The logic of thieving

It was a sad day when I walked in to this particular "sometimes office" and discovered that my laptop, backpack, and iPod had all been swiped by a thief who had made his way in to the building and took off with a fine selection of laptops. Thieving appears to be what everyone is in to these days. My mother-in-law had here laptop stolen sometime back after a previous break in had stolen other items. #1...
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California is happier

It wasn't that I chose California implicitly to live it, but more the fact that I was born here. As to why I've stayed to date, the infographics tell that part of the story. All part of a larger article from here.

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The gallery opening

I'm sure that centuries ago, a "gallery opening" was something much more akin to an artist unveiling some expensive work for their wealthy patron and his friends. Somehow there has been a devolution of this process to the point where the gallery opening is all about having a bunch of trendy people pop in, munch on some finger food from Costco and (if alcohol is provided) sip on something cheap from Trader...
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Flash was not a risky horse to bet against

By now, the news that Steve Jobs has vehemently renounced Flash is not any kind of news. While I find it annoying that people will take the word of one person as gospel, it's really the case that it wasn't Jobs alone speaking at Flash's funeral. In web development circles, we've hated the technology for years. As an accent, widget or some other non-critical piece of a website, Flash is fine. For video, it's even better....
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A view of a church, a view of Abidjan

When driving down from Abengourou, there is this one spire that sticks up and basically serves as my indicator of where to turn in Abidjan to go down to Plateau. For those who haven't had the thrill of driving in the Art Nouveau highway offramp designs of Côte d'Ivoire, let me tell you that when you see something like this spire, you remember it. If you don't, you're going to end up in Ghana before you can turn around...
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What was missed

I've unfortunately had to leave a Côte d'Ivoire a bit earlier than I had planned. After nearly six months in the country (which went by insanely fast despite délestage) you would have thought that most everything that needing doing and seeing was covered to some degree. But, it's amazing how when once back to your home country, you realized how much was missed. For obvious starters, BarCamp Africa did not come about....
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