“The Real Green Revolution is about rainwater harvesting.
Let us catch water where it falls. Let it transform human lives. Let it
change social existence. If this happens, the world will be
transformed. The world will merely be an agglomeration of ecological
rainwater-harvesting democracies.” - Anil Agarwal
How four underdogs from the mean streets of Phoenix took on the best from M.I.T. in the national underwater bot championship.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/13.04/robot_pr.html
This is a really great story, I just wish the ending was happier. It
reminded me of how as an 11 year old my future was inspired as the
result of gluing together a bit of balsa [...]
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I have been using Open Source software for a long time. I used to be happy just getting free software in the form of shareware
downloaded from local BBS’s (I just
remembered a random dream from one of the last few nights in which I met the
original sysops for Megasystem - in my dream they were two [...]
I actually took this picture back when were staying at Ufulu gardens.
For me it sort of captures the full circle of injustice between Africa
and America. In the US, I have heard of people locking their fridges
so that they won’t overeat when they are on a diet. Of course, in
Africa you lock a fridge to make [...]
Last time I mentioned that Boy George was hanging out closer to our
house instead of on his monkey brain tree. Well, today I think I found
out why. Georgina came and told me I needed to look at something. She
took me to the monkey brain tree and showed me a snakeskin wrapping
around it and leading into [...]
A few minutes ago, George the gardener came to the window to tell me
that a big snake was killed down the street. So George, George, George
Junior, Georffrey and I all went down to check it out. Sure enough, two
houses down a crowd of mostly kids were standing around a seven foot
python, whose head was pretty [...]
There are hundreds of these caterpillars. Especially in one particular
mango tree. George and Lazarro tell me that many Malawians eat them,
but they themselves claim not to. I don’t know though, they do look
pretty tasty.
Speaking of insects for dinner, flying ants are apparently a favorite
among the locals. After some rain, it is crazy, because these flying
ants [...]
We arrived in Malawi with no furniture. About the closest thing to
furniture that we had was our two sleeping bags. The house that we
moved into was completely empty, so we have been slowly trying to
furnish the place. A guy from church lent us a desk, 2 chairs and a
little table, all of which have been [...]
