By Janita Le Grange, Pineapple Editor. What is the actual meaning of “ordinary”? On paper, it means normal, usual, or expected. Something that happens regularly without fanfare. Nothing special, nothing different—everything just stays the same. It is an ordinary day, an ordinary job, an ordinary drive to work or school. There is no major excitement,…
By our editor, Janita Le Grange. Have you ever looked at something and thought, “Well, this is completely useless”—only to turn around a moment later, look at something else, and think, “This is absolute brilliance”? We live surrounded by logic that we rarely bother to question. Take our smart devices, for instance. We buy laptops,…
By our editor, Janita Le Grange. It is a simple question, but if I’m being completely honest, I ask it of myself at least half a dozen times a day. Take WhatsApp, for instance. I will open a message, read it carefully, compose a brilliant, thoughtful response entirely in my head, and then walk away….
This week’s editorial, by Janita Le Grange. This week’s editorial arrived with its own set of challenges. My mind is bursting with so many things to talk about that I feel like I simply don’t have enough paper to write it all down. Lately, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about the twin forces of…
By Janita Le Grange, Editor. Last week, during one of our regular check-ins, the Mayor confessed something to me. “I am not sure how Pineapple 25 will come together…” he admitted. Without hesitating, I told him, “Don’t worry. I will do what I did last time, and then we’ll take it from there.” It wasn’t…
On Friday morning, The Mayor sent a message: “I will send you a message later. Nothing dramatic or serious, don’t worry.” Naturally, my mind went into an immediate spin. What could this possibly be about? But after spending the entire sunny afternoon on a cricket pitch—watching seven-year-olds bowl a ball and smack it as hard…
After years of asking what Brida is, who it is for and whether anybody might eventually pay for it, the Mayor has finally received a definitive answer. An obituary for a man who asked one question too many. The Mayor died today after a long and largely unsuccessful struggle with curiosity. The immediate cause of…
We talk about language as a skill, a product and, increasingly, something a machine can produce. But language began somewhere simpler: with one person trying to reach another. When we forget the person, communication may continue, but something essential disappears. A sentence can now be produced without a human being typing it. We know this….
