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YouTube/Google up the ante in the privacy wars
So you’re sick of Facebook gradually nudging you towards completely doing away with all pretense of a private life? YouTube/Google have made the latest move in the online privacy wars. You remember when you started signing in to YouTube with your gmail username and password? And then the whole Google+ / circles thing happened. Now…
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Windhoek to Swakopmund: the Scenic Route
You can get from Namibia’s capital, Windhoek, to the coastal city of Swakopmund, in around 4 hours via a paved road with one lane in each direction. Or you can head directly west from Windhoek, and you’ll quickly hit a gravel road (with a somewhat ironic “100 kph” speed limit sign) that provides a much…
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Making Ordinary Photos Panoramic
Sometimes I wish I had one of those fancy panoramic photos where you can capture the full breadth of something – usually the horizon – don’t you? Â Well, it turns out that with today’s high-resolution digital cameras, you can easily turn an ordinary photo into a panoramic. Â With a little planning beforehand. See something that…
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Just Like Riding a Bike
Sometimes it’s easy to take things for granted. Â Like learning how to ride a bike. Â Among other things, we teach sports at the Resource Center, an after-school program for kids under age 14, at the Jakob Marengo School in Katutura, the poor and predominantly black township in the northern edge of Windhoek, Namibia. Usually we…
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US Army in Afghanistan Parodies “Call Me Maybe”
Here’s the latest effort by troops deployed overseas to blow off a little steam and connect with friends and family back home. Some may feel it’s inappropriate – but you have to come up with things like this to stay sane sometimes. This is their description: A cover of “Call Me Maybe” performed by US…