namibnat namibnat's profile Vernon / 37, Male / Member since March 2008 / Last seen 1 day ago

My blogs:

Frantic Naturalist - Nature and birding from Namibia. Mad running around enjoying nature, alone, with friends, family or with guests.

African Bush Stories - Stories from the wilds of Africa.

Please send me your African wildlife stories and if I like them, I will post them in the blog, with a link to your site. frantic-naturalist(at)gmail.com.

Oh, and thanks for visiting my spot on Blogcatalog. Have a great day and help look after the world we live in.

Short Bio: Short Bio: Born, urban jungle (Johannesburg) grew up mostly in Kenya, finished high school there and then studied in South Africa. I did some stuff (wasted parents money) for a couple years, then got into Nature Conservation at Saasveld in George, South Africa. Loved it. Studied three years. Then moved to Namibia. First guided on the road, camping and stuff like that. Fun, fun, fun. But, somehow, I also learned a lot. Then it slowly got more serious. I started to fiddle with management (of the tours,) did day trips in Swakopmund, worked with photo shoot set-ups in the bush, stuff like that. Then, in December 2000 I moved to Sossusvlei Desert Lodge as head guide (head ranger) and lodge resident naturalist. I knew nothing. But I learned and learned. Got married, produced noisy short people who have invaded and taken over my life (children - love them to bits.) Mostly stayed in the desert for about 7 years. Was on TV in South Africa in Feb 2006...my 15.75757 minutes of fame. Moved to Swakopmund where I stayed for a year. Started my own company, though I haven't put to much effort into that. I do tours as a freelance guide. I watch birds, catch lizards and small snakes to look at them. I take pictures. Perhaps not that great, but did learn a lot about photography. After starting to work on my website, I got hooked. I learned HTML, CSS, a little Python, Javascript and PHP. I moved to Windhoek. Really enjoy it, and currently working on improving my Javascript, Ajax and PHP. I started doing websites on the side and my biggest project to date has been www.birdwatching.com.na I blog with a passion. I am currently building a website called See-Namibia.com which will be a website packed with information about Namibia. I am building it on a django framework, which I am developing a real passon for working with. I plan on earning my living primarly from that website by the middle of this year.

I love nature, especially birding. I am a lister (birding wise) but love birding for it's own sake when I am not in an area likely to turn up rarities.

I love the Internet and the learning resource it provides. I love twitter. I follow lots of people.

I love Python and also enjoy working with JavaScript, HTML, CSS, PHP when I have to. I am new to Django, but loving it so far. I also plan to learn C programming language this year, mainly for fun.

I work on Ubuntu Linux and have both 9.40 and 9.10 at the moment. I am not a power user, but working on it. I also have Windows, mainly for testing websites and Microsoft Flight Simulator (and for my wife's games).

I love keeping fit. I am passionate about gardening. I am a passionate parent.

I want to learn to fly...just need the bucks. I enjoy Flight Simulator programs, Microsoft and Flight Gear.

Pls not interested click exchange and link only to relevant blogs that I really like.

My Blogs

Frantic Naturalist

Frantic Naturalist

http://frantic-naturalist.blogspot.com/

Sharing all things nature in Namibia, with a special focus on birding.

Latest Post: Cool Headed Oryx - thoughts on new science.

Random African Bush Stories

Random African Bush Stories

http://africanbushstories.blogspot.com/

Random stories about the African Bush, mine and collected ones

Latest Post: Lioness Teaches her Cubs to Hunt

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