DIGIVU Combined Blogs » 3F – Fascinating http://www.digivu.co.za information with a food processing, agribusiness and renewable energy technology focus, from Africa Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:44:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Wooden Scooter in The DRC http://www.digivu.co.za/2012/02/amazing-what-lengths-people-need-to-go-to-for-transport-and-then-still-to-have-the-drive-to-modif/ http://www.digivu.co.za/2012/02/amazing-what-lengths-people-need-to-go-to-for-transport-and-then-still-to-have-the-drive-to-modif/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:40:29 +0000 daveharcourt http://www.digivu.co.za/2012/02/amazing-what-lengths-people-need-to-go-to-for-transport-and-then-still-to-have-the-drive-to-modif/ Amazing what lengths people need to go to for transport and then still to have the drive to modify it not for utility but just for fun! Timbuktu Chronicles: Chukudu Scooters In the towns and villages of war-ravaged eastern Congo, the lumpy, lava-covered roads belong to the humble chukudu: hand-hewn wooden scooters that men ride [...]]]> Amazing what lengths people need to go to for transport and then still to have the drive to modify it not for utility but just for fun!
Timbuktu Chronicles: Chukudu Scooters
In the towns and villages of war-ravaged eastern Congo, the lumpy, lava-covered roads belong to the humble chukudu: hand-hewn wooden scooters that men ride and push across the hills, hauling towering …
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At the same time, another campaign warned citizens to be law abiding to avoid prosection, which Wikipedia defines as “dissection of [...]]]> Did the baddies had a hand in this, the almost million Rand campaign to encourage informing, won’t catch a crook because the number given to bring the law in is wrong on the posters!

At the same time, another campaign warned citizens to be law abiding to avoid prosection, which Wikipedia defines as “dissection of a cadaver (human or animal) or part of a cadaver by an experienced anatomist in order to demonstrate for students anatomic structure”. No thats not what we do with criminals in South Africa.

A bit more care and commitment to ones job is what is required here and in many other areas where South Africa battles.

Bungle thwarts R740 000 Crime Stop promo – The Star | IOL.co.za
SHAIN GERMANER. It IS a R740 000 bungle that may cost police valuable information and even prevent the arrest of numerous criminals. The error? One missing zero. Fifty-eight billboards have been erect…
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FoodBev.com | News | American confectionery brands outsell British brand in Asda American confectionery brands Hershey’s and Reese’s have outsold established British brands in their first week [...]]]> I’m sure this is more a brand than a chocolate quality issue, as they are both pretty bad, but the UK bar edges the US in my opinion!

FoodBev.com | News | American confectionery brands outsell British brand in Asda
American confectionery brands Hershey’s and Reese’s have outsold established British brands in their first week on sale at ASDA in the UK.
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Maison Cailler, a Nestle chocolate maker, sends you a free set of 5 chocolates which you rate and compare in a [...]]]> Do you always get the one chocolate in the box that you don’t like – that’s ginger for me! Well now you can avoid it with chocolates that are specifically matched to your taste.

Maison Cailler, a Nestle chocolate maker, sends you a free set of 5 chocolates which you rate and compare in a standard taste testing on their website. They undertake to send you just the chocolates that match your taste within two days.

I have seen a few other of these individualized foods and wonder if it will grow and weather it can become something other than a novelty?

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So here are the first of my photographs of “Dave Harcourt’s 366 project for 2012″ taken on the first ten days of January 2012. Its proving fun but also rather daunting. The difficulty be… This was posted on Google+… [...]]]> Long Distance Lonely – X | Dave Harcourt’s 366 Project for 2012

So here are the first of my photographs of “Dave Harcourt’s 366 project for 2012″ taken on the first ten days of January 2012. Its proving fun but also rather daunting. The difficulty be…
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