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Rocky start to Dhaka meeting

April 20, 2006

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After arriving at 1am, an hour late, then dealing with accomodation mess up, I left my hotel early in the morning to the meeting. I’m here to participate in the APC Regional Consultation Meeting on ICT Policy in Asia. Upon entering the main street I walked into what looked like hundreds of rowdy rock weilding protesters.… [Read more…]

starlight room lament

April 19, 2006

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You know, these days I just don’t spend anywhere near as much time as I used to in the Starlight Room. But the ideas and will to produce is no less, it’s time that I have less and less of. Not that I despair at what I do with the lions share of my time,… [Read more…]

Why I won’t cut my hair

April 12, 2006

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In May of this year I will be 44. I have near on a 1cm of grey skunking from the roots of my hair. The rest is some faint resemblence of natural hair colour. And it’s this that I’m hanging onto for a while. I ain’t quite ready to lose that half of my life… [Read more…]

Why I did not die last night

April 12, 2006

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I was fast asleep and dreaming. I was a little older and playing in a band. I think Steve Law was there. Looked like he was playing guitar… I was hunched over my keyboards… we were playing outdoors to a huge crowd. It was late afternoon. There was a gorgeous sunset. Suddenly there was this god… [Read more…]

back to planet life

April 9, 2006

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OK, so South Africa was pretty incredible. To clarify, the 12 days in Ithala were pretty amazing. There’s something deeply troubling about the fact that so many of us live removed from nature… I mean, we eat and sleep which is pretty natural, but not many of us live in close proximity to wildlife, from… [Read more…]