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SAfAIDS contacts . net
12 November 2008
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An eclectic mix of contact manager, mailing list service and publication tracker, SAfAIDS contacts . net aims to bring together contact management from all the SAfAIDS offices in the southern African region.
Besides, of course, my own invaluable input, the following services and tools were used to create this environment:
+ Icons from famfamfam.com.
+ Graphical design from Free CSS templates.
+ A graphic from sparktography.
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Location based services
10 November 2008
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I've started working on my current project, a web based contact database for SAfAIDS. They've got a bunch of offices around the region, and they are looking at simplifying their contact management, across all these offices.
I contemplated using an off the shelf package, but in the end decided against it. Because SAfAIDS want to also manage mailings and publications, the custom component would, I suspect, not warrant starting with a ready-made solution.
So, I'm throwing my own solution together. The project is still in hiding, but it will be made available at SAfAIDS contacts . net.
Because SAfAIDS' contacts are scattered across the region, if not... read more
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Water, charities, travel
6 November 2008
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DDR. Shows at The Bag Factory. Long distances. Fish 'n' chips at Ocean Basket. Coffee at the Wild Bean cafe. High inflation. Happy Meals with Hello Kitty toys. Pretoria hash. Bunny chow. Bad drivers. Pub quiz at the Keg & Filly. Oriental Plaza. Pool parties. Highveld.
A good cause
A different way of supporting your favorite charity is by installing a small application from A good cause. After installation, when you shop at selected shops, part of the proceeds of your purchase will go to the charity of your choice.
Their blurb, however, is questionable, claiming that 75% of the purchase price will go to your charity. That's a crapload of money. An unlikely cr... read more
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Travel and insurance
30 October 2008
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Back in SA. Rouzeh was there to welcome me at the airport, after a very long flight, which was nice. She's staying in Pretoria, close to her office, but I'm, at least for now, staying with Christo, in Johannesburg. Jo'burg, after all, is where it's at.
The weather is on the warm side, but not too hot, with the gentle breeze that's blowing most of the day. I signed a three month contract for a project with SAfAIDS, building an online contact database.
I'm, temporarily, renting a car with rent-a-wreck. It's not too expensive and the car is not too close to being a proper wreck, though fairly close, and it does give me the freedom you need in Gauteng. Things are just too far apart... read more
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Tagged with: insurance Johannesburg Pretoria South Africa
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Barry Strauss - The Trojan War
26 October 2008
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Published only two years ago, Strauss was able to base this work on a host of recent archeological findings, giving much more credibility to Homer's original histories of the Trojan war as compared to what was generally assumed before.
There's no real doubt the Trojan war happened. Question was to what extent Homer was overdoing it and to what extent his stories were rooted in fact.
Needless to say, a lot of what Homer put to paper was overdone; it's not likely that gods actually rode into battle at the head of the fighting armies. But what Homer did do was write in a style very typical to Bronze Age heroic tales, with many of the events and descriptions having contemporary counterparts in other Bronze Age stories.
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Torture, death, money and marihuana
26 October 2008
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There's really not a lot to see in Phnom Penh, so that a lot of your time can be spent at the few nice artsy bars and cafes scattered around the city.
The two must sees are the Khmer Rouge's S-21 prison and, some 15 kilometers out of town, the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek, where the 17000 prisoners of S-21 were killed, all during the Khmer Rouge's short reign in the mid 70s.
Both sites are interesting for their historical value as both sites have little else to offer. At the Killing Fields, the only sight is a large stupa filled with skulls unearthed on site. At S-21, the few photo exhibitions are not too bad.
At one of the exhibitions at S-21, a guest book was written front to back with remarks like "Never forget" and... read more
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François Bizot - The Gate
24 October 2008
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An excellent book. Bizot, a Frenchman, was taken prisoner by the Khmer Rouge in 1971 and released after three months. That makes him the only westerner to be captured by the Khmer Rouge who was subsequently released.
The first half of the book details this three month ordeal. The camp in which he was held captive was run by the infamous Dutch (or Doutch), well known for being in charge, a few years later, of S-21, the notorious prison in Phnom Penh during the Khmer Rouge's short rule of Cambodia.
After Bizot was released in 1971, he stayed in Cambodia, researching Buddhism, as he did before his capture, and was still in the country when in 1975 the Khmer Rouge rolled into Phnom Penh. Bizot became the negotiator, or middle... read more
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