A blog from a science nut, computer geek, sometimes philosopher, and a human. Based out of Denver, with a love of Antarctica, I seem to wander the world so who knows where I'll be in 6 months.
I’ve been in and out of Uganda for the last 5 months and for the most part there hasn’t been much ridiculous to report. Yesterday however I had an incident that is very African and quite ridiculous. First, you need some background. I am not working these days, rather I’m doing some volunteer work for … Read more
I’ve got two new pages that I just put up, they are my place for Open Street Maps and the Garmin image file that I compiled that works on many Garmin handheld GPS devices. Open Street Maps tells the story of why I’ve spent some time on this. The image file contains a fair amount … Read more
So I have a job. It’s a starter job, but it’s a good start. I’m a Designer with appfrica.org, which is a shop here in Uganda founded by Jon Gosier, another American here in k’la, which is an incubator software design shop. I say incubator as he’s been hiring locals, talented programmers out of school … Read more
Uganda, which already has a laws concerning gay sex, is planning laws that broaden homosexual illegalization. This has already happened to some degree in Burundi (who previously crimilized gays) and has been introduced in Rwanda, however the law that’s been introduced in Uganda is much harsher. There’s a debate going on within the ex-pat activist … Read more
We’ve had a new troupe of cats hanging around outside Sarah’s house here. Out of the block of 4 attached houses, they seem to know when we are making things and are always outside. Mama and her 3 littl’n are often in view or meowing outside as we eat dinner. We were having Jon and … Read more
As I haven’t posted in a while, I thought people might like to know what’s going on. I’m in Kampala, Uganda, as my 3 month tourist visa in South Africa was up. I’m staying with a friend of my brother’s here while I hunt for a job in eastern africa, and perhaps debate a return … Read more
In other news, Mother Earth News is doing a spread on Joel Salatin of Polyface farms fame and they’ll be featuring five of photos from my trip to Polyface farms last year. You may remember Polyface farms and Salatin from Micheal Pollans’ The Omnivore’s Dilemma. I don’t know what the articles looks like, nor do … Read more
Andrew had some great experiences going through the DRC in South Kivu last week, great smiles, lots of hand waving, positive impacts, and a minor incident with a stolen–but returned–passport. This is in contrast to a rainy, rather annoying, and now rather disturbed week since I’ve landed in South Africa. I won’t bore you with … Read more
Part 4 What is it to tell a story? We watch the stories movies portray as entertainment as most are meant to be enjoyed. Some stories are designed to transcend the entertainment value and provide what most would refer to as “A moral to the story.” A guiding thought, or point which might allow us … Read more
Part 3 of 4 which I wrote in Gisenyi while I had time and no internet. The DRC is still on my mind today as I talk about the IDP camps outside of Goma. While in Goma, we also visited one of the six official (and one unofficial) Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps. It was … Read more