Port-Louis, a hurried post-mortem analysis of a disaster
About 10 deaths in an area of about 10 sq km. How does this happen? A story of a disaster waiting to happen? To be fair it was very hard […]
Last Post
It’s been quite a while since I last wrote anything here. I’ve tried several times to restart but in vain. One of the main issues is I would like to […]
Abortion in Mauritius: yes or no to legalization!
Every now and then the abortion debate resurfaces in Mauritius: do we legalize it or not? As usual, all the religious groups are very vocal against it. Those in favor […]
Mauritian elections
Elections are approaching and even from very far I cannot escape hearing about it. Some essential characteristics of elections in 3 questions (question 0 is just to set the scene). […]
Death penalty or the lust for blood.
Every now and then, Mauritian politicians seem to feel the need to shout for Death Penalty. To me, this is just further evidence (if ever it was required) of their […]
Updated maps of Mauritius from Google Map
As I was going about to update some roads and buildings on Google Map maker, I noticed something awesome: the maps have been updated. As a proof, see below: that […]
ACIM, the Mauritian Government and the rest of us
Last update: The hunger strike is over after successful negotiation with the government. Great 🙂 ACIM and the Exams For nearly one year the NGO ACIM (Association des Consomateurs de […]
The Banking system that shouldn’t work: Grameen Bank!
On Monday 25 January, I had the chance to see one on the movies in the Sundance Film Festival: To Catch a Dollar: Muhammad Yunus Banks on America. If you’ve […]
The ipad
Everyone seems to be talking about that these days – not to mention the jokes like iTampon, … ;). Being an Apple product, it looks great and I’m sure its […]
CUDA on Ubuntu 9.10/Linux Mint Helena
If you check on the CUDA site, you will notice that there’s no download for the latest version of Ubuntu; Ubuntu 9.10 or Linux Mint Helena which is based on […]
Random thoughts ... 