ADEREMI'S NOTEBOOK

— Dare Obasanjo who works at Microsoft met Bill Gates last week. Bill wanted to have a chat about Nigeria. (5)

— Bella Naija has some photos of Jay-Z in Kwara state during his tour to Nigeria. They even named a street after him. Na wa o! (3)

— RIBS has a nice collection of “Rain” songs featuring oldies like Tempatations to comtemporaries like Jamie Foxx. There is a review of the collection here. “Can You Stand The Rain” by New Edition and recently by Boyz II men, was a favourite of mine for sometime. (Listen now) (1)

— Jag shares five things to do in NW9 and London town. “You can experience the best view in the whole of London from the very front of the top deck of the Route 79 bus.” (2)

— Chippla has produced a 20 minute animated documentary on the candidates constesting the 2007 Nigerian Presidential election. (2)

— The current education system promotes the sciences. This system was created to meet the demands of the Industrial Revolution. Sir Ken Robinson argues its time to shift towards an education system which nurtures creativity. Watch his entertaining presentation on TED. (1)

— NYT’s Michael Wines on whether helping a source is ethical: “In reputable journalism, paying for information is a cardinal sin…So what to do when a penniless father asks why he should open his life free to an outsider when he needs money for food?” #

— Picturing Nigeria “is a photographic exploration of Nigerian cities, initiated to display everyday life and everyday sights of Nigeria”. The site is also available in Yoruba. (4)

— Open Democracy’s Ron Singer interviews Wole Soyinka, who recently published his memoir, “You Must Set Forth at Dawn“. #

— A couple of guys at Imperial College, Folabi Ogunkoya and Lawrence Bassey-Oden have launched Caramellounge, “a social network for Africans, Caribbeans, African-Americans and anyone interested in Afro-Caribbean culture.” Read the press release. (1)