Those brave men

I just watched Indigenes, a French/Algerian/Moroccan film about North African soldiers who fought for their former rulers France in World War II and the accompanying disillusionment of fighting for a ‘motherland’ that is not theirs.
But the movie also made me think of days when life was not comfortable and there were no choices. Most of [...]

USA in black and white

The website SHORPY.com is worth a visit. It contains images of days gone by, which would make you reflect  on what might have been.
Info: “Shorpy.com is the 100-year-old photography blog that brings our ancestors back, at least to the desktop. The site is named after Shorpy Higginbotham, a boy who worked in an Alabama coal [...]

Ubuntu rocks, but its a little too complex

Ubuntu rocks! I had requested for free cd’s from Canonical, the owners of Ubuntu, and it took them just 10 days to send me three cd’s from the Netherlands. But the problem with Ubuntu is that its too difficult to use in the office environment.
My personal PC, an Acer 2400, has some hardware issues with [...]