Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

Month: May 2007

  • Weak whaling commisison “condems” Japan

    The International Whaling Commission’s annual meeting has passed a resolution condemning Japan’s scientific hunting programme in the Antarctic. This is not bad, but it almost means nothing. Japan has been ignoring these condemnations for years now. In fact they are openly flaunting it. áI’m afraid action is needed and this is where the IWC falls…

  • Adobe Lightroom 1.1

    I’ve just seen on Scott Kelby’s blog (at http://www.scottkelby.com/blog/2007/archives/211) that Lightroom is set to release a minor upgrade any day now. As I understand the updgrade is supposed to be free (phew!) and includes improved sharpening and noise reduction, improved file mobility & improved preset organisation (through folders). All of this sounds superb, but I…

  • Its official: Elke is crawling!

    Elke has been getting really close to crawling all week, but today she officially started crawling. Three days shy of turning 8 months. This is meant to be early (babies usually crawl anything from 9 to 12 months), but I expect nothing less from our genius baby 🙂

  • China “buying up” Africa

    I am deeply troubled by China’s commitment to spend $20bn on infrastructure and trade financing over the next three years as reported by the Financial Times. I’ll be frank: I don’t trust China or any African leaders with $20bn. It is no secret that China are after Africa’s resources. This is quite clearly a play…