Posted in Mauritius, tagged brain, car, driver on May 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Do you need a brain to be a driver? I’m starting to think that no you don’t. Proof:
Fog lights - After 6 p.m. drivers turn their fog lights on but do we have fog in Mauritius? Apart from our occasional flooding, I don’t see anything!!! So I guess they either want to blind you or [...]
Posted in Computing, Mauritius, tagged OLPC, XO-2 on May 22, 2008 | 4 Comments »
The original OLPC laptop is great; it’s a small device that’s very robust but the XO-2 laptop is another story: it’s awesome!!! I saw that today and my immediate reaction was “I want one”. It’s supposed to cost $75 but I don’t mind participating in the programme buy two and donate one to a child [...]
Posted in Computing, Linux, tagged kde, kde 3, kde 4, kubuntu lts on May 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
As I’ve said before, one of the reasons I’m using Linux is because of it’s increadible stability and laziness on my part (can’t be bothered to fight spyware, virusses, updates from Microsoft that break your system,… 
and unfortunately Kunbuntu 8.04 with KDE 4 is not giving me that stability!
The “worrying part” about that is I’m [...]
Posted in Mauritius, tagged AIDS, Candlelight memorial, Mauritius, PILS on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »
Today (or rather tonight) we celebrate the International AIDS Candlelight Memorial. It’s not just about lighting with a candle; it’s a about raising awareness about AIDS in the World and Mauritius.
For too long in Mauritius we have adopted an ostrich policy and despite all the talk sexual education is still not yet in our schools [...]
Posted in Computing, Linux, tagged 8.04, Hardy Heron, kde 4, Kubuntu on May 8, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This must be one of the rare times that I’ll have a review which features negative comments on Linux! Like many KDE fans around, I was pretty much excited by announcement of KDE 4 and the promise of a better looking interface that’s lighter than KDE 3. So when Hardy Heron was released, of course [...]
Posted in Mauritius, tagged bulb, eco-park, incandescent, Mauritius on May 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Incandescent bulbs use a lot of money and so we should (in order to try to reduce our energy bill) to try to use the low-energy bulbs but guess what, the latter are four times more expensive - Rs 20 v/s Rs 80!
If we want to convert Mauritius to an eco-park, we should surely try [...]
Posted in Mauritius, tagged 2008 IAAF, athletics, jonathan chimier, Mauritius, stephan buckland on May 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The championships are over and our “bilan” is two silver medals - not bad for a small country with 1.2 million people.
Congratulations to Stephan Buckland (silver medal - 200m race) and Jonathan Chimier (silver medal - long jump) and to the whole Mauritian team. We’ll do better next time in Osaka :).
Sportsmen in Mauritius
I don’t [...]
Posted in Mauritius, tagged 1st, gathering, government, may, opposition, picnic on May 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Every first of May in Mauritius, it’s the same old story. All political parties gather their troops (the troops are happy to come since there’s a free picnic and briani that follows) and try to show that they are the greatest.
In the afternoon, MBC will lavishly show (from all possible angles) the crowd gathered by [...]
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