I read an article by Ricky Binihi of the daily post pertaining to the issue of a woman president a week or so ago. Thus I am compelled to express my views a about the issue. Daily post reports that the reasoning from some members of the Electoral Colle…
There’s a long, rather drawn out thread on Slashdot right now, wherein an apprently endless queue of geeks are lined up to take Wired to task for their discovery that Good Enough trumps Excellence every time. Quelle Surprise.
But not one of them has observed something that was recently made obvious to me: As technology advances, quality inevitably improves. The world, pace Microsoft, is not so awash in the mediocrity that Wired’s editors have decided to tout as the next big thing. Nothing is ever Good Enough.
What matters more than anything else is Convenience.
My eyes were opened to this a couple of months ago, when, in the course of pillaging my landord’s extensive library of books of and about photography, I came across a truly startling collection of photos from Papua New Guinea taken in the early 1920s. The almost liquid tones and gorgeous, lush light in his portraits capture the smoky, dusky interiors of village huts better than anything I’d ever seen before.
When I voiced my admiration to Ben, he observed, “Photography hasn’t significantly improved since the early years. It’s just become more convenient.”
Originally published at the Scriptorum. You can comment here or there.
[Originally published in the Vanuatu Daily Post’s Weekender Edition.]
Friday’s Daily Post featured a story that would be comical if it weren’t true. Vanuatu Ombudsman Peter Taurakoto released a report recommending the prosecution of 188 public figures for their failure to submit financial reports for the year 2007. Taurakoto also recommended that the Clerk of Parliament be prosecuted, apparently for not performing due diligence with regards to these reports.
According to the Leadership Code Act, ‘leaders’ include Members of Parliament and their political advisors, the Malvatumauri National Council of Chiefs, the VMF Commander, various officers of the provincial and national governments, as well as town clerks and the Ombudsman himself.
Given the astounding number of leaders listed in the Ombudsman’s report, one is led to ask if any leaders actually did submit a statement.
Originally published at the Scriptorum. You can comment here or there.
[Originally published in the Vanuatu Daily Post’s Weekender Edition.]
On no less than three occasions in the last couple of months, we’ve seen complaints in the media over the activities of some Christian groups. In every case the problem was ostensibly noise. And in every case, we’re left with the distinct impression that, while volume might be a problem, people objected to the content, too.
Now, I would be amazed if there were more than a handful of individuals in the entire country who actively object to the basic lessons of the New Testament. Love thy neighbour and live peaceably with him; turn the other cheek when struck; forgive others for their actions – these values and others underlie virtually everything we as a society hold dear.
So why, then, do some begin to feel uncomfortable when others celebrate these lessons joyfully, loudly and at length?
Originally published at the Scriptorum. You can comment here or there.
I did a quick and dirty write-up of my first impressions of using Digicel’s Mobile Internet Service via a USB GPRS modem for VITUS. You can read about it here.
Originally published at the Scriptorum. You can comment here or there.
I managed to get the 737 coming in to land on race day. The biggest event in Vanuatu of the year held every year in July and usually attracting crowds of up to 10,000 people.Pictures of Vanuatu’s largest town by photograpers Michael Blamey, Terry Molon…
Found this little fella in the corner of the fare this morning…..Pictures of Vanuatu’s largest town by photograpers Michael Blamey, Terry Moloney and Glen Craig
Too be a bit different here is a shot starring Sebastian ( one of my twins) meeting the husband of my nanny for the first time. They had a ball…..Pictures of Vanuatu’s largest town by photograpers Michael Blamey, Terry Moloney and Glen Craig
Two paddling with one lad out the back fishing, what a life! Off the Efate Coast in one of the best fishing spots aroundPictures of Vanuatu’s largest town by photograpers Michael Blamey, Terry Moloney and Glen Craig
I’ll be working with this new guy for the rest of this year. The two of us will be helping people from the islands of Vanuatu to send emails to wherever, thanks to the Government of Japan, UNDP, OXFAM, VRDTCA and the Government of Vanuatu! Posted in News
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