Ismail Dhorat

Something i mentioned a while back, when Obama was still running for the democratic bid was, judging from his speeches and transcripts of speeches. When it came to the Middle east and wars, his policies were not that much different then Bush. For a campaign that stood for ‘Change’, his policy stances did not differ [...]

I got my hands on a copy of the complete Calvin & Hobbes recently, Which has every single strip ever published. While reading the strip i had an idea for a modification relevant to SA. So here it is, editing done by me.

I am a huge fan of C&H, and after the post on avoiding negative people, here’s a little humor.

Picked up a copy of New scientist the other day at exclusive books, as the feature story intrigued me.
“How your friends’ friends can affect your mood“
If you are keen observer of Human nature, you could have noticed how at times when someone is moody in a social situation that mood seems to pass on [...]

This morning i awoke to the news of a historic event that completely dominated, the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. It’s not often in the world we see moments like this, the last in memory was the Election of Nelson Mandela. In some ways Obama reminds me of Nelson Mandela, [...]

Arabcrunch, one of the blogs i read on a regular basis, writes about Google launching an Arabic transliteration service Ta3eeb that competes with Arabic transliteration and search service Yamli.
According to ArabCrunch, Google is using it’s monopoly on search and advertising to promote it’s own service. When a search is done for Yamli, an ad is [...]

I picked up my Akoha deck yesterday from Carl Spies (Thanks!), i must say i totally love this idea. Doing good, making a difference while tracking the effect that it has.
What is Akoha?
Akoha which is still in beta, issues you a deck of cards with missions on them. The idea is to make a difference [...]

I am currently attending mobile active, and added a new sticker for Global Voices where i will be covering tech news from Sub Saharan Africa.

At the last wordcamp, my laptops virginity was broken with the first sticker. Today i just added my second sticker after Barcamp Johannesburg. I figured i would take pictures every time i add a new sticker to record the evolution. Here is the first pic

This morning i heard a news report regarding a facebook group, the facebook group ” ek laaik nie n houtkop nie sou what” with a contact address of (anti.kaffer@yahoo.com). The group, which featured a picture of a guy with a gun standing over a black person (seemingly dead) on the floor. Since then the image [...]