photo madness from the island
Dedicated to Cheri, along with Wonderful World by James Morrison. May you find your spark.
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Because my other partners in crime are still debating the moral repercussions of putting their photos on the internet, and I have resolved that since I am going to be more famous than Bill Gates, and will therefore not stay anonymous anymore, here are a few pictures from the island do i talked about on sunday.
So until they make up their collective minds, I shall show the ones I can.
Presenting, in no particular order, a visual re-enactment of the day that was.
I’m sure this will haunt me in a few years to come, but c’est la vie, non?
Okay, on to the pictures…
Node Six Season 3
First day at office for this year.
Well, technically we’ve been working from home, more like monitoring servers, but this is the day we officially started work.
Node Six is in its third year, and we’re gearing up for some fairly massive changes to the way we do things around here. Let’s just say it’s going to be one heck of a ride.
Also, our focus for this year is going to be online applications, and flash based rich internet applications. To start that off, we’ll be releasing BlogSpirit version 2 for beta testing around mid this month. It’s looking pretty different from the current Node Six BlogSpirit.
As usual, the core engine is an open source tool that we’re modifying and customising to be more functional, feature rich and intuitive.
As for the rest of the applications, we plan to roll out six major web applications, one of which will change the way Ugandans use a certain aspect of the internet.
We can only hold our breath.
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Offtopic:
They say a year in the Internet business is like a dog year.. equivalent to seven years in a regular person’s life.
- Vinton Cerf
of islands, small jungles and wine bottles
Yesterday.
A few friends and I went over to some place we call our island, somewhere along the shores of Lake Victoria, a few kilometers off Ggaba beach. We had a great time, did a mini picnic, as only us guys can, since it involved opening a wine bottle with a key!
We then called up our boat dude to pick us up, and on a whim, decided to explore the next island we could see. We ended up in some small jungle like place, trekked for a while, fending off some vicious mosquitoes, saw only one snake, plus very briefly explored a place that looked suspiciously like massive snake territory.
We then got back to the rocky “shore” and just let our feet dangle in the water while skipping stones across the lake.
There’s nothing soothing like watching water waves break, birds skimming over the lake surface, fishermen in their slow canoes paddling away and a serene sunset over the tranquil water.
Pure bliss.
My camera craving is getting a little too serious. We took tonnes of photos though. Will post those later.
After that, I headed for a cousin’s birthday party and had a great time with family till late.
Perfect start to the new year.
How was your weekend?
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Offtopic:
At times our lives seem like that of a tranquil island in a sea of chaos. The battle is to keep this sea of chaos at bay and not let it wash us away into utter chaos.”
- Sanjeeva Ananthan
being anonymous is so last year - facebook garage photos
I found some pictures posted over at the Facebook Developer Garage Kampala group. And it turns out I was in some of them.
If you squint hard enough, you can see me here and here. The guy I’m standing next to is Thad, a peace-corps volunteer in Tanzania, who traveled all the way from Tanzania to attend the Developer Garage. We were both interviewed after the Garage by Jon Gosier for the Appfrica podcast.
Full Flickr album here.
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Audio: Usiende by Juliana & Bushoke. Love the slow African beats and the Swahili vibe.
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Offtopic:
“The value of a social network is defined not only by who’s on it, but by who’s excluded”
- Paul Saffo, a Silicon Valley forecaster, quoted in an article in The Economist
break’s over
It’s surprising how fast time flies. Two weeks ago we were breaking off and looking forward to the long festive season. And yet here we are, two days to the end of the break.
At least I’ve managed to get tonnes of much needed rest. Whether it’s been helpful or not remains to be seen, but I’m definitely looking forward to a new year for all my business interests, especially Node Six.
There are many things that happened last year that forced me to take a hard critical look at where I am and where I think I should be. And the gap was unbelievably huge.
I’ve never really been one for resolutions. Never taken them seriously. But this year, I made a resolution. And it’s not just for the year, but for the rest of my life.
It’s a very simple one;
No More Bollocks.
But within that resolution are hundreds of tiny seemingly useless things that I need to change or work on, and which, for obvious and unobvious reasons I cannot mention on this blog. Perhaps until they are done.
So, like the wisdom of Kaizen suggests, I’ll start with the small things, and they’ll work their way up to the big ones. And when each is done, I’ll talk a little about it. Maybe.
Otherwise, how have y’all been?
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Audio: Ma’Cheri - Freshly Ground. Beautiful upbeat song. Perfect for the new year. Watch it on Youtube
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Offtopic:
“In the words of General Cussler, I have returned.”
- Lionel Luthor
yep, we made it.
Oh yeah, I made it!
Looks like you made it too!
Awesome!!
Happy New Year!
2009 is filled with so much optimism no?
I personally think it’s going to be brilliant.
And even though it doesn’t turn out to be what I hope it to be,
I’m still gonna have one heck of a good time.
But I don’t think I’ll forget, it’s still just another day.
The same old clock ticks, the same old sun rises and sets.
So while I have all these dreams and ambitions for this glorious 2009,
Reality is still square in my sights.
And I’ve just taken my daily dose of sanity.
A healthy dose.
So.
Like wow.
We’re on the flip side already huh?
Tabula rasa.
I like the view.
I like the view.
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Offtopic:
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
- Seneca“The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide that you are not going to stay where you are.”
- Anonymous“Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going.”
- Jim Rohn
update minoris
The Blogger’s end of year party rocked. Since I’m not too good at spinning a yarn, I’ll let the hostess and the Enrique, the unofficial photographer talk about it.
Chanel and Antipop, thanks for organising this and making sure the meat was real tasty! Rock on!
In other news. Today was a happy day, finally fixed the TV I talked about earlier. I’d mis-wired something on the circuit board, so it’s all good now. Spent half the morning trying to get the aerial up, reception is still shady, will have to re-do the aerial tomorrow.
Slept like a buffoon. As in slept like a buffoon. Woke up, watched movies, slept again, went out, bought rolex and coke. Watched more movies, slept again.
I never knew being idle can be sooo… boring.
So yeah, we’ll see how tomorrow goes.
I watched an inspiring video about the awesomeness of God, and the quote below really struck me, so please allow me to share it. See the offtopic below.
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Offtopic:
People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars; and they pass by themselves without wondering.
- St. Augustine
merry Christmas toute le monde, plus an owl thrown in
First off, for those of you who think xkcd and Dilbert are riotously funny, I found another gem on the interwebs: Daisy Owl. Do Enjoy. You might want to start from the beginning.
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And now, since most of you [may] be breaking off this Friday, and some of us will continue to monitor our servers to make sure your websites n applications don’t go off the interwebs, which technically means we’ll be working, not that we complain, this feels like the most appropriate time to wish you all a merry Christmas.
Here’s to all you, who have made this year a beautiful, awesome and inspiring year. And for all who’ve stood with me through the tough times, you know who you are, thank you.
And on behalf of Node Six, Two W.E.A.K Dudes and I,
Merry Christmas good blogren peoples
Have yourselves a blast!
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Offtopic, the true spirit behind Christmas:
Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
- Matthew 1:23
my resolution for 2009
No more bollocks.
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Offtopic:
You have no idea what I’m capable of.
- Lex LuthorEmpires are not brought down by outside forces, they are destroyed by weaknesses from within.
- Lionel LuthorI don’t care about the past, I believe in the power to reinvent yourself.
- Lex LuthorAll I’m saying… is try and remember who I was raised by. I try to deny it but I’m still my father’s son. Tread carefully.
- Lex LuthorI am the villain of this story.
- Lex Luthor
ten lessons from 2008
2008 was like being dipped inside a drum full of water, top sealed, with only a tiny hole to breathe and see through at the same time, then getting the drum thrown in the front seat of a roller coaster, which was then attached to a rocket.
Some parts fun, some views beautiful, mostly downright freaky-scaring-the-bollocks-out-of-you.
Here’s what I learnt:
