You can always change this.

According to “Koski S.: Development in Africa through Governance and Partnership. Formin, Finland, 2005″, an international partnership does not exist between Africa and Europe, as stated by all (76, civil servants, civil society, intergovernmental organizations) interviewees from Ethiopia and Kenya. Instead, concealed motive and national interests guide Europeans. Obstacles to develop the partnership were seen in the colonial history, in the inequalities in technological development, and political and financial power.

Is that really a surprise? So, after a decade (or decades?) of ‘we thought we are partners’, we have ‘well, who thought we are partners?’. How can any development happen without working closely together? Oh my.

It seems like the troubles with the MacBook Pro laptop continue. After a relatively longer period of peace, only occasionally interrupted by a slight overheat of the machine, the laptop decided (am I thinking about it as a of live being?) to not eject a dvd I was previously watching.

Nothing seemed to help. Again, after a couple of searches, this worked: you need to restart the laptop, holding down the trackpad’s button, AND having the machine tilted forward. Well, it worked for a second try. My trust in the machine again dropped, while my trust in gravity has been reinforced. Is anybody from Apple reading this?