Archive for 2008



Fear-o-Meter! 5,464 Comments

There are lots of types of people. There are those that are very calculated and only take risks after they evaluate the odds. There are those that never ever take any type of risks! There are those that rarely take risks but when they do take risks it’s a big one. There are those who [...]

African Ingenuity 75 Comments

When remote African finds an inventive solution to a technical problem he or she is having. The innovations I find are inspirational. Like  this interesting story about a man in Kenya who created a plane from scratch. Using a Volkswagen engine, aluminum sheets and other parts, the man made a single-seat plane. He tested it [...]

Your Own Lies 46 Comments

We rationalize, and rationalize our actions. I pride myself in telling the truth,…” One would say and then just lessen the blow to ones integrity. I am sure I am guilty as well, I live my life in a way I am comfortable, but I know there are things in my life I have to [...]

Open Thread 33 Comments

Lost Comments So we lost the comments from last week till Thursday – I was transferring files from one server to the other and we lost it all. I am very very very upset by this because I am somewhat anal.

Adey Abeba 20 Comments

Irony — today makes 2001 in the Ethiopian calendar. It’s New Years on Sep 11th but here in the US Sept 11th is remembered for some else. I am not happy about this, Osama and the home boys picked the worst day in the Ethiopian Calendar to do this. I hope as we get going [...]