Without going nuts and writing a dissertation like I normally seem to get into, I'm going to try and talk about one of the projects what I've been doing for the last several days. As I mentioned, I've got several going on while I'm here in Burundi, the primary of which is implementing a mobile … Read more
When I arrived in Kampala, I was frustrated by the lack of a craigslist.org or gumtree.com sub-site for Kampala. Over the many months I’ve been here I’ve found a huge expat population who’s also been frustrated by this, which got me thinking on multiple occasions about how hard it would be to create a site … Read more
A quick reminder to change your passwords regularly. There are more up to date guides, but password guide I wrote years ago is still fairly valid. Also it’s worth looking at my post on revisiting your personal security. Last night after watching a movie, I noticed I was logged out of gmail, which isn’t odd, … Read more
So in my renewed job hunt, I ran across this blog post that I found rather interesting. I was intrigued because in my experience, most people assume application of technology is universal. (i.e. if it works in America then it’ll work anywhere.) Having been in places where that universal application breaks for a bit, I … Read more
Traditionally, the majors blame the internet for devaluing music, but the most forward-thinking in the business are starting to reverse this equation. “In a way, the CD is what destroyed the music business,” says Joe Mardin, a musician, producer, arranger, and engineer. Mardin grew up in the music business; his father was Ardiff Mardin, the … Read more
Living in DC describes a bubble of existence, where one can spend years living here and forget what the rest of American really is and almost neglect to consider what the rest of the world’s fate is. So filled with power, money, paradigms of either or thought, enveloped in a artificially defined square which comes … Read more
I added a feature to my blog, for the future and for accessiblity. This RSS Feed is an audio podcast of my blog, converted via text-to-speech software. If you have an iPod or similar device that you want and would rather listen to my post rather then read them, well now you have the option. … Read more
The last major distraction of the smartphone was eliminated nearly as soon as we got to the beach as we went to the number 2 party place in Europe, Ayia Napa, just 15 mins away from the house we are borrowing for the week here in Protaras. Aiya Napa is like Key West, the French … Read more
It’s 8:30pm Eastern Standard Time and I’m writing a quick post before I walk out the door for home. It’s been an amazing time lately and I haven’t said much about what’s going on in my life. Two big deals today were that I submitted a website I created to the popular blog BoingBoing.net as … Read more
To follow up my previous post on how to keep yourself safe, I felt it was only fitting that I also add a short piece on how you can recover from some data loss situations. First and foremost, I’ll re-iterate, BACKUP UP YOUR DATA! Look at this from a money point of view. The following … Read more