Kampala
Date: August 24, 2006
Categories: Uganda
wow! this city is awesome! unlike anywhere else in east africa, you can actually walk about the streets here without worrying about being mugged or killed.
Safari Day 3
Date: August 23, 2006
Categories: Kenya
Well today we were actually supposed to go straight to the airport to fly back to nairobi. along the way though – the call came in: a leopard in a tree! some people i’ve spoken to with who live here in kenya haven’t spotted a leopard in over ten years. one guy said that in … Read More
Safari Day 2
Date: August 22, 2006
Categories: Kenya
Today hasn’t been the greatest, but we have seen a lot more than some of the other groups. We saw a cheetah hidden away in a little bush – I have no idea how anyone found out it was there. We were literaly 10 ft away and I almost missed seeing it. Then as we … Read More
Safari day 1
Date: August 21, 2006
Categories: Kenya
the first couple of hours were almost mind numbing… i think because we had to drive 5 hours from nairobi to masai mara through roads with potholes the size of a small car, we were already dead tired. We arrived into Masai Mara and checked into our rooms at the Fig Tree Hotel (ok, ok, … Read More
Book Review: Baby Khaki’s Wings
Date: August 20, 2006
Baby Khaki’s Wings: **** (four stars) This turned out to be the best book to read while out here. It a collection of short stories which take place in various East African and Canadian cities and are very Ismaili centric (specifically Ismailis from East Africa) – many of the stories I could relate to – … Read More
Jambo!
Date: August 17, 2006
Categories: Kenya
time: 10:00pm on Thursday… just landed into mombasa and into the hotel – unreal place. it’s actually in Diani in the south of mombasa. the beach is phenomenal. This is going to be one great trip! time: midnight Saturday — This has got to be one of the best weddings I have ever been to! … Read More
Dubai Airport
Date: August 17, 2006
Categories: Exploring the World
yet another layover in Dubai – this time for all of 8 hours… from 1 am to 10am. there’s no point leaving the airport since the malls are closed – so i’ve decided to just roam around the airport for awhile, find a good place to sleep. I’ve pretty much slept the entire toronto to … Read More
Video of the Week – Jul 30 ’06 – Ben Johnson!
Date: July 30, 2006
Categories: VidClips n more
So with all the doping scandals out this week (Justin Gatlin and Floyd Landis), I’m bringing back the classic of all time…Ben’s still the man!
CSS, Firefox, and IE
Date: July 30, 2006
Categories: Tech Reviews, Technology
So I’ve finally got around to fixing the layout on my page (or so i think i have…) and man was it a pain. I felt like i was back in 1997 and struggling with the rendering differences between IE and Netscape – just replace Netscape with Firefox. At least today, we don’t really have … Read More
Video of the week – Jul 23 ’06
Date: July 23, 2006
Categories: VidClips n more
check this clip of gandhi that telecom italia used – but i don’t get how the italians understand it… kinda low to try and commercialize gandhi, but on the other hand i don’t see how this helps sell phones anyway… (sorry you gotta link out for this one) http://www.ad-awards.com/commercials/directory/categories/ telecommunications/telecom_italia/commercials-15-69.html