Story by KBW correspondent
Publication date: Feb 28th, 2007
Alleged hackers from Gachie, Kiambu were today killed by an angry mob after they were found guilty of cheating customers on the installation of the new computer operating system Microsoft Windows Vista.
The alleged hackers apparently tried to install the free and open-source Ubuntu operating system from South Africa [...]

Es zieht irgendwie alles an mir vorbei.
Die Berichte in den Medien über alternde Radsportler; wieder mal ein ermordetes Kind, verscharrt irgendwo da draußen im Wald; die OSCAR Verleihungen in den USA mit unwichtigen Infos; die üblichen politischen Sticheleien im Inland; Studien und Umfragen zu diversen Themen; Sportnachrichten; etc..
Einzig das plötzlich aufkommende Interesse am Klimawandel, der [...]

When it comes to shoes, dear Ladies & Gentleman, I am very much JKE.
I remember some 12 years ago, my classmates including the teacher (!) would laugh about me coz I was wearing leather shoes. Something like this, actually:

“You look like a business man”, they said, pointing at my shoes. “How can someone walk in [...]

Die eine Hälfte meiner KommilitonInnen setzt sich abends regelmäßig vor den Fernseher, und zappt sich so durch die Langeweile. Begriffe wie “Schland” oder “Wok-WM” sind da keine Seltenheit – es gibt sogar solche hartnäckigen Vertreter, die sich regelmäßig die langweiligsten Sportberichterstattungen im Fernsehen anschauen: Tour de France, Ski-Langlauf, Formel Eins…
Vor einigen Jahren habe ich das [...]

I’ve been thinking about this one comment I encountered during the job interview last week – and it still makes me feel uncomfortable.
“Why should I employ you and not a Kenyan with similar or even better qualifications to do the job?”, she had asked.
“Well, maybe because I can get things done where others might just [...]

Mbuzimoja asked me about some present figures on the water & sanitation situation in Nairobi, so I took this opportunity to superficially scan all those various pdfs, docs and xls files I had gathered on my computer for any information which might help her on her current project.
“Linking sustainability with demand, gender and poverty”, it [...]

The ultimate USB flashstick for my soccer-mad freaks (Daudi? :-)

Daaamn, I was soooo close to buying one of these “men’s accessories” a.k.a. fake magnetic earrings. Hahahaaha….oh well….
(to be continued…)
AOB:

Ok, now, serirously: what they lack here in Germany is DECENT MUSIC on the radio. You hear me? DECENT! Which means anything but Eros Rammazotti or German [...]

“African envoys in Kenya have accused Western nations of using runaway insecurity as an excuse to relocate Unep office from Nairobi.” (source)

Articles like this one make me think that the UNEP is just another institution “donated” to an African country. As if the UNEP “belongs” to the western world. UNITED Nations?
My 2cents advice to Bwana [...]