Monthly Archives: December 2012

hashtagPiggies@water

With temperatures above 40 (that’s centigrade!) in the shade, our waterhole is a busy place these days.  Here’s a trail cam photo of piggies (warthog) – mom with 5 youngsters – not yet weaned – probably no more than a

Posted in #namibia, camera trap, narrec

Issues with vulture re-sighting in Namibia

[update – 5 August 2013 – see http://www.tatejoris.org/2013/07/introducing-vulture-re-sightings-in.html and https://vulturesresightings.crowdmap.com/ISSUE ONE – poor quality material and dyes used for patagial tags?Thank you Dirk Heinrich for your update on vulture with tag J078, fading fast.  My immediate reaction to your tagging record is

Posted in #namibia, camera trap, citizen science, EIS, narrec, re-sighting, SAFRING, tagging, vulture

Why shouldn’t we look Joel’s gift horse in the mouth?

Attend any educational technology conference today and you will find loads of sessions dedicated to cool new technologies and online educational content intended to engage learners and teachers, to help us improve the quality of teaching and learning, but you’ll

Posted in #namibia, africa, bandwidth, benchmark, civil society, creative commons, Crowdmapping, EduNet Namibia, FOSSFA, greed, ICT4D, Ict4e, innovation, Joel Kapanda, library, mobile learning, schoolnet, social media

For Dirk and other vulture "taggers" in Namibia

Photographed at NARREC earlier this year… [update – 5 August 2013 – see http://www.tatejoris.org/2013/07/introducing-vulture-re-sightings-in.html and https://vulturesresightings.crowdmap.com/

Posted in #namibia, camera trap, citizen science, narrec, re-sighting, SAFRING, tagging, vulture

welcome December food!

before the fruit flies take charge …

Posted in #namibia, herbs, narrec, organic, sustainable living, vegetables