Looking back through some old stash, I found copies my wife had made of “The Last Voices from Heaven”, a documentary produced for the National Geographic Channel by Anthony Copping. I am especially proud of my copy because it was given to me by Pascal Oritaemae whom I had met…
A national conversation, the road to an ICT Policy
Thanks to the Head of the Policy Evaluation Unit at the Prime Minister’s Office, Mr. Ashley Wickham, I was invited to the ICT stakeholder’s meeting to discuss the draft paper prepared by Professor Martin Hadlow of the University of Queensland in collaboration with Dr. Gordon Nanau of the Solomon Islands…
Discover the Susan Boyle in you
I could forgive you if you haven’t the faintest idea on who Susan Boyle is. Oh well, if Susan Boyle had not stepped onto the stage to audition for Simon Cowell’s TV reality show X-Factor, she may very well be sitting at home right now with her cat in Blackburn,…
One News Television vs Solomon Star
I have always said, the Internet is like a mirror and many people like taking a good look at themselves in the mirror. I’ve also said that it is important to have a unique presence on the Internet, so pick a unique name and if you were a Solomon Island…
Ramukanji an unlikely Internet hit
At least by Pacific standards, the hit single by 1Tox, Ramukanji has taken a life of its own on the Internet. I am certain that Bernard Vave & George Kuper Jnr never imagined in their wildest dreams that this song would reach far beyond the Solomon Islands and create its…
What’s the Buzz – Google does it again
Days after I closed my Facebook account, Google goes ahead and does what it would have naturally done anyway – integrate social networking into its already fledging Gmail services. With perhaps membership far exceeding that of Facebook on its free and paid google mail services, it was only a matter…