Archive for April, 2008



Dance with me 53 Comments

Each of our previous designs has been based on a story about the places in Africa, the people, culture we imagine, or just about the things about Africa that makes our heart beat faster. Well, it’s beating faster and our two latest concepts which will be available next week are inspired by our love to [...]

Open Thread 696 Comments

Frustrations You guys remember when we played a game; the most comments ever in history. We stopped at 372 and I thought that was a lot. Now I blog DailyKos and they average 5000 comments in one day if the topic is hot. So they have thing thing they call open thread, everyone goes crazy [...]

100 meter canvas 563 Comments

The United States Population Fund organized a painting party of sorts in the middle of Meskel Square. UNFPA who has been in the cutting age of raising awareness for health, came up with the “Stop Early Marriage” campaign and asked 30 Ethiopian painters to gather together and paint on the largest canvas ever painted in [...]

An Obama Minute 104 Comments

A few weeks ago I got an email from Denver asking me if I could modify an Obama poster to have the “yes we can” motto in Amharic feedels. Thus I did and sent it back. Last week I get the same poster that I modified in an email from someone I know in Atlanta [...]

Breaking up 80 Comments

Thursday nights. Same time, same place. I have deserted friends, re-arranged schedules, worked around deadlines, cancelled plans, missed open bar and $3 a pitcher beer nights (this is huge man! everyone who knows me knows my life is all about cheap drinks). Skipped a very close friend’s happy hour engagement party, lied to a childhood [...]