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Sodoma and Gomorra
I have noticed during the relatively short time that I lived and worked in PNG that when people discuss corruption and other issues relating to failed progress that the finger of blame almost certainly gets pointed elsewhere. Until the average Papua ...
The luxury of solitude
Whilst Eli is in Port Moresby with the Eastern Highlands Hockey team for the PNG Games, I have the rare luxury of having the whole house to myself – no aunties or uncles, no ankle-biters, no brothers, sisters or cousin sisters, no bubus… ...
trupela and schi.lt join forces!
It must be at least a week since I wrote a techo story. Apologies Mum, tonight I’m going to technobabble a little about Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Shortening Services. In almost laymen’s terms a way of mapping a long web-site address...
Rugby World Cup questions
These questions about South Africa were posted on a South African Tourism Website by foreigners around the world and were answered by the website owner (great sense of humour!). Q: Does it ever get windy in South Africa ? I have never seen it rain on...
When will Papua New Guinea embrace Open Source?
Open Source Software remains a viable option for IT&C deployments in Papua New Guinea. Whilst many developing countries around the world continue to adopt Open Source Software (OSS) on economical grounds – Papua New Guinea continues to roll...
The High Price of Democracy
No one takes their politics as seriously as the Highlander of Papua New Guinea. The current by-election for the Kandep District in the Enga Province is proving once again that clansmen will go to any lengths to ensure that their “man” get...
