Racing trucks a danger
Dear Sirs
What is irritating and dangerous is the habit of just too many truck drivers racing against other trucks. So you have two huge vehicles thundering along on a two-lane highway at 90km/h, blocking all other traffic. And the speed limit is 120km/h!
It is frustrating, lengthens your journey time and is completely unnecessary. Can’t you do something about this?
– A Hlongwana, Botshabelo, Free State
Ed’s Note: Road safety is one of our major concerns and you are absolutely right to be irritated. We cooperate with local law enforcement agencies wherever one of our roads is, as we do not have our own in-house highway traffic police.Cross words
Dear Sirs
I have a copy of your June/July 2018 By The Way. I always enjoy reading it.
I especially enjoy taking a break by doing your puzzles. But it seems
your crossword puzzle on the back page is incorrect. Maybe someone
can check it out?
– Rayno Lourens, via email
Ed’s Note: It’s always great to hear from our By The Way readers! We have spotted the gremlin in our Jun/Jul crossword (and it made us blush). Our sincerest apologies for the error. Just to make it up to you, we’ve printed the corrected grid on PG23 in this edition. Know what that means? BONUS crossword!Erratum
In Issue 20 of By The Way, Pg17, the second recipe under the heading ‘Chai tea infused oats’ was in fact a recipe for Ramen! Our apologies for the misprint. Don’t miss this edition’s delicious ideas for beginner flexitarians.
– Ed
Celebrating a legend
Struggle stalwart Mama Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu was honoured at the fifth annual Women’s Month seminar hosted by SANRAL in Queenstown. The seminar was held to observe Mam Sisulu’s centenary year and to honour her legacy. The event was dedicated to her immense contribution to the emancipation of South Africans in general and women in particular.
It was held at the Roydon Nature Reserve on 16 August. Mam Sisulu’s grandson, Vuyolwethu Sisulu, said that the family appreciated the gesture by SANRAL to honour his grandmother. “She was blessed with many grandchildren, but had the wisdom of making each one of us feel special, like we were all her favourites,” he said. “She taught us about the importance of hard work and earning one’s way rather than expecting the privileges that come with the Sisulu name.”
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Anyone who has spent any length of time browsing online will have inevitably come across Wikipedia, the online user-curated encyclopaedia for all subjects.
Spend any more time on there, and you have the potential to fall down a ‘Wiki Hole’, randomly clicking links in the articles you’re reading. This journey can take you from a band you’re researching to a Japanese manga that the band is named after, to the artist who worked on the manga comic, to the whole topic of anime and beyond. Sure it’s fun, but a lot of the time users can wind up in a situation where they’ve forgotten the topic of the article they originally clicked on.
Wikiverse can solve this problem.
Wikiverse presents Wikipedia’s article pages visually – as
floating stars in a massive universe that seems to stretch
out to infinity. The ‘star’ clusters centre on different topics –
technology, music, art, etc – and once you click on one, you
can not only read its entry, but Wikiverse opens up more star
clusters linking to pages within the article, allowing for a deeper
dive into the subject. The stars are all connected by lines,
meaning that you’ll always have a strand that leads you back
along the info trail you’ve followed.
As amazing as this all sounds, it doesn’t really prepare you for the experience of using Wikiverse. With its smooth interface and its interstellar presentation, it really feels like you’re actually surfing information using a spaceship. Imagine using the Starship Enterprise to become more knowledgeable and you’re starting to get the idea.
