Archive for mid-afternoon



Africa, Global Voices, and “Cool Anglocentrism”


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago in the late evening by oso

I was originally going to post this translation of David de Ugarte’s criticism on Global Voices itself, but the site has had plenty of meta-conversation over the past week so I’ll publish it here instead. I’ve also translated one of the comments on the post, as well as what I had hoped would be my [...]

Three Years Later


h1 Posted 1 year, 4 months ago terribly early in the morning by oso

Three years ago I decided to start a weblog. I opened an account on Pitas.com, wrote a couple entries, and then decided I wanted more control so I downloaded B2, the software that would later be called WordPress. A week after getting the blog installed, I drove down to Mexico.
Two years ago I was flying [...]

We Might Well Say Small is Beautiful


h1 Posted 1 year, 5 months ago terribly early in the morning by oso

A lot of people wonder why I have so many Indian friends. Me too. Surely, it has something to do with where I grew up, but that alone doesn’t explain the overwhelming preponderance of sub-continent in my life.
Whatever the explanation may be - psychological or otherwise - you can bet that the following editorial from [...]