Monthly Archives: May 2007

attention, Eurosphere!

Posted on May 10, 2007 by jke

Is there anything such as a European blogosphere? A Eurosphere? Maybe a EUROspehre. “I don’t read your blog”, some of my German friends told me, “coz you’re blogging in English”. English isn’t my mothertongue, but hey, we have to start … Continue reading →

Posted in africa, bloggerhausen, technology, webstuff | 23 Comments

8 million bags

Posted on May 9, 2007 by jke

“…approximately 8 million (plastic) bags are given out by the supermarkets alone every month and two times as much in the informal sector in Kenya.” (source) “…approximately 8 million (plastic) bags are given out by the supermarkets alone every month … Continue reading →

Posted in mazingira | 1 Comment

HelloHowRUIAmFineOkGoodBye

Posted on May 9, 2007 by jke

It’s almost like as if they are already keeping the thumb on the phone’s red button. Trying to call someone in Nairobi from abroad is easy and cheap, lakini most jamaas there – it seems – are used to 10 … Continue reading →

Posted in literature, mobile phones, thoughts | 7 Comments

rumba…

Posted on May 7, 2007 by jke

Steve already received his copy the other day, and since I found a perfect deal to secure mine for only 10,- EUR, I just couldn’t resist… For more literature on contemporary music from the continent, here’s an interesting PDF (~0,2 … Continue reading →

Posted in literature, mapenzi, ngoma | 2 Comments

you can actually blog on small things / the shoji task

Posted on May 4, 2007 by jke

Being extremely bored by writing a paper on water quality assessment guidelines, which btw is something I’d rater leave to those who get a kick out of interpreting the European Water Framework Directive and it’s applicability in order to classify … Continue reading →

Posted in kikuism, nippon | 2 Comments