Madonna gets Mercy

She is a material 'girl' and she lives in a material world. Her name is Madonna and for one reason or the other, some people in Malawi now call her 'Ma Donor' (somebody who dontates). Well, personally I would call her Chilera balanda (a Tumbuka word for somebody who takes care of orphans) - she has an orphanage in Malawi. Anyway, whatever people call her and bearing in mind that a lot has already been said and written about Madonna's adoption of Mercy, my main point here is to focus on this adoption from the perspective of a parent. To begin with,

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Java ... til my casket drops!!!

...reading programming books, mastering the programming concepts, reciting programming stuff etc, will not turn you into a programmer...! If you want to become a programmer, all you have to do is : DO THE CODING!!!! Perhaps this is one of the fundamental principles that many programming students do tend to forget. While reading programming stuff is recommended,

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Installing and using CVS on remote server

Having worked on several programming projects, my code is now becoming a little bit 'unmanageable'. As a result, I have decided to look into the possibility of using Concurrent Versions System (CVS)to kind of keep on top of one of my favourite hobbies - coding!!! By the way, the choice of CVS was pretty random!! All I want to do is install CVS on my remote remote server and be able to 'damp' and manage my code in an organised fashion

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ICT Conferences in Malawi - development opportunity or another 'blind alley'?

It is good news - at least to me - to hear that Malawi is currently hosting a lot of International Conferences on ICTs. However, hosting conferences is one thing and gaining something important out of those conferences is another.

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