This poem is based on a true-life experience I had while visiting Mombasa, Kenya. It will always stand out for me as an exceptionally powerful lesson in how to view myself and my efforts in the world, and to realise that the only way I can ever help anyone else is if I understand what […]
Ariel Goldberg
Ariel is an engineering graduate. He has never taken apart a washing machine or opened up a VCR. He studied engineering because he enjoyed maths and science... and because he wanted to know why buildings don't fall down, what makes car's drive and how the hell the internet worked.
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I’ll have that coffee to go, thank you … WiMax is coming to town
There is quite a buzz around WiMax, especially so in developing nations where the high cost of rolling out fixed-line telecoms has left them considerably lower down the broadband pecking order than their First World counterparts. But is it going to live up to all the expectations? The Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (or better […]
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The chilli chocolate circus
Madame Zingara’s Theatre of Dreams, outside Montecasino in Johannesburg, is a truly fantabulistic, out-of-this-world experience. It’s so fresh, so original and so much fun. From the second you walk into the giant circus-like tent, you feel yourself transported to another world. A world where bohemian rhapsody, funny hats and the abstractly bizarre all meet in […]
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Colouring outside the lines
Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. — Theodore Roosevelt The most terrible poverty is loneliness and the feeling of being unloved. — Mother Teresa Recently, I was privileged to fly into Cape Town on a pristinely beautiful summer’s day. As we were […]