics and Live8
I’ve just finished reading King Leopold’s Ghost. I mentioned my first impressions in an earlier post. The easy part of these sort of books is writing about the horrors. Surely all readers can share the author’s horror at the atrocities he accounts. The real challenge for writers of historical atrocities, of course, is to interpret… Continue reading King Leopold’s Ghost, Hypocrisy of Mugabe’s critics and Live8
One more thrust at the G8
Walton is in Edinburgh right now, providing a blow-by-blow (let’s hope it doesn’t really come to that) account of the protests at the G8 summit. With the mainstream press coverage up to its usual standard, it’s up to independent journalists and blogs to give us a clearer picture, and Red Star Coven is a must… Continue reading One more thrust at the G8
Tai chi, chi kung and the microcosmic Orbit
I’ve been practising tai chi since 1995 (I stopped for about three years from around 1998 to 2001). Tai chi, especially at the frequency I practice, can be a slow art to master. The very first tai chi book I read mentioned that an average person with no prior experience would take around 5 to… Continue reading Tai chi, chi kung and the microcosmic Orbit
impi.co.za
The domain impi.co.za points to my server. It’s a coming-soon project, but in the meantime it seems Impi Linux have stuffed up and posted ads all over Distrowatch punting Impi Linux (yes that’s org.za), and pointing anyone who clicks the banner to impi.co.za. One of the more successful marketing campaigns? 🙂
I love rugby, and childhood memories
Sometimes it horrifies my friend’s to hear this, but I love rugby. I surround myself with two many vegetarian, progressive, revolutionary, geeky, foreign, and, well, women people, to be able to share the joy of watching a good game with any sort of frequency, but I still love it. The joy of Baksteen piling into… Continue reading I love rugby, and childhood memories
What pisses me off about spam
I’ve just deleted about a gazillion referer spam hits from my logs. Thanks to b2evolution’s great spam-control system it’s been fairly painless, but the spam certainly had time to piss me off 🙂 I have a soft spot for quite a few sorts of illegal or at least socially disliked behaviour. Graffiti can be the… Continue reading What pisses me off about spam
Password protected PDF’s on Linux – part II
I’ve been attempting to read password-protected PDF’s on my new(ish) Linux laptop. I mentioned this a while ago, while still on my previous laptop, but yet again it’s the cause of fun and games. KGhostview is as hopeless as ever with password-protection, but things have moved along, so I tried KPDF again. Wonder of wonders,… Continue reading Password protected PDF’s on Linux – part II
The slaughter in the Congo and the progression of humanity
I’m reading a harrowing account of colonialism in the Congo called King Leopold’s Ghost. I seem to be enjoying genocidal histories right now, having recently read The Earth Shall Weep, about the genocide against the Native Americans in the United States, and Enemy at the Gates, about the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II.… Continue reading The slaughter in the Congo and the progression of humanity