Monthly Archives: January 2010
The Mesh Potato
Mesh Potato Concept Photo I was reading a copy of Linux Journal sent recently to me in a care package (good luck finding one in Mombasa), and one of the last articles (online link here) was about a prototype device … Continue reading
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Nothing new here
Sorry but no big post today. Our power is fluctuating so much right now that even my ups devices, which protect the computers from extremes, cannot handle the load so I have closed the lab for the day. Even my … Continue reading
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Of Moths, Mangoes and Monkeys
The past two days and today have been quite the fun experience regarding wildlife living on my compound. I am not sure if I have mentioned it before, but the sheer number of amazing butterflies flitting around NYS is astounding. … Continue reading
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Ugali & Milk #1
Here is #1 in the Ugali & Milk series. The concepts are by myself and Jeff, artwork is by Jeff, and digitization is by me. I cannot promise a weekly occurrence yet, because Peace Corps life is unpredictable as we … Continue reading
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Teaching Small, Thinking Big
It is without a doubt that I am teaching my students ICT in a way that no syllabus in Kenya would have them learn. This is mostly because for the amount of time I see my students (2 hours per … Continue reading
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Saturday Reading
I am heading into Mombasa for my weekly (or biweekly in this case) chores trip. Going into the city, I have a few things I need to get done. First off, a haircut. My mane (as it can only be … Continue reading
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“The Queen is Dead, Long Live the Queen!”: New Media Looks A Lot Like Old Media
Ok, I am going to preference this article with a couple facts. Fact one: I am not an economist. Fact two: I am not a professional publisher. Fact three: I am not an Old Media generator. Fact four: I am … Continue reading
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Linux: KTouch
It is the dream of every open source enthusiast to have a problem of theirs nearly perfectly solved by a pre-existing piece of FOSS software, especially one that sits above the version 1.0 marker and has a degree of polish … Continue reading
Book Thoughts: Dan Brown’s The Lost Symbol
Despite the work that is on my schedule, I make an explicit point of not doing work (unless I find it fun), once I leave the office. I feel like sitting in a computer lab from 7:30am to 6:00pm entitles … Continue reading
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Linux: Ubuntu In My Lab
This entry is the third in a series covering GNU/Linux, an Operating System consisting of the Linux Kernel and applications from the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community, with an emphasis on its connections to the developing world. These … Continue reading
