Still Here!!

Yep, despite the lack of a blog for a few days I am still here and constantly on the lookout for valuable information to share with you which might get overlooked by the “Mass Media”. Things like, ”Why is it that the Leader of the Liberal democrats, Sir MENZIES Campbell, as in the huge High Street Shop with a similar name John Menzies, called anything but that. He is referred to as Ming or Minges or even as once heard Minging?? WHY???? Doesn’t he like his name or what??? Seems rather crazy to me, what do you think?

Here’s another good one too for all you Fellow Computer Nerds like myself who spend far too long sat in front of that pretty little screen. Where in the world will you find the fastest wireless network/internet connection? Well, I guess there are the obvious places like the home of the chip and I don’t mean the fried kind either although I have managed to do just that a few times over the years, Japan. Maybe it’s in Bill Gates; back yard, The United States although he seems to be not there very much these days choosing to spend most of it in far flung tropical destinations. Neither of which are remotely close. It is, of all places South Africa, still considered by many to be a somewhat 3^rd world country. The wireless technology known as HSDPA - High Speed Downlink Packet Access is in a place called Alexandra and it is somewhat a modern day version of Robin Hood, stealing from the rich to give to the poor. It is in a dreadfully poor district right next door to one of the wealthiest. Some bright young entrepreneur has tapped into this high speed connection and it is then beamed around the district by using things like “Tin Cantenna’s”, yep they are normal wireless antenna’s placed inside a Tin Can and used to condense the signal to a much more powerful beam which can be sent over further distances. It truly is an amazing thing to see and also the fact that all these poor children etc have this technology at their finger tips to maybe help give them the boost they need climb from poverty. The programme was made by the BBC “Click” team and you can find all the information on it HERE including the ability to download a podcast of the programme which is well worth a look. One other nerdy things too is that I noticed that they are using a Linux Operating System in the shape of “Ubuntu” which is an excellent FREE OS that is the closest to being able to knock Microsoft from it’s nice comfy extortionate perch.

They have the ability also to solve a few issues with lack of teachers. There is one teacher based in one location who then wirelessly teaches 3 different schools miles and miles apart in “Real Time”. Even including interactive White Boards in the schools etc it’s all pretty inspiring stuff.

I urge you to take a look at what good can come out of the Web/Internet etc instead of what seems to be a constant negative press that everyone is out to scam you and steal your identity and its all going to end in tears.

Okay I’m off to make the first Bacon Sarnie of the weekend and most definitely not the last one either.

See Ya!!