8th Knot - The Red String

8th Knot

Good news! The Internet here in Nigeria has improved once again. Thanks to that, I've been spending a lot more time on Facebook, and seen a few things that just piss me off. But otherwise, I've been attending a lot of very interesting plays. Read all about it, in this edition. (May 2011)

Andoral

This message comes with a disclaimer - Do not read it in haste nor when your mind is unsettled. Do not skim over the words, instead read slowly and carefully , and though the message is obvious, with some luck perhaps it will take form and make its way to your

An Educated Guess

An Educated Guess

I have to say that I agree with Wole Oguntokun [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wole_Oguntokun] in that what women want, or more specifically what women want from men, is a man who will enable them to be what they want to be. Unfortunately for both sexes, neither of

The Anatomy of a Woman

The Anatomy of a Woman

The other play I got to see at Terra Kulture [http://www.terrakulture.com/] was The Anatomy of a Woman by Wole Oguntokun [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wole_Oguntokun]. First off, let me just say that I personally liked this play a lot more than The Cost of Living

The Cost of Living

The Cost of Living

As at the National Theatre, I also got to see a couple of plays at Terra Kulture [http://www.terrakulture.com/]. The first of the plays that I had the pleasure of seeing is called The Cost of Living, by Sefi Atta [www.sefiatta.com]. The play is essentially a

Rhythms & Reminiscences

Rhythms & Reminiscences

Moving from my virtual social life [http://www.facebook.com/damola.mabogunje] to my real one, I've been getting to see a lot of art & theatre during my stay here. Last month I got to see the Nigerian National Troupe [http://www.nacd.gov.ng/national%20troupe.htm] perform at

Facebook & The Wall

Facebook & The Wall

As for the Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/] where I read that article [https://web.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150163500422187], is it just me, or does it also irritate you when people disable their Facebook walls? I mean seriously, it's a problem. Facebook is all about social networking

A Response

This is a response to an article on Facebook [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150163500422187] that my friend Shope Ogunkeye pointed me to. The original author is unknown, and the original location of the article also is unknown (at least to me). The Facebook version is simply

Swift 4G

So my Dropbox ploy of last month [https://theredstringblog.com/do-me-a-favour-get-dropbox] was quite a failure. I'm glad I didn't hold out much hope in you guys. As it turns out, my space was being taken up by an iPod Photo Cache folder that iTunes [www.apple.com/itunes/] automatically creates