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 just have to say I saw these tombs a few months ago. Things are not going well here in Uganda for students. Check out my facebook page for things going on over the last several days. This came out from the embassy in kampala. This Warden Message is to alert U.S. citizens to incidences … Read more
K’la List is alive! In the first 10 days, I’ve gotten 3,000 pageviews 700 visits with an average time of 6 minutes on the site per visit. For those of you who aren’t familiar with website statistics, this is a fairly amazing turn-out for a campaign focused on a country that’s primary medium is mobile … Read more
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
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
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