Drinking Coke in Addis Ababa
I snapped this picture of a Coca Cola bottle last week in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: I thought it was cool to see the famous brand name printed in something other than English. In the Amharic language the four characters spell “Coca Cola” phonetically: Co-ca Co-la. The bottom part apparently says “Trademark.”
Passion is contagious
Anyone who knows me hata kidogo (even a little!) can tell you I love Linux. While it certainly is true, I’m stoked about open-source software in general, be it GNU/Linux, Android, PHP, Apache, git etc. Because I believe passion is contagious, I’ve started a new blog with the specific purpose of documenting and sharing that [...]
FREE DOS!
I was so lucky to see this advertisement today as I was walking down Wayaki Way after work. At first it was the “Core i3″ that caught my eye, and then the words “FREE DOS” leapt out at me. Holy cow, each new Dell Inspiron comes with a complimentary copy of DOS! How Dell limited [...]
Kenyan con men take to the air waves!
Some guy called me last week and told me that he had accidentally sent me money on M-PESA, and could I please send it back. I told him that no, I hadn’t noticed any text messages, but that I would look. “Tafadhali, ndugu yangu, niangalilie” (please, my brother, look for me). As I had just [...]
Lover of Linux, death metal and Indian food, blogs about living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.