An algorithm is a formula that solves problems: x+y = z. Got it? No, the formula goes so much further than that. Heaven forbid, it can now be called “a...
Our justice system is considering whether to rid our judges of bleached horsehair wigs, a vestige of colonialism. As Zimbabwe approaches the 43rd anniversary of independence from Britain on April...
Zimbabweans, and hopefully the world, are trying to get their heads around last night’s first Al Jazeera broadcast on our region’s gold mafia. On social media, heads are spinning this...
What a bummer, man! That is what we would have said in the old hippy days about a disappointing experience. Like the time the getaway car broke down. Our getaway...
Sometimes I am accused, even in retirement, of being irresponsible or reckless with the little money I’ve got from a lifetime of reporting and writing. Oh, I do give to...
Thinking about things “woke.” It certainly has nothing to do with rising from a good night’s sleep. Definitions of the word are, at best, unclear. Wikipedia says it derives from...
Jamie Lee Curtis just won an Oscar. I knew her old man. It’s probably fairer to say Tony Curtis knew me. To cut a long story short, I had been...
Times are getting tougher. It means we’ve got to squeeze the most out of everything. Not just the toothpaste, but out of all else. At the supermarket I asked a...
The brouhaha over Harry and Meghan ever continues. I just love the ‘vomiting man’ emojis I got when I last mentioned Harry’s book. Now I’ve got to get a word...
