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Knowledge and fear

On the way home yesterday, happened to see the following words high up on one of the buildings in a Methodist secondary school:

“The fear of the lord is the beginning of knowledge.”

I find this very puzzling indeed! Can someone please explain the meaning of this to me? read more

Happy new year!

Happy 2009!

A feel-good story to start off the new year. Have to admit, as one of the commenters said, at first I was a bit worried for the two guys when the lion came charging down the hill…

Here is the original source, with full commentary (a documentary).

Lessons from Monopoly

The game Monopoly is probably well known to most of the people who is reading this?

My memory of Monopoly was one of a number of board games I played in my childhood, where you bought and sold things. Recently, I suddenly got bitten by the “board game bug” and ended up buying “Monopoly – World Edition”. Although I have not played it very often, I was sufficiently interested that I decided to also buy a version for my iPhone.

After playing the game on the iPhone against the AI engine for the last couple of days, I have come to realise a few things. While chance/luck is an undeniable factor in the game, there are some strategies that can maximise one’s chances in winning, despite having rotten luck some of the time.

Geek humour

What more needs to be said? Some (very creative) people have loads of time ont their hands, but much appreciated…
can I say?

Another gloomy day

Another gloomy day in the western part of the island, but at least no rain for the time being. Very conducive for afternoon naps…

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