Comments on: Quick Hits http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2007/07/23/quick-hits-22/ Opinions, commentary, na kadhalika Sun, 23 Nov 2008 17:29:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: riyaz http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2007/07/23/quick-hits-22/#comment-65637 riyaz Wed, 25 Jul 2007 10:57:05 +0000 http://www.kenyanpundit.com/?p=315#comment-65637 check out this article on the power outage that hit San Francisco and Om's comments: http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/webs-weakest-link-the-power-grid "The seemingly invincible web services (not to mention the notional wealth they signify) vanish with a blink of the eye. It was also a reminder, that all the hoopla around web services is just noise - for in the end the hardware, the plumbing, the pipes and more importantly, the power grid is the real show." check out this article on the power outage that hit San Francisco and Om’s comments:

http://gigaom.com/2007/07/25/webs-weakest-link-the-power-grid

“The seemingly invincible web services (not to mention the notional wealth they signify) vanish with a blink of the eye. It was also a reminder, that all the hoopla around web services is just noise - for in the end the hardware, the plumbing, the pipes and more importantly, the power grid is the real show.”

]]> By: Afromusing http://www.kenyanpundit.com/2007/07/23/quick-hits-22/#comment-65586 Afromusing Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:46:01 +0000 http://www.kenyanpundit.com/?p=315#comment-65586 Great point on Elec to African homes - Grids and power generation - not as 'sexy' as the internet. (http://www.parkparadigm.com/?p=252) like Sean points out in that post, how do we make infrastructure sexy? I am reminded of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo iweala saying that what Africa needs is Infrastructure X3. I am not aware of any specific concerted effort to 'light up the continent' apart from the current growth of the grid - including micro grids in Kenya, will look into it more. If my offline life would quit interrupting, this is a convo i would love to continue to have...I had a post awhile ago about this very thing, i should have titled it 'Electricity powers the sexy'. :) Great point on Elec to African homes - Grids and power generation - not as ’sexy’ as the internet. (http://www.parkparadigm.com/?p=252) like Sean points out in that post, how do we make infrastructure sexy? I am reminded of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo iweala saying that what Africa needs is Infrastructure X3. I am not aware of any specific concerted effort to ‘light up the continent’ apart from the current growth of the grid - including micro grids in Kenya, will look into it more. If my offline life would quit interrupting, this is a convo i would love to continue to have…I had a post awhile ago about this very thing, i should have titled it ‘Electricity powers the sexy’. :)

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