Kobi Patricks Blog

Bill Gates – a business magnate, dutiful philanthropist, software pioneer, and the world’s richest man. Let’s take a look at 50 of the most interesting things you probably didn’t know about Microsoft’s co-founder. 1. Bill Gates was born William Henry Gates III, the fourth in his family to be given the name. Because his father had the suffix “II”, Bill was called by the nickname of “Trey.” 2. Gates attended the exclusive Lakeside School, one of handful schools in the US with a computer terminal at the time. Gates interest in the computer programming was such that he was excused from Math classes to pursue it.                                                                           Source: Pc Mag 3. Gates first computer program ever was a tic-tac-toe game. Source: Flickr/aaron_...

Gunman: Shaden Cadette A killer who shot a man twice in the back for no apparent motive laughed as he was jailed for life. Gunman Shaden Cadette, 23, smiled and waved to his family at the Old Bailey as he was convicted of murdering Ogarra Dixon, 24, and sentenced to at least 27 years in prison. He shot Mr Dixon moments after they met on the streets of Brixton. Prosecutor Timothy Cray, QC, said the motive was unknown as Cadette claimed he was not the gunman and had pleaded not guilty. Shot dead: victim Ogarra Dixon, who was murdered in the street by Shaden Cadette The court heard that Mr Dixon parked his car in Cadette’s street just after midnight in June last year and minutes later Cadette returned on his moped. Mr Cray said: "He went into his house and the likelihood is he went to arm himself with a gun. "He came out and took his moped down the road to where Mr Dixon was parked. Mr Dixon got out of h...

                                   LG this summer revealed it has been hard at work on a HD television so THIN it could hang on a wall, like wallpaper. LG has previously shown off the display technology, which can be rolled up like a poster, and hung using only magnets. One sample shown off by LG was a svelte 0.97mm thick and weighed just 1.9kg.                                  LG is using OLED technology, organic light-emitting diodes, which means a bulky backlight is not needed for the display. By hanging on the wall using magnets, the new LG TV could revolutionise the adaptability of big screen televisions. LG plans to unveil a 55inch rollable display at the International Consumer Electronics Show, in January 2016.                       ...

Every time I see a white Nissan Altima, my palms go sweaty, and my knees get weak. It’s an involuntary reaction born of so many nights being driven around Asokoro pinned to the floor of Tunji’s white Nissan Altima, barely able to breathe, the stench of weed stinging my eyes while I choked on the penis of whomever it pleased Mustapha to force me to pleasure that day. I can’t have music playing while driving around in a car either. Or just sitting around at home. I can’t have music playing period. Especially not Maroon5. If I get into your car, please drive in fucking silence or you will make it hard for me to breathe.   Right now there are thousands of people running wild with their “opinions”, talking authoritatively about what Mustapha, Abdul, Tunji, and their band of friends and brothers did to me, as if they were there. As if they hovered around us unseen like evil spirits, listening to everything that was said, seeing everything that happened, as if they know. ...