Everyone’s abuzz about Die Antwoord. I guess VICE was there first, now boingboing, again and again. I’m probably that last one to hear about them (they have nearly 20,000 Facebook fans). Who are they? They appear to be these ‘other side of the tracks’ hipster/rappers/ravers from South Africa + Continue Reading
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Intercrap – Strange But True!
Intercrap
I think I’ve seen it all. There’s actually an organization called INTERCRAP. I had to reduce the logo but check to the far right.
It’s a Nigerian organization and I’m really unsure why they have an American flag on their site. The homepage also has a picture of Barry Obama.
Research also shows that inter-crap is defined in urbandictionary.com as:
Inter-crap
A basic combonation of the words internet and crap. Means spam, junk mail, bad websites, eBay-like-websites, things that are just plain wrong on the internet, websites that say they have things but they really don’t, etc…
most websites that have anything to do with a children show is usually a porn sight or a load of inter-crap
Lost Photos
I totally forgot I had these pictures. Great stuff of some kids in a remote village, a school in the same remote village, verdant hills and valleys, some kids in a small town, a few city (Lagos) shots), and me mugging for the camera with a really big beard (which I’ve since kept off). These were all taken around the same time (the end of 2007, beginning of 2008) on a business and vacation trip that took me around Nigeria.
Leukemia Caregiving During the Holidays
My sister Elizabeth was interviewed about Leukemia caregiving during the holidays by Everyday Health.
You can read the interview/article here.
The World’s Worst Places to Work

Lagos
According to BusinessWeek, Lagos gets the crown.