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Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies 122/284 days of load shedding in 2022 (A weekend without load shedding!) South Africa has the dubious distinction of having the worst Gini coefficient in the world. This is based on data from 2014. Since then, things have probably got worse. The last eight years have not beenContinue reading “Ruminations on the Gini coefficient, the Zipf law and schools“

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies  122/279 days of load shedding in 2022 Whether you are conscious of it or not everyone except the extremely poor should make investments throughout their lives. You need to do this for the simple reason that barring an early death you will get old and at some point,Continue reading “Ruminations on Ponzi schemes, pig butchering, dubious investments, and the energy transition”

Polerio defense Boguljubov variation Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies  115/272 days of load shedding in 2022 In an earlier blog, I dealt with the fact that I started playing chess again at the age of 57 with my son Oliver who is now way better than me. It’s an activity dominated by nerdyContinue reading “Ruminations on the Magnus Carlsen-Hans Niemann cheating affair“

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies  108/265 days of load shedding in 2022 As I start writing this week’s blog on Tuesday, we have stage 5 load shedding from 18h00 to 22h30 and the power has been off for 8 hours in the last 24 hours. Over the last couple of months and weeks,Continue reading “Ruminations on the end of deference and respect”

AI-generated image using Midjourney using the prompt Ruminant Pink Friday Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 163 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 168 days Before delving into green hydrogen again just a brief digression into the unrelated topic of AI-generated art which is topical now. Using a portraitContinue reading “Yet More Ruminations on Green Hydrogen“

33 Baker Square in Rosebank Johannesburg at 22h30 on Saturday 3 September Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 156 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 161 days The term ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) is extremely fashionable these days. No respectable large corporate entity won’t devote a significant sectionContinue reading “Ruminations on lighting, laziness, and ESG”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 149 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 154 days Do you know who you are? Who are you? This is also known as the Vorlon question from the science fiction series Babylon 5. There is then the related Shadow question, what do youContinue reading “Ruminations on Who You Are“

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 142 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 147 days This week I return to one of my favourite topics energy because I can, and I must. This week I had the privilege of presenting a two-day course to a diverse group of moreContinue reading “Ruminations on Electricity, Statements of the Obvious and Assumptions“

Celebrating Ruminant Pink Friday in the Kgalagadi Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 135 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 140 days Forgive me dear readers it has been three weeks since my last blog. I have been on a wilderness trip to Botswana to Mabuasehube in the KgalagadiContinue reading “Ruminations Regarding the Return of Botswana Man and a Kettle“

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies in day 114 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 119 days Forgive me dear readers it has been two weeks since my last blog. In good science fiction movies, it is always the imposing and often terrifying mother ship you see approaching earth as theContinue reading “A tribute to the mother ship on the occasion of her 80th birthday”