Happy 260k Raider!

On the way back from Oshakati Saturday night I realized that the Hilux’s odometer reached 260’000km. Would have been time to celebrate. Neither the vehicle nor the driver are drinking alcohol. Therefore we skipped the party at night. Instead the Hilux got a special treat Sunday evening from me: five liter of Toyota’s finest 75w-90 …

Alex’s mother’s 86th birthday party

Last Saturday afternoon I had been invited to Alex’s (my former neighbor from ‘Bangladesh’) mother’s 86th birthday party in their village 20km North-West of Outapi. Fun till the late evening. And no, the party had not been sponsored by beverage manufacturers as some of the photos might suggest;-).

lunch break stories: what rain and a ISDN handset have in common…

…you don’t expect both of them. Last week the North received some heavy rain and a sharp drop of the temperature after months of drought and heat. Some say that this is already the beginning of the ‘small’ rainy season which usually starts by the end of November. Although happy for the clean, cool air …

the power of the ink has come to the office

One on of the first lessons you’ve to learn when entering the Namibian Government service is about stamp & signatures. No matter what kind of paper you intend to sent within the Government (physically; for the paperless office visit this blog again in a century) don’t forget the right stamp and your signature or the …

‘We have arrived – the globe is linked’ – but not this week

The landing of the WACS (West Africa Cable System) in Walvis Bay on the 8th of February had been the theme of last months ICT summit. When becoming operational next February it will cut down immediately the latency and hopefully increase the bandwidth for the Namibian Internet end user in the long run. Since last …