Wednesday, April 18, 2018
NaviDrone
The idea is a drone flying in the air space above the vehicle and streaming back video of whats around, whats ahead, moving speeds of other moving objects among others. This can aide the driver in deciding on what to do regarding especially things ahead that wouldnt straight away be seen due to traffic or obstacles ahead of him. For example need required speed foe safer overtaking in when there is oncoming traffic or obstacles.
2 drones for long journeys rechargeable by docking onto the car.
You could eliminate the wind screen if a screen for video viewing can replace it, e.g. in police or military scenarios.
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Nothing's ever really lost
Nothing's ever really lost on the internet. I have been away from my blog for over a year. Actually I had forgotten the password to it too. Well, digging through my face book page yesterday I retrieved the blog address, - out from 2009 can you imagine? Funny thing happened, trying to retrieve my pass word I fed in my gmail address - actually I truly believed I had submitted this particular one as a pass word recovery email - but guess what, they sent the link to my yahoo.
And the rest is history.....
Good to be back! HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!
And the rest is history.....
Good to be back! HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!
Sunday, September 6, 2009
Digest This
Sunday September 6, 2009
Its 11:30 am on a Sunday morning, am in the office going through my routine duties when a colleague, my second boss actually, walks in with a news paper and as he flips through the pages a caption picks my interest. It goes thus, “The influx of Bakiga into Kibaale is well coordinated…They want to out vote the Banyoro and take all the political posts”. The article in itself is a very in depth, one can add passionate, analysis about the land and political issues in Bunyoro, particularly in Kibaale District, in Uganda. My mind then wonders to a number of other similar issues making a beat in Uganda. There is the historical cry for federo by the Baganda, while the Banyala want to de recognized as distinct from the Baganda, the steps to curve out more districts from Tororo district, only this time along tribal lines etc etc, the list is endless.
A similar thread in all these stories is the fight for public office. Certain groups find themselves locked out of public office in their “home” districts and they feel they are not in charge. Others, whose numbers make them “minorities” in certain districts, see a break away into a different district as a way to get public jobs. The under lying issue here is unemployment and the government being the biggest employer. Regimes of present and past leaders nurtured this syndrome by giving the majority of public offices to people from their tribes and regions. Or did the British colonialists give birth to this by divide and rule? Independence probably did not come at a time when Africans where ready to be governed by a single authority but similar ethnicities where still grappling away at each others throats. The colonialists should have first built a stable equilibrium among the different tribes, economically and politically, before leaving us to “manage” our selves. A people are not civilized enough if public leaders still feel they need to favour their kinsmen with resources of the state, forgetting that they are custodians of resources pooled nationally, through taxation and money borrowed internationally but whose collateral is tagged to the country and not the regime. Our (Uganda) brand of democracy is such that heads of local governments are elected at district level and even county level way down to village LCI seats (decentralization). People thus see an opportunity to get a bite of the national cake through agitating for more districts (read more public offices). This strategy gets threatened when people from other parts of the country migrate to the district and being citizens, are permitted by the constitution to elect and be elected into public offices in their new places of residence. These migrations would not disturb the peace until people begin to interpret them as a deliberate political maneuver as has been the case in the fore mentioned Bunyoro saga and the Balaalo incidences some months back. Like I said earlier, the root problem is unemployment and government being seen as the key to employment. If the private sector was highly developed, these cases would not have arisen because governments worldwide are famous for paltry pay unlike private businesses that are looking for profits and are willing to make risky but very profitable investments. It’s sad that most of the private businesses that thrive in Uganda have the direct hand of highly placed government officials.
Its 11:30 am on a Sunday morning, am in the office going through my routine duties when a colleague, my second boss actually, walks in with a news paper and as he flips through the pages a caption picks my interest. It goes thus, “The influx of Bakiga into Kibaale is well coordinated…They want to out vote the Banyoro and take all the political posts”. The article in itself is a very in depth, one can add passionate, analysis about the land and political issues in Bunyoro, particularly in Kibaale District, in Uganda. My mind then wonders to a number of other similar issues making a beat in Uganda. There is the historical cry for federo by the Baganda, while the Banyala want to de recognized as distinct from the Baganda, the steps to curve out more districts from Tororo district, only this time along tribal lines etc etc, the list is endless.
A similar thread in all these stories is the fight for public office. Certain groups find themselves locked out of public office in their “home” districts and they feel they are not in charge. Others, whose numbers make them “minorities” in certain districts, see a break away into a different district as a way to get public jobs. The under lying issue here is unemployment and the government being the biggest employer. Regimes of present and past leaders nurtured this syndrome by giving the majority of public offices to people from their tribes and regions. Or did the British colonialists give birth to this by divide and rule? Independence probably did not come at a time when Africans where ready to be governed by a single authority but similar ethnicities where still grappling away at each others throats. The colonialists should have first built a stable equilibrium among the different tribes, economically and politically, before leaving us to “manage” our selves. A people are not civilized enough if public leaders still feel they need to favour their kinsmen with resources of the state, forgetting that they are custodians of resources pooled nationally, through taxation and money borrowed internationally but whose collateral is tagged to the country and not the regime. Our (Uganda) brand of democracy is such that heads of local governments are elected at district level and even county level way down to village LCI seats (decentralization). People thus see an opportunity to get a bite of the national cake through agitating for more districts (read more public offices). This strategy gets threatened when people from other parts of the country migrate to the district and being citizens, are permitted by the constitution to elect and be elected into public offices in their new places of residence. These migrations would not disturb the peace until people begin to interpret them as a deliberate political maneuver as has been the case in the fore mentioned Bunyoro saga and the Balaalo incidences some months back. Like I said earlier, the root problem is unemployment and government being seen as the key to employment. If the private sector was highly developed, these cases would not have arisen because governments worldwide are famous for paltry pay unlike private businesses that are looking for profits and are willing to make risky but very profitable investments. It’s sad that most of the private businesses that thrive in Uganda have the direct hand of highly placed government officials.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Of Ugandan workers
Hello, welcome to my blog. I will constantly comment on varied issues in all fields. My perspective is however African, particularly Ugandan. Your views are very important to this blog so do not hesitate to post your opinions on any issue.
The Hungry Employee.
This is a typical scenario at my work place - a beer distribution business where I am a Business Development Executive. All employees are supposed to report at 7:00am. This particular one holds the key to the store, meaning nothing can begin while the store is locked. I almost always reach the depot before 7:00am, and our colleague almost always reaches at 7:30am. Now these are the excusess; rain, no taxis, I was sick, child was sick, the taxi over stopped on the way etc etc. But how come the arrival time is always 7:30 despite the different reasons advanced. The underlying problem is poor time management, whose cause is lack of discipline! To beat time, (i) start early, (ii) work faster, (iii) do not take more than you can handle, if you can afford it.
Wed, 29th July 2009
Interesting Customers
One of my tasks today included delivering a company cooler to an outlet in Entebbe. I can say it was a great capture of mindshare for my company. Interesting bit was the staff while there who seemed to not appreciate the offer. Truth is they did appreciate it! But to get some thing for themselves they pretended, the desire for freebies is mind bogling in Uganda. So, to get off the hook- seeing we had a long route left ahead of us- I told them I would deliver some items for the service staff. Its a great place really. Gorreti's Pizzeria it's called. What with the cool breeze blowing from the lake Victoria and the sand beach. The owner was happy for the service. THAT will definately translate into more recommendations of our brands to their customers.
That is me with our main brand of beer, Bell Lager, it's Uganda's heritage. Brewed from 1952 one can not deny that it truly reflects our history. I mean it was here when we were still under the British. Uganda got its independence from direct British rule on 8th October 1962. Of course 1952 is nothing in terms of time compared to Guinness's 1759 heritage. And it is another of our beer brands. When in Uganda just ask for a Bell and you will not get the old school bell but a beer.
The average person may not clearly know what he wants but these guys at Gorreti's clearly knew there freebies!
The Hungry Employee.
This is a typical scenario at my work place - a beer distribution business where I am a Business Development Executive. All employees are supposed to report at 7:00am. This particular one holds the key to the store, meaning nothing can begin while the store is locked. I almost always reach the depot before 7:00am, and our colleague almost always reaches at 7:30am. Now these are the excusess; rain, no taxis, I was sick, child was sick, the taxi over stopped on the way etc etc. But how come the arrival time is always 7:30 despite the different reasons advanced. The underlying problem is poor time management, whose cause is lack of discipline! To beat time, (i) start early, (ii) work faster, (iii) do not take more than you can handle, if you can afford it.
Wed, 29th July 2009
Interesting Customers
One of my tasks today included delivering a company cooler to an outlet in Entebbe. I can say it was a great capture of mindshare for my company. Interesting bit was the staff while there who seemed to not appreciate the offer. Truth is they did appreciate it! But to get some thing for themselves they pretended, the desire for freebies is mind bogling in Uganda. So, to get off the hook- seeing we had a long route left ahead of us- I told them I would deliver some items for the service staff. Its a great place really. Gorreti's Pizzeria it's called. What with the cool breeze blowing from the lake Victoria and the sand beach. The owner was happy for the service. THAT will definately translate into more recommendations of our brands to their customers.
That is me with our main brand of beer, Bell Lager, it's Uganda's heritage. Brewed from 1952 one can not deny that it truly reflects our history. I mean it was here when we were still under the British. Uganda got its independence from direct British rule on 8th October 1962. Of course 1952 is nothing in terms of time compared to Guinness's 1759 heritage. And it is another of our beer brands. When in Uganda just ask for a Bell and you will not get the old school bell but a beer.The average person may not clearly know what he wants but these guys at Gorreti's clearly knew there freebies!
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