Category Archives: kikuism

flickrupdate

The downside of being a Mzungu in dowtown Nairobi, equipped with a digital camera, is that you look like a stupid tourist.

The advantage of looking like a stupid tourist in downtown Nairobi is that you can hide under that …

Posted in EAKenya, kikuism, photography | 5 Comments

videre 2.0

Bibi TFT eventually arrived and has sent Mama CRT into aaaarrry (early) retirement :-)

videre 1.0

(left) Gericom CT1997PF 19″ CRT, 130 Watts power consumption (!), 5w/5w standby/active-off, 20.2kgs, really BIG, too dark for image editing (even with Gamma corrections, etc.), …

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the Chronicoool

Speaking of Dan and his artworks that inspired me and many others out there, I just had a quick stroll through his early journals and came across this:

The (Karengata) Chronicle / Nairobi, Saturday, October 12, 1985 / Price …

Posted in kikuism, mapenzi, webstuff, whatever | 4 Comments

I’ve been tagged by Mental…

…aggggrobatics, so here’s my reply:

dim ruuuls:

Post six weird facts/habits about yourself. These cannot be used against you later on.
At the bottom name the six people you will tag next.
Leave them a comment to let them know they’ve been tagged …

Posted in burudani, kikuism, maisha | 10 Comments

pimp my sunbubudiu!

…so what do you do in between the games?

Ok, I was a bit borred and thought about a small modification I wanted to do with this awful sunbubudiu (sunscreen?). After all, Germany’s Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co. KG never …

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