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Mar 13, 2020

Covid-19 in South Africa: we are not escaping this one

I’ve been struggling to relate to how Covid-19 will affect my life, and those around me, in South Africa. We’ve largely missed the last few major new-disease outbreaks. SARS, Ebola(s), Zika, etc., surely a handful of sick holiday goers here won’t lead to anything major? As of time of writing…

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Covid-19 in South Africa: we are not escaping this one
Covid-19 in South Africa: we are not escaping this one

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Jun 24, 2018

A non-tour of Baotou, Inner Mongolia

Here’s a few things I know about Baotou (包头). Most of it is true, I think: It’s an industrial city of two million people in Inner Mongolia, a region of China. In the 1950s, the newly communist China’s central planning committee chose to turn it into a city, in order…

Travel

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A non-tour of Baotou, Inner Mongolia
A non-tour of Baotou, Inner Mongolia
Travel

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May 28, 2017

What’s your personal data backup plan?

What would happen if you lost your phone today? If you laptop hard drive crashed? If your USB-drive became unreadable? Every few months, I see a post on Facebook where someone has lost their phone, and thus all their photos and contacts. It’s 2017 people. …

Backup

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What’s your personal data backup plan?
What’s your personal data backup plan?
Backup

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Oct 15, 2016

When is culture appropriation OK? To borrow an idea from natural selection

In my mind, there’s definitely a spectrum of when it’s OK for one culture to borrow from another. This ranges from “definitely not OK” (whatever the fuck The Color Run is), through “not so sure” (white people and dreadlocks) to “almost certainly fine” (non-Hindu people doing Yoga). What’s the driving…

Cultural Appropriation

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When is culture appropriation OK? To borrow an idea from natural selection
When is culture appropriation OK? To borrow an idea from natural selection
Cultural Appropriation

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Sep 6, 2016

Addressable LED Tech Atlas: Part 2

Scaling up and getting fancy — This is the second of a two part series on technology available around addressable LEDs. Part one, covered different types of LEDs avaliable, microcontrollers and associated libraries There are few limits to what you can do with a microcontroller and some LEDs. However, as you grow to a larger scale…

Led Lighting

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Addressable LED Tech Atlas: Part 2
Addressable LED Tech Atlas: Part 2
Led Lighting

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Jun 9, 2016

Chinaman coming through

Recently, I took part in my second Comrades Marathon. It was incredible to experience the race again, sharing the 89km route with almost twenty thousand runners. A highlight was the supporters. They lined the route, from the pre-dawn start in Pietermaritzburg, through the midday heat in the rolling hills right…

Marathon

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Chinaman coming through
Chinaman coming through
Marathon

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May 22, 2016

Addressable LED tech atlas: Part 1

So, you want to play with addressable LEDs! Whether it’s for home decor, wearables, a hula hoop, making a video wall or winning Burning Man, they are great fun. However, once you know what you want to do with them, you need to decide what hardware and software to do…

Neopixel

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Addressable LED tech atlas: Part 1
Addressable LED tech atlas: Part 1
Neopixel

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