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Premature Sentiments Against the South South of Nigeria

2010-07-04T13:37:00.000-07:00

Mr. Pius Adesanmi published an article on 234Next.com dated July 4, 2010 06:44PMT

The article is (here)

that stressed the obvious about some activities of the Goodluck Jonathan Government especially the I plan to spend huge sums of monies on the 50th aniversary of The Federal Republic of Nigeria.

While I agree with the fact the such huge sums would better serve Nigerians spent on health sector or education,

I don't agree with his sentiments about the generalisation he made about the people of the south south.

I do not know if my comment will be approved on the site or if it will last a day there. by I'm using this opportunity to respond to that sentiment.

So Mr. Pius,

How do you expect him to carry out SUSTAINABLE changes and programs you speak of with such little time(1 year) ?

I mean there are actions like the Petroleum Industry Local Content Bill for starters.
To be honest this is something that will be sustainable and we should look out for more of these or encourage him to embark more sustainable programs to enhance our economy and put us on a sound footing for the future.

There's the Tinapa project that has been bogged down years after the Gov. Dukes Govt left. the project has not taken off. the customs has been used as a tool to hold it down.
We need less white elephant projects and more sustainable systems that enhance our position as a reigion and a country as a whole.

There was the mention of a tech city, which is fine. but only if it's not done and ran by the Government, if the government empowers it's people to do that, then it's sustainable. cause if you take a look at everything the Governemnt has their hand on since Independence, they are all gone bad. a glaring example was our communications before GSM(NITEL), and Ajaokuta, or Delta Steel Compnay, we need less Gov intrusion in little thing like Tech Cities. We need them to build roads or contract Private Orgs to build them with some form of partnership.

Plus you were being mischievous with the statement

"na una dey do una selves. When you had your chance, your son blew it on an owambe party. What did you do to stop him?"

It's not fair to be already engineering the wrong sentiments against people of the south south or do you think it would be right to say the Yoruba/West people looted the nation when Obasanjo was in office ?

You should not generalise like you just did up there. it's un-called for, totally irresponsible, and not fair at all.

Solving Windows 7 and Linksys Wireless-G adapter troubles

2009-11-03T14:57:00.000-08:00

It's been a while since I said a thing on this blog but today I happily fixed my windows 7 Internet connection problems.

The Headache:
My Linksys wirless-G adapter which worked perfectly on Xp did not work after Installing Windows 7.

The Scratching:
I did slot in the CD into the CD ROM and did the usual installation but still did not work.
Fiddled with a few other things to no avail.

The Fix:
Finally I tried going to the device Manager and Selecting one of the two "Other Devices" link, choosing the update option and choosing manual install and woala...that fixed it.

So I got my LinkSys Wirless-G adapter to work that way.
Hope that solves your head scratching as well...by the way my Vista is a 32Bit

Cheereos..

Opensource Alternative to Share point

2008-10-21T13:32:00.000-07:00

Hello all,
I'm almost being compelled to implement Microsoft Share point Server.
However I have some reservations cause I'm traditionally a PHP/MYSQL LINUX Developer.
Please If you've used Microsoft SharePoint before;
what exactly are the features you used ?
Is there an open source alternative you've seen heard of or used before ?
Your response will be appreciated.

Please make this popular by digging so more people can see it and help if possible.

Thanks.
Prosper.

A blank Slate

2008-10-15T09:37:00.000-07:00

Millions out of the millions that visit www.google.com each second fail to realise how therapeutic that page is.
I recently rid my desk of all projects. No clients calling to ask questions or make request. No one making suggestions. Just me a blank desk and a free mind. It feels like a breath of fresh air. Don't get me wrong. I had my finances in order to last a while.
But the feeling is just so strong and healing.

The thought of doing exciting, that will have zero compulsory demand on my mental, physical, or spiritual resources. The first thing that came to mind was to visit google.com and once I got there, I felt seduced by the clearness and blankness of the page that I stayed there for a few minutes just savouring the power it gives me.

The power to choose where I want go, what I want to see, hear, or feel without any chiding or influence from any corner.

So much power.

Yet it goes unappreciated several million times a minute.

I feel like a google home page.

So powerful.

meet the perfect nerdKid

2007-11-25T10:09:00.002-08:00

Have you met a super nerd kid ?
What are the characteristics you notice ?

Work Screen: Black with green text
Pants: Jeans
Shirts: T
System: Super High end
Browser: Firefox/Lynx
Work Times: Any
Most Active: At Night
Os: Linux
Hairdo: Rebellious
Music: Rock
Thought System: Random
Shoe Types: Chocs
Diet: Junk(Burger & Coke)
Favourite spots: Online

Send yours via a comment it'll be updated.

The comfort zone was bondage

2007-11-22T17:55:00.000-08:00

I often revise my life in my mind from the present moment way down to my childhood and baby days. As much as i can remember. Usually in the morning hours after a hard nights work.
The memories I discover become fresher every time and often draw a few tear drops. And after every memory session, I pick up more insights to life than I usually did at the moments these events occurred.
I was often very reserved on my fears and feelings, I never spoke much about them except to my grandmother, But boy I was a very scared kid at some point.

I remember once I was so scared I wondered if it would ever end and what the future had in store for me. So much that I wished the adult me would travel back in time to tell me what the years ahead held for me, and advise me on how I should feel.

One very profound lesson I have always learnt all through is that, "The things I held so dear and felt comfortable around to the extent that I get scared of departing from for fear of my life spiraling downwards are often not as precious as they seemed."

I have seen that staying within these comfort zones has held me back from exploring the unknown, and whenever I break away, I moved several steps higher in my life.

I guess comfort zones are good, But by hanging on to them for the fear of loosing, we deprive ourselves the hope winning.

If I could go back in time, I would go and tell little Prosper:
- Fear not the unknown.
- Keep a good heart
- Put more smile on the faces of people.
- Spend more time with your grand mother and wiser old friends.
- Believe in yourself 100 time more.
- People may ride you or try to, but don't let their unkind words and acts affect the way you see and treat the world.
- Be bold, very BOLD but not rude.
- Enjoy life as much as you can.
- Dream more( 1 million times more than you ever did )
- The problems you face today are really too insignificant to take away your smile.
- Life is good!!! even with bad people in it.
- Live the life, Smile, be happy.
- Don't get too comfortable to follow your dreams.
- Friends are good to talk to when you are worried, but don't expect them to solve all your problems.
- Don't expect too many friends either.(but if you ever/never go to ile-ife, try all you can to look for a kid called Timothy Akinbo)
- Dream!!!
- DREAM!!!!
- DREEEEAAAMMMM!!!!!
- Believe in your self.

Gele! a beautiful obstruction of vision

2007-10-02T23:42:00.000-07:00

I tell you, women can be ruthless when they look really pretty. I'm not talking about a pretty woman acting like a bully, I'm talking about how they put it all in your face whether you like it or not.
They are allover the place;
In the elevator, they kill you with mixtures of perfume.
If you are attending a party you better be lucky to be a very short of very tall man. else you 'll never see through. Their gele is always in the way.

I was at a wedding on independence day, and your guess is as good as mine. The bride ( a very good old friend ) was looking as pretty as heaven. but my vision was limited. cause there were several geles on the way. And every time this one moves out of the way to take a sip of her drink, the one a few feets away moves in. I almost wished I had a blowtorch.

But from a distance a combination of these geles in their different colours could be extremely beautiful.
ARRRRRGH!!!!!

About Obasanjo and Yar'Adua's Government

2007-05-05T14:23:00.000-07:00

There has been a lot of skepticism about the Yar'Adua Government in Nigeria. People wonder if it's a poppet Government of the northern power brokers, of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo or if its the hope that Nigeria has been waiting for especially if it's the "poppet Government of the northern power brokers ".
It is natural to be skeptical. But one cannot condemn the administration on Yar'Adua before he's given the chance to serve.

About Gen Olusegun Obasanjo's Government.
Given where we are today from where we were nine years ago, the Obasanjo Administration has made good improvement in laying solid foundations for Nigeria's Economic and Social advancement.

I am a computer engineer/IT consultant and have directly been affected positively by his policies of ( tax-free importation of IT hardware ) and so has my grand-mother from more profits from her cassava farms.

Yes there are areas of serious lapse like Niger Delta, Electric Power failure which has almost made life unbearable and a long list of more especially the heavily flawed electoral process.

But remember that a baby learning to walk will fall but the first few falls don't mean she has failed or shouldn't try again.
Our democracy is young and we do have a history. Lets do our thinking with these in mind.

Do we have to wait for a worse administration to show us that Obasanjo has done well ?

Protest Against Gas Flaring by Shell in Nigeria

2007-02-04T23:40:00.000-08:00

I decided to join this Protest for two reasons:
1. I think shell and the rest of the oil companies in the region flairing gases are not fair especially to the people living there.
2. Global warming is a pressing issue which we all as humans should be concerned and infact alarmed about.

My word to shell is stop all the fancy environmental conservation Adverts on CNN and other Big media houses and tackle the flairing of gas in Nigeria. You are not only destroying the environment. You are oppressing the people there by not fixing the dammages of oil spillage.

PLEASE READ ON
The text (minus pictures) below is from a leaflet which we handed out during a protest outside a Shell petrol station in Aberdeen on 3rd February. We were aware that other groups in the UK were planning protests against Shell on the same day, although we only found out those details through Indymedia afterwards (http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2007/02/361451.html) Please take part in the email action at the end of the post! Many thanks.

SHELL STOP GAS FLARING IN NIGERIA NOW!

Shell have just reported record annual profits of $25 billion - but insist that they can't afford to stop flaring gas and polluting vast tracts of Nigeria. And they refuse to pay the bill for cleaning up the 13 million barrels of oil which they have 'accidentally' spilled in Nigeria since they started their operations there.
They could capture and sell the gas, but instead they burn it on the ground, often right in the middle of farmers' fields.

It’s a disaster for the climate …
Gas flaring in Nigeria emits more greenhouse gases than all the other emissions from sub-Saharan Africa combined, according to the World Bank. Furthermore, regular methane leaks have been reported from pipelines. Methane is 23 times as powerful a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide. People in Africa already suffer disproportionally from the effects of global warming, caused largely by the industrialised countries and the fossil fuel companies, including Shell.

It’s a disaster for local people …
For over 30 years, gas flaring has spewed a cocktail of toxic chemicals over vast areas of Nigeria. Some of the soil is now completely infertile, whilst pollution with benzene, dioxin, hydrogen sulfide and other toxins causes asthma, cancer, particularly leukaemia, respiratory diseases in children, and premature deaths. Oil spills have destroyed the livelihoods of fishing and farming communities.

Illegal …
Shell continues to flare gas despite a Nigerian Court of Appeal judgment that this is unconstitutional and breaches fundamental human rights.

What you can do:

1. Email Shell today and ask them to stop gas flaring in Nigeria and clean up the pollution they caused:
www.foe.co.uk/campaigns/corporates/press_for_change/email_shell/index.html
2. Ask the Director of the Natural History Museum, Michael Dixon, to stop working with Shell and to stop allowing them to sponsor the annual wildlife photography exhibition: send emails to m.dixon@nhm.ac.uk and copy them to feedback@nhm.ac.uk and info@risingtide.org.uk.

Leaflet produced by
Aberdeen Campaign Against Climate Change.
Website: climatechangecampaign.blogspot.comEmail:aberdeen_climatechange@yahoo.co.uk

ilike iphone

2007-01-16T18:03:00.001-08:00

I think this gadget makes a whole lot of sense.
Plane simple.

THIS DEVELOPER WANTS BE A ROCK STAR

2006-11-13T22:28:00.000-08:00

So you are a techie and want to play some strings.

I’m a rock fan.
And if you listen closely to the kind of rock I enjoy, you’ll notice I’m a contemporary Metal Guy.
My Favorite group is STAIND www.staind.com and http://www.myspace.com/staind .

If you watch their videos closely you’ll discover something about rock music generally.

1. Simple
2. Passionate
3. Moves the crowd
4. Moves you the listener.
5. It comes with a lot of emotion
6. The whole band plays their part with un-matched passion
7. Inconsistent Tempo
8. Its Loud very loud
9. Makes you want to rock & Roll.
You may need to see these videos to fully grasp what I’m talking about.

I read a book recently titled: Re-imagine! Written by tompeters that made reference to me being a Rock Star. Well not exactly me, but Innovators and Movers of the System. It was a phrase that went “When I see you, I see Rock Stars of the Information Age”.

I’m a web designer/developer and I love what I do like a rock star loves his guitar. I have written a few applications that have affected a few people and companies positively.
And what this means is that in my world of web development I’m making music. With every application I produce I try to make you rock and Roll.

You probably haven’t heard much about me because I’ve not made a hit track yet.
But don’t worry, very soon. I will release a track or an album that will rock your world.

However given the above, I will like to list here some other rock stars that have rocked the Info Age.

My favorite is Google. Every Developer in Google is a rock start after my heart. They make me wanna Rrrrrrrrock & rollll. Watch out cause when you think they are gonna zag they zig again.

www.google.com
www.microsoft.com
www.Youtube.com
www.flegz.com (now this is actually one of my rock singles inspired by Google)
www.cowblock.net
www.nairahost.com
www.seunosewa.com this guy rock thousands through www.nairaland.com

So guys keep rocking keep making the music.
May be if you play with the passion of a real Rockstar, you just might rock some people.
After all what’s life without the music.

I love Israel

2006-03-08T06:54:00.000-08:00

I love Israel
Just look at the speed with which they responded to distress call of our country Nigeria. They did what they could in the quickest possible time and even if this is political I think I like this kind of politics. I wonder where those anti Israel Nigerians are right now. Where are the so called people instigating against Israeli products. I wonder where their cohorts are at the moment when Nigeria is in distress. The Israel that they were screaming crucify is the one that has responded to our distress call in the shortest possible time…I will repeat it again and again I love Israel. And I’ve always admired their ways.
The same thing happened in the river blindness crisis and now the Bird Flu crisis is here, and they are here again with a twinkle of an eye.
I wonder why this kind of news is not blown up by the world press and so called “hear it first“news companies.

Niger Delta, Nigeria. A Hopeless Youth and A Failing Government ?

2006-02-26T08:07:00.000-08:00

Niger Delta, Nigeria A Hopeless Youth and A Failing Government.

A lot of noise has been in the air over Kidnappings in the "oil rich" Niger Delta in Nigeria. I wonder where everybody is putting their brains these days.
I thought these people should have learnt from the Palestine/Israeli disputes. Killing and Destruction has never really been the way since the world became very sophisticated.
Any one who witnessed the previous elections would agree with me that these same Kidnappers were the guys the Politicians hired to steal ballot boxes and carry out atrocious acts for their sakes. Now that they are on the other side of the coin. It’s difficult to stop them and rumors have it that Some US anti terrorist forces had to be Imported to help in operations. Though there have been few responses to this allegations by Nigerian Gov. Officials, Not a lot wouldn't blame President Olusegun Obasanjo much if he resorts to International Security Aid. Cause the situation down there is really scary.
The Youths failed to realize that they will not get substantial help from being violent and deadly. I don't think any can blame them much too cause they have little or no education to sustain them.

However I think they should have propelled most of their energy to making sure they look out for and elect the right person to their senate and push for some serious lobbying. Get some international help politically instead of militarily or better put "Terroricaly".
They should put the fire instead on their Governors whom if really devoted to their cause would take it upon themselves to build good schools, Roads, Good basic amenities with the huge allocations from the Federal Government.
In my opinion if what they are asking for which is larger control of the resources in that region is granted what we'll have is larger crime profiles, More lootings of public funds and more violence. If the Governors are dedicated to their cause they would make sure the roads that are constructed if ever are not partial in any way. I mean there are cases in where the State Govs. Concentrate large efforts in developing their home communities with higher grade materials and standards while those done for other are done nonchalantly that they don't even last a year before needing serious renovations. And that’s if it is done et al.

• There was also a funny case where the Nigerian President went to lay a faculty of Technology foundation stone several years ago just into his first tenure at the delta state univerisity Ole campus in ole. All they have to show for it today is a stone.

If any one is to be blamed it's the leader(the President) for giving them a stone instead of a school.

These people are tired of neglected promises.
The Government has failed in terms of showing the people that they care.
The Government on its part have seriously been “Immature“about it response to these attacks. And I hope they change their attitude. When the president said the previous kidnappings where the first and the last, I thought he was going to massively resurrect all development project in the region and seeing them to fruition. If they intend to give the youth a different impression. But that wasn't the case. Instead there are military raids, how do you expect people to stop being violent by making their environment a war zone. Where has it happened? Especially when you are not dealing with Individuals.
I will suggest that the Gov. begin to look into the rapid improvement of life in the region where its country is surviving from. Giving the new generation a better dreams and things to achieve is the way to go, else when these set of militants are killed another generation will rise when they find nothing better to do with their lives and of course they will be smarter in they way they’ll carry out their operations, they’ll learn from history.

By continually neglecting their predicament which is too obvious to the world is pushing them to the wall and it’s not the better way to go either. There should be more focus on this part of the country now than ever if the Nigerian President is going to keep his words when he says there will be no more abduction of foreign oil workers.

Naija360(Nigerian hot or not) wow

2006-02-20T23:02:00.000-08:00

Ok,
Guys I didn't expect the response to be that much but thank you thank you, you're all too sweet. I never Imagined Nigerians loved fun this much.
Anyway there have been some really interesting response to the gist flowing around regards naija360.com. Every one is going there. Even guys from Kenya. Though just one at the moment.
Features are really taking up some good chunk of my time to churn out. I think I'm going to get a partner.
But sadly I have to clear my desk at the office else I'll be in trouble. But once I'm done with the projects at hand I'll focus fully on adding more features... Plus I'll also like to announce the we have chosen nairaland.com as our official forum. So I guess we'll be starting a new thread at nairaland for our naija360 jists, plus those dying to make suggestions and help make naija360 a better place can get a chance to do so.

I better get back to work and finish up before time runs out.
Cheers.

Now that it looks better

2006-02-18T21:50:00.000-08:00

Naija360 does make me feel better now though it took little or no effort to modify the look to what it is right now. I must admit I feel great about my work on this one. What's left is a few more features working and we'll splash the news to everybody else. In the meantime, there's been twenty registrations and I'm trying hard to get the tell a friend feature to work for email addresses outside the domain. I can't wait to see people having fun on something I created. My head keep growing bigger when I see people signup. Yesterday for instance saw three new users.
Features are added each day and I take out four hours off my day to fix bugs, write new features, and respond to anything that requires my attention on the site.
Naija360 will rock real soon...

sign up and have fun. :)

The birth of naija360.com

2006-02-17T10:06:00.000-08:00

Been a while since I had time to write anything. I've been too busy writing code to even think straight. How ever I met the 14 day deadline/wager for the cloning of a Hot or Not site for the Bangladesh Indians. But there was a little challenge. My contact was fired the day before the deadline leaving me with 14 days and nights of rush work and substantial working application. I had no Idea what to do with the program at first and was a little disappointed.
After a day of laying lazily on my bed brain storming how I could sell the code. I thought hey! Why not convert this code content to read Nigeria and start a Nigerian hot or Not site, I didn't hesitate on the idea since it ordinarily gave me some fufilment in my hard work.
Another thing tough was that the first program was heavily stereotyped so I needed to pull out some functions and reconfigure the code and names to fit Nigerian. Still working on a new User Interface though. But of course there has been some signups. But the full package will be out soon.
I really hope I'm able get the necessary help to pull this off successfully.
It also gave me the confidence in my abilities to sit, plan an application and work on it alone. Though working alone is not the best in most cases.
Right now new ideas are coming to me and I feel the power to pull them off.

With time I'll blog on the full functionalities and what the obstacles were while the work was going on and how I overcame them.
till then, visit and get an account. It's a fun site.
www.naija360.com

14 days TO clone

2006-01-08T09:13:00.000-08:00

Wow, I can't believe my self.
Just took a wager for cloning some one's years of hard work in 14 days.
>:)))< Even I get amazed sometimes... hehe

Searching Nigeria on Google news

2005-12-24T04:51:00.000-08:00

A few days ago when I and cyber monk where online. we saw some news about the crash landing of the belview aircraft in ghana. I must say it made us feel really bad when we took a step further to search on google news for Nigeria. The results were 100% bad news.
Well, today has been really eventful.
First I stumbled on clusty by vivisimo and I actually gave both vivisimo and clusty a shot. I must add that I’m really impressed with the way their search results were organized some thing a little better than what Google does.
No doubt Google is really dazzling everybody now but Vivisimo is coming up with their clusters.

Secondly I didn’t know I was really allover the web until I launched a search for my name on vivisimo and got a page of results. My little test for search site was to type my surname and see if they’ll find anything. But sure, there were 12 entries in vivisimo (http://vivisimo.com/), but was a little less in Google (7 to be specific). Don’t get me wrong here it’s not just the amount that fascinates me, but the neat little innovation in the arrangement and linking that really makes me want to keep using vivisimo.
Third I found some really good python materials and I read that really did explain the reason I should do python over Perl.

Fourth and mostly what makes me really happy about my online presence today is I found that http://www.nigerianbloggers.com/ was working. I really felt uplifted. At least there is one Nigerian that works and not just talks. Thanks to Kazey. He probably made me proud of Nigeria than I’ve felt in a while. The site makes good and innovative use of some customisable web/software. And I think I love the color variations.
I guess i will do a detailed post on Vivisimo on a later date cause it really rocks.
Come on guys lets get some apps working, let’s make some clean money.

On the web or anywhere of course.
Merry Christmas.

FireFox 1.5 just the right tool

2005-12-04T17:21:00.000-08:00

Firefox is one hell of a browser but I really must confess I didn't really understand the noise every body was making till I took the pains to change the boring default theme. I managed to get the ifox graphite 1.6 for firefox 1.5. Boy I really began to see the beauty of what firefox renders.

*The speed is cool considering I’m using a skin.

*The display nearly knocked me out especially when i visited www.apple.com and when I was checking my gmail account.

*The interface while using the ifox graphite it very simple, straight forward and as sleek as a Mac interface. I really for the first time enjoyed the beauty of a browser with the tab browsing effect combined and without the boring grey on every windows app.
Browsing looked really beautiful especially when the sites had their avatars on.

I was really impressed at the level of deception the default interface could cause.
Anyway, right now it's Mozilla baby, firefox all the way.

BAYELSA STATE GOV Arrested

2005-09-18T04:04:00.000-07:00

Wow,
I don't understand anymore how a governor who is suposed to be watching our back will be in London with millions of pounds. For christ's sake there are places in the Delta that need some individual effort to alleviate peoples suffering. Yet he has a house if not two where money is continually stashed. And we aren't talking some thousands of Naira or even millions of Naira given the world exchange rates. This guy is dealing in millions of pounds. Wow. I see why the people are suffering so much.

I mean isn't this annoying enough then some elements in the youth who possibly have been planted there say this is political?
I don't understand who has who's backs or who is against himself in this case. I'm confused. Are these the youths speaking or just some political dominos?

But how do any one expect me to stay and suffer in this?
When everything seem so tied up by one group of people.
Men.
I don't know if to be happy or to be sad but I know that one by one all that is done in secrete will be exposed in the Open.

God bless Nigeria and God bless it's youths.

Re:Job requirement: Food must taste great.

2005-09-16T11:32:00.000-07:00

9/16/2005 08:58:00 AM
Posted by John Dickman, Food Service Manager google Inc.

Hey guys give me a shot. I can make some reall tempting Nigerian Dishes.

Call me now before ebay buys me off or Microsoft hires me.

:)

Macromedia's forums are going to get busy

2005-09-15T11:28:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,
Macromedia just buzzed every one that the long awaited studio8 is out and boy is it just timely. I'm actually working on a poject for a secondary school in kwara state that incorporates video and the works. I think it's just the perfect way to test something you are definitely going to buy :), anyway it promises to be a wonderful tool but you never know the cons until you run it through some realtime testing and I just cant wait to do that.

I really wish they could do some more to the Dreamweaver/php relation though. I'll sure love some code indenting and some code completion in there. Just a though anyway.
I'm of to the dloadz section.
See you at the forums.

@>:() )=<

Vomit After Vodkas

2005-09-15T00:55:00.000-07:00

Interesting One

Ebay weds skype

2005-09-13T11:57:00.000-07:00

Boy! After going through a few notable internet new joints i feel the urge to say something really brief.
"Ebay just made a very smart move".
Wether skype is currently making profits or not is really not the issue here.
Taking myself as a specimen, I will like to transact busuness with any body anywhere on the globe. and given the chance i will like hitchfree communication which includes text voice and video and I don't mind if I could get a hollographic representation of the customer. Boy this thing will blow the ebay community up.
Mind you ebay's got most of thier customers in U.S.A and skype has just about one eight of thier users. Which means skypes automatically got thier ebay's users in the U.S while ebay has got skype's.

Just Imagine the triend of things from pure text to Images then to voice, trust me any company that does something on video would have hit the next gold rush. The point is putting power in the hands of individuals, and ebay through is various acquisitions have been able to do just that.

I love smart people and I love E-bay for this move.

FreeDoom of Speech in Singapore

2005-09-13T07:14:00.000-07:00

Well Well Well,
It's no news anymore that Singapore is no go area for those freedom thirsty yuppies like myself. I mean just check it out two singaporians were just flogged on the bum(SGD10,000) each to bail them for what the authorities say are "Racist remarks". I used to dread those Asian countries. I knew there was something fishy about them.
I was planning a traineeship to Malaysia(Qualalumpur) to be specific, and just as I got asking around what the laws are and what really entails in these places. I got some horrible tip that these guys are the only Nation in the world that behead Nigerians without prior information to the embassy. I threw it aside amidst other sweet info I got about the country. Especially it's beautiful night clubs and hangouts. And just as I was thinking of taking a short trip to Singapore when I get there. Here come this news of "Whatch what you say here" cases.

I do think there is a lot more bondage in these places than the rest of the world actually knows.
Forget all those "beautiful adverts of beachside resorts and plush lawns in Asia" I think these tropics are not really the heaven CNN and others say they are period.

As for my traveling there, It's on hold till I clear my academic issues here and actually have the time to risk my neck.

The Super "A" student

2005-09-12T22:10:00.000-07:00

"Son, don't worry cause the truth in life is, the A student ends up working for the D student" Those were the words of a loving mother to her son who doesn't seem to be happy cause he was not the best in class.

Sure life's examples has thought us that the A student usually ends up working for the D students or the ones that are not so bright among them. It seemed a nobrainer to figure since the D student will not find it easy to get hired by an employer who's obviously looking out for the best talents in the market, he ends up creating his Job by himself and as time goes on begin to hunt for the A students to execute certain task in his company.
This has been for a while now and as the Information age rolled in, this phenomenon got more occurrence than ever.

But I was pondering on a this and figured there is a third kind of student that mummy did not mention. The super A student.
The super A student ends up being an A in class and an A in the field. He does better then his counterparts in almost everything he attempts.
Are you a super A student?
What really makes a super A?

Now the first question answers itself after the second has been addressed. The super A "simply put" like my math teacher would always say, is a D student who got mad. Let me explain. The super A student is one who has experienced utter failure over and over again but has refused to stop, and/or has resolved to be the best in whatever defying all odds.

So I guess you know the answer to the first question already. Now don't get me wrong here there are exceptions to every rule and I dare state an exception before hand that goes; There are super A students that possibly never failed once.

But I must state that I've never know any in my entire existence. Please if you have give me a Buzz.

Supers are fearless, determined, Undetering, energetic, Passionate and the list goes on and on. Truth is until you taste failure and success, you can never be better than those who have.

:)

My Katrina dissappointments

2005-09-11T17:52:00.000-07:00

I don't know what went wrong but the US used to be know for going to every length to save it's people.
But this katrina thing really puts a big question mark on that notion. I myself am a fan of the States but this is just not acceptable. However I have lots of questions for the black populated areas of the world as a whole. Must they always wait for the white group to come to the rescue? I agree the relief efforts were not timely but what happens if they were on an Island like Cuba? Don't they see how other's have survived even with less than they've got? To top it all they start looting each others property. Then there were incidents at the superdome that raise really big Questions. I mean there were deadbodies that were clearly mutilated to the extent that some could not be displayed on CNN for the sake of their gruesome nature. I sincerely think that fire was just an excuse to perpetuate some heinous crimes for God know what purpose.
I really don't see Asians doing this to themselves I mean the Indian ocean Tsunami is still very fresh in our memories and we all saw how the relief process were co-ordinated.
Every body faces one form of disaster of the other but from my little knowledge those that happen in black regions take really sad turns.

In a whole state where 80% of the population are uneducated. I don't seem to believe this is the "all mighty" United States. Why have this region been neglected for so long? Tell me this is in some small African town and I'll wave it off as the Usual but it's happening in the states. Or maybe they should redefine what they meant by "80% are uneducated". This is nothing but disappointing as far as US is concerned.

I don't know what you reading this may be thinking but I think blacks especially need to change their mentality about life. It must not always be the survival of the fittest. People can survive by helping each other and for no selfish gains, Supporting each other in the toughest times, building bridges for generations to come, Help each other survive and always look beyond the present or perish as that is the end point of short-sighted thinking and living.

Mac Mac Mac, Apple Apple Apple, SteveJobs, Steve Jobs, Steve...huh!

2005-09-11T15:31:00.000-07:00

I don't know if i'm the only one around here who's noticing this but I must confess that the rate at which Apple is going with thier innovation, theirs are fast becoming products of choice. Take a good look at the triend since "My Guru of the Year, Mentor, Source of Inspiration, Father in Design and Creativity", Steve Jobs took over the leadership of that company, you'll notice a triend of systematic revolution sweeping the industry. I mean Just look at the Ipod triend and then take a good look at the latest innovation(The Nano). I'm for windows, cause I know those guys will never Innovate. They'll just sit there and play politics and copycat. Well I guess Ronald Regan is right when he said "Good will always Prevail over evil". Innovative will always survive. I love apple I must confess and even a staunch advocate of the mac. But do you know the painfull truth? I don't have one neither have I used one. I just read about them and get opinion from people who use them. And they all often tell me howmuch bondage I am in using windows.

Hey before you start screaming, laughing, or moving you lips in patterns let me let you know that I hadn't due to financial constraint. But that will not be the case in few weeks cause i'm seriously working at it.

Apple has really tried in the design of thier products I only wish they'll flood the Nigerian market more.

What do you think?

GRADUATED? What are the things you'd done as an Undergrad...

2005-09-08T21:42:00.000-07:00

Are you graduated? What are some of the things you wished you'd done as an under graduate?

I will be posting some of the responces from my senior friends on this link so stay tuned. ;)

Response#1
From Oluponle Holloway(CEO QUEST INNOVATIVE NIGERIA)

Very good question Prosper, and it is one that i have rolled over many
times in my mind over the years.

For one, i would definitely have taken my academics more seriously and
thus finished with either a 1st class or 2nd class upper. Whilst your
attainment in life isnt dependent on the quality of your education,
truth is having a good education cum class of degree can make the
journey shorter.

The second thing i would have done is to join an organisation such as
Jaycees or AEISEC that would have broadened my horizon and enabled me
have a more global perspective.

The third thing i would have done would have been to plan much earlier
than i am currently doing for my masters.

To sum it up Pros, our lives presently are a reflection of the choices
and decisions we made yesterday. And the choices we are currently
making on a daily basis will affect the quality and outcome of our
futures. My advice to you is to get a vision of tomorrow and work
vigorously toward it today. The height to greatness is marked by
sacrifice Prosper. Make up your mind to pay the price for success
today and you will not regret it.

I hope i have been able to answer your question.

Best Regards

Ponle.

AIESEC NTS Illorin

2005-08-15T18:17:00.000-07:00

Took me such a long time to blog this one, but I was sure not going to blog another before it.
It came as an emergency to me when I reminded by Guze that I had to attend the AIESEC NTS (National Training Seminar) coming up the next day at Illorin. I had little cash on me and it was just enough to pay for a delegate fee, transportation and a few for any emergencies. After a short quick think I jumped on board with the team from my LC (local committee) and Illorin here we come. The trip to Illorin on its own was fun packed though my third visit to Illorin. I had been to that town twice while working on a state project with i friend of mine. It lasted a little over 2.5 hours and since we hired a bus, we were the only ones in the vehicle and had lots of freedom.
With us were two very special trainees Nick from Australia and David Ireland.

We got to the camp(Bekandims resort) a little late that day and obviously had missed the sessions for that day so we had dinner and for the first few hours we just settled into our room(a 2 bedroom flat) which to my surprise was very roomy and comfortable compared to what we had anticipated. We moved around a little to familiarize ourselves with the go able areas. And went to the ladies rooms to chat make them laugh a little.

I was contemplating a long night sleep when I heard some one say every one should report to the dance floor. Wow!! I jumped up and as me and the rest of the crew got closer to the place we heard the boom of the records it was Sean Paul... and you know what that means.......to be continued.

Blogged in ages

2005-07-26T19:41:00.002-07:00

I feel like travelling. I want to go some where far really far. I'm thinking i mean I'm seriously considering Asia cause there's an upportunity on the way once exams are over. I get to go for a traineeship hopefully i'll meet some really interesting folks.

Then theres canada. A client offered to take me along with his crew for an all expence paid trip to canada and i could go and come back whenever i want for one whole year. Wow! I'd love to be in two places at once. I watched on fox news once that they don't lock thier door out there. Cause they aint scared of anything coming to hurt them. I wish the whole world could be like that. I wan't to see it for myself.

I hope school's resumption doesn't deprive me any of these exciting trips...

Jack and spark, Fluke and Billy

2005-05-07T03:57:00.000-07:00

This is a write up i did in nairaland the nigerian forum and i thought it might make some good reading here too so enjoy.

I had four Dogs at home before I left for school. Jack(Mongrel) , Spark(Some funny hairy hybrid really short fat and fluffy dog very fluffy), Billy(mongrel) and Fluke(Rot and dubberman cross).

Jack was the first and was my favorite Dog. he could understand every sign I made and even my emotions he knew when I was angry, Sad and Happy. We played all the time. and Men Jack Loved to play. Jack's like the closest friend I've had after Tim.

Spark Loves alot of petting belongs to my younger sister. He also love to join me and jack in playing. but he often get angry quickly. and when that happens he just walks away.

Billy is always shy and almost never plays with humans. except when you bring it food he has no tail like Fluke so his tail always looks funny when he wags.

Fluke is a very shy but playfull Dog and he's got more Rot genes in him that a dubber man he's got the dauber man physique(lean waist, big chest, strait ears, no tail,) and he's got the rot behaviors. Silent until after the strike. He bite some of my Dad's friend when we forget to lock his cage.

I took a picture with Jack once I mean my mum took our picture though I can't locate that pic anymore. It was really nice... He was licking my eyes and refused to look at the camera.

Mongrels are lovely breeds. they are very very lovely and can learn a lot. They understand you when you are so close to them and in my case Jack could understand emotions. I never really saw these then until years after. Looking back I can see th beauty of loving an animal.
Especially a Dog.

I don't know where they breed dogs in town.
But I will get one when I settle I sure will.

IE Hijack

2005-05-06T13:19:00.000-07:00

I got a HomePage Hijack today and after almost seven hours of worrying and trying to fix i desided to move on to firefox as others have done. I seemed to be the only one who had faith in IE in this large office of about 22 computers. Any way foxy has always been an althernate in developers' machines and today I finally caved in and click the default browser prompt. Boy the whole day is gone and I practically spent it fighting some home page hijacker.

I don't know if any one out there agrees with me but firefox is a memory demon and that had been the single reason i choose to stick with IE. But as things are IE has to be laid to rest. Any one there who can help fix my IE should please help I have installed spybot S&D, Registry cleaner and a few others i laid my hands on. Thanks to google :).

Thanx in anticipation of your help.

Confusion In Flash

2005-05-05T12:21:00.000-07:00

Of my four years of flashing and five years of webdesigning, I have tried countless times to figure out a way to structure my code and design style. I have almost succeeded in all but in flash. Most of my works are better expressed in .swf than on the .php or pure . good ol html formats. Yet this same favourite software has been the most tedious to use and of course any good flashkid knows that a good flash work i mean one that leaves you agap takes a hell of time to create. Most times if you are not carefull you may forget the parttern of the project and in some cases like me; where some chunk of code is hidden.

Flash is a very kool software and belive me though, there have been some other addons that have succeeded in distracting some newbies stuff like swish and it's familly, this easyflash screen saver software's and the likes. But none have been able to muster the capabilities of flash i mean non. and the complexity of the design interface of subsequent flash familly members will "make a baby cry for mummy".

I started aproject for a client in Miami about three weeks ago. trust the Nigerian Developer/Hustler, I tried to pick up one or two quick jobs inbetween and guess what. . . . yea your's is as good as mine. started looking for where I kept code like a niddle that fell into the river. In a nutshell i had to start the project from scratch and work at break neck speed without breakinf my neck. Afterall who want's to loose a client.

I wonder if there could be some simplification made to the hope fully newer versions of flash By Adobe.
I'm also looking for those who have successfully structured thier flash projects. I hope to learn a thing or two.
it's the "FlashKing".