Quick hits : Desmond Tutu, Kilishi, Nuhu Ribadu against corruption in Nigeria, fall of the email

  • Archibishop Desmond Tutu while retiring from public life, reflects on Good and Evil (Time Magazine) 
"Do you worry about leaving a vacuum? (Laughs). It would be so arrogant to think: "Oh, I am really indispensable. I am the cat's whiskers. You are never going to ever have another like me!" Oh gee! That's awful! Some people get the opportunity of the limelight, but when you think of something like Darfur, the people who really do the rough work and get into the trenches, those are the real stars. You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders." 

  • The decline and Fall of the Email (Cringely)




- Posted while peregrenating away from Sanaga with my iPad

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