Introduction I’ve often wondered where our statesmen choose to go once they have retired. Cecil John Rhodes, for example, died in a modest cottage at 246 Main road (Q20617285), on the way to Vishoek. Poor bloke. His Groote Schuur Mansion had burnt down about 10 years before. Today, Rhodes Cottage is a thatched building, but …
Monthly archives: September 2026
A post about lamp posts
🌞 💡 Streetlight Watch Introduction: Streetlights – it seems like there are far more pressing things to be irked about. But poorly maintained public lighting is a very visible instance of failing infrastructure and the opportunity to show that city management responds to reports and addresses them. An app to the rescue? That is magical …
Open Education Week
This post is over a year late. Sorry peeps. It took a visit to Wikipedia 25 to pep me up. It was GREAT! 3 – 7 March 2025 was Open Education Week 2025 and I took part in one of the OEWeek Live conversational webcasts . Clockwise (from at top left), Bryan, Gracie from Visual …