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| Friday, January 27, 2006 |
| Help EFF Help You! |
Get a badge for your blog! They tell us.
"Now is the time for all good bloggers to come to the aid of their legal rights!"
"Here at Electronic Frontier Foundation, we're fighting hard for bloggers' rights. We've created the Legal Guide for Bloggers, we're litigating the reporter's privilege for online journalists and we are working hard to defend bloggers' rights to free expression, political speech, and anonymity, just to name a few."
NOW................
I read about the incident where a certain Victor Komanyo took some of Thinkers ideas and blatantly flouted them as his own, and this got me thinking about intellectual property rights and copyright. So i went searching and found the above.
It turns out that blogging is fast becoming a platform for a lot of issues, some reaching national security (China). Ha! But in kenya.... still found nada, though am still searching.
This site claims that: (in no particular order, and am not so sure how this is reflected under kenyan I.T Policy.)
1. You Have the Right to Keep Sources Confidential:
(Shiroh, nice one on the journalists thing)
2. You Have the Right to Blog Anonymously.
(How would u know me if i front a fake identity? Who's reading this?)
3. You Have the Right to Make Fair Use of Intellectual Property
(Thinker, i feel u on the Victor Komanyo thing)
4. You have the Right to Allow Readers' Comments Without Fear
(and delete those punka@#ses who spam or send hate mail)
5. Bloggers have the right to political speech
(Lakini not in China, i read: there your A@# will be clapped faster than u can say "free")
I will continue with this topic as soon as i get more info, particularly on how some rights intersect with the kenyan laws. |
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| Wednesday, January 11, 2006 |
| in a sinking boat ... and the waters are turbulent |
in the throes of a panic attack
whats gonna become of me ..
am now preparing to take the flak
im losing all my sanity .
it's a normal thing ...or so im told ..
by those who've been through it as well ..
but they can afford to be so bold ..
they've gotten OUT of this hell.
its actually my own fault - i know ..
i should've worked right from the start ..
but i didnt .. in my marks it'll show
and SOMEONE'S jibes will really smart .
have u figured out what im talking about ?
yep .. my exams are round the bend .
and though health workers'll scream & shout
anthrax now would be a GOD SEND .
ah well .. id better go study ..
though fat lot of good its gonna do ..
im such a far cry from ready ...
and nowadays .. miracles are precious few .
got this off some site.....
Hopefully i'll pass since am paying an arm and a leg for this. Wish me luck! |
| posted by Sammie @ 4:38 PM |
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| Thursday, January 05, 2006 |
| Things to do in Nakumatt |
Do you wake up feeling just plain crazy? Here are some ideas on how to let off steam at your local supermarket:
1. Take shopping carts for the express purpose of filling them and stranding them at strategic locations.
2. Ride a display bicycle through the store; claim you're taking it for a "test drive."
3.Set all the alarm clocks to go off at ten minute intervals throughout the day.
4. Start playing Football; see how many people you can get to join in.
5. Run up to an employee (preferably a male) while squeezing your legs together and practically yell at him " I need some tampons!!"
6. Try on bras in the sewing/fabric department.
7. Try on bras over top of your clothes.
8. Make a trail of orange juice on the ground, leading to the restrooms
9. While walking around the store, sing in your loudest voice possible "Wee Kamu"
10. When there are people behind you, walk REALLY SLOW, especially thin narrow aisles.
11. Tune all the radios to a kiuk station; then turn them all on and turn the volumes to "10".
12. Start dancing out of tune, throwing yourself at every person.
13. Walk up to complete strangers and say, "Hi! I haven't seen you in so long!..." etc. See if they play along to avoid embarrassment.
14. While walking through the clothing department, ask yourself loud enough for all to hear, "Who BUYS this shit, anyway?"
15. Get boxes of Condoms and randomly put them in peoples carts when they don't realize it!
16. Try putting different pairs of women's panties on your head and walk around the store casually.
17. Leave small sacrifices or gifts in the hands of the mannequins.
18. Play soccer with a group of friends, using the entire supermarket as your playing field.
19. As the cashier runs your purchases over the scanner, look mesmerized and say, "Wow. Magic!"
20. Hold indoor shopping cart races.
21. Move "Caution: Wet Floor" signs to carpeted areas.
22. In the makeup department, spray yourself with every perfume there is, then walk up to a boy who is with another girl and start flirting with him in that annoying, ditsy way. "hi!!!! (giggle) What's your sign?(giggle)." When the boy shows no interest, start hitting on the girl the exact same way. "hi!!!! (giggle) What's your sign?(giggle)."
23. Contaminate the entire auto department by sampling all the spray air fresheners.
24. Nonchalantly "test" the brushes and combs in Cosmetics.
25. Drape a blanket around your shoulders and run around saying, "...I'm Batman. Come, Robin--to the Batcave!"
26. TP as much of the store as possible.
27. Randomly throw things over into neighboring aisles.
28. Play with the calculators so that they all spell "hello" upside down.
29. When someone asks if you need help, begin to cry and ask,"Why won't you people just leave me alone?"
30. When two or three people are walking ahead of you, run between them, yelling, "NYUKI!"
31. Look right into the security camera, and use it as a mirror while you pick your nose.
32. Take up an entire aisle in Toys by setting up a full scale battlefield with G.I. Joes vs. the X-Men.
33. Take bets on the battle described above.
34. Test the fishing rods and see what you can "catch" from the other aisles.
35. While knives in the Kitchen department, suddenly ask the clerk if he knows where the anti-depressants are. Act as spastic as possible.
36. While no one's watching quickly switch the men's and women's signs on the doors of the rest room.
37. Dart around suspiciously while humming the theme from Mission: Impossible."
38. Attempt to fit into very large gym bags.
39. Attempt to fit others into very large gym bags.
40. Fill your cart with boxes of condoms, and watch everyone's jaws drop when you attempt to buy them.
41. Make up nonsense products and ask newly hired employees if there are any in stock, i.e., "Do you have any Shnerples here?"
42. Challenge other customers to duels with tubes of gift wrap.
43. Leave Cheerios in Lawn and Garden, pillows in the pet food aisle, etc.
44. "Re-alphabetize" the CD's in Electronics.
45. In the auto department, practice your "Madonna" look with various funnels.
46. Hide in the clothing racks and when people browse through, say things like "the fat man walks alone," and scare them into believing that the clothes are talking to them
47. While walking around alone, pretend someone is with you and get into a very serious conversation. Exp: The person is breaking up with you and you begin crying "How could you do this to me? I thought you loved me! I knew there was another girl, but I thought I had won. You kissed ME darling." Then act as though you are being beaten and fall onto the ground screaming and having convulsions.
48. When an announcement comes over the loudspeaker, assume the fetal position and scream, "No, no! It's those voices again!"
49. Go to an empty checkout stand and try to check people out.
50. Drag a lounge chair on display over to the magazines and relax. If the store has a food court, buy a soft drink; explain that you don't get out much, and ask if they can put a little umbrella in it.
51. Get a stuffed animal and go to the front of the store and begin stroking it lovingly, saying "Good girl, good Bessie."
52. Go over to the shoe department and try on every pair of shoes, not putting one pair back. Take the paper from the boxes and throw it in various aisles
53. When someone steps away from their cart to look at something, quickly make off with it without saying a word.
54. Follow people through the aisles, always staying about five feet away. Continue to do this until they leave the department.
55. Relax in the patio furniture until you get kicked out. |
| posted by Sammie @ 3:03 PM |
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| Tuesday, January 03, 2006 |
| Between The Veils and The Wishes |
Is some reflection...
This being a new year, a fresh start is needed, at least by me. I have been running away from too much stuff in the past year. Veils is what my mentor told me, a story for another day. Among my priorities is to look for a new love...
Yup...
You know like the way you buy a new car and you can't stop tinkering with it, you're always at the garage or washing it in your free time....
Oops i digress...
In this new year we all have resolutions: some are carried over from previous years and some are new.This is my list of New-Year Resolutions, in no particular order:
Quit smoking: Ha! Been tryin this the whole of last year, without much success.
Find God: Sometimes (OK, all the time) i feel like i've lost touch with God. I know He's there, but am finding myself constantly on the dark side. Take above.
Read more: Exams have always showed me how stupid i was. This time i will endeavour to outdo them!
Get a better job: See above. The more the papers i have, the better the job i'll get, the better the job, the better the pay.
Look for a new love(Part 1): Like something else to tinker with. Got interested with blogging very late last year. This year i plan to expand my horizons even more. Thanx to akina gichungwa, msanii_xl, shiroh, mental and others who happen to fall under my blog searches! You rock!
Move out of home: This has been my plan for last year. This year am relocating big time!
Discover myself: Last year was in effect the start of my Discovery-of-Self. I discovered that life is not a ride, its the rollercoaster, Love is perfect, but none of us is perfect in it. See next.
Look for Love(Part 2):
Gotta let go of this girl who's always in my mind,
who told me that she doesn't understand what love is,
who rules my day-dreams and my night-visions,
Yet is too busy to call or write me.
Gotta find me someone for me
To whom i will be all the special things.
As gishungwa so correctly put it, love indeed is a weired thing (got me writing poems) Ha!!
And finally: Make a difference in someone's life. Noticed that i had become a pain in some people's lives.
The list will inevitably grow along with the needs of this coming year, but for now, those are tosha.
Hey, Happy New Year to all. |
| posted by Sammie @ 11:51 AM |
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About Me: Definitely not your average Jack. Love God, music, challenges and fun. Not as young as i would wish but not as old as you'd expect. Ha!
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