As a follow-up to my missions trip to Goma this past summer my teammates and I did a two hour presentation for our church, talking about what we did, and what we’re planning to do. Normally I’m pretty skeptical about missions. I mean really – what depth is there to going out to beaches over [...]
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I never dreamed…
Tonight I saw an incredible performance – no, not just one incredible performance, but feat after feat of phenomenal artistry. The China Disabled People’s Performing Art Troupe is composed of talented dancers and musicians, each one visual or hearing impaired, with three additional performers with physical disabilities. Somehow, despite the fact that they performed in [...]
Planned Obsolescence and Rapidly Changing Markets
A little while back Fast Company published an article on Grameen Phone’s phone ladies: Unplanned Obsolescence Grameen’s famous Village Phone Program lifted thousands out of poverty– and helped Muhammad Yunus win the Nobel Peace Prize. The problem: It’s not working anymore. http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/118/unplanned-obsolescence.html There is a counterpoint to this article on the website for one of [...]
GPS Tracking Melissa (the shark)
A friend forwarded me this post about a new Discovery Channel game, in which the positions of the sharks in the game reflect the actual position of actively tracked sharks in the ocean. Cool, huh? So if you can’t figure out where I am, at least you can always find Melissa the shark… Tweet This [...]
Uganda/Ghana World Bank Statistics
I’m saving these here mostly as bookmarks, but thought they might be useful to anyone reading this blog… The World Bank database has lots and lots of interesting and relevant stats (if not necessarily entirely accurate). The following two links are the summary pages for Uganda and Ghana. You can also do queries on the [...]
Solar Power and Mbarara Update
It’s been a busy couple of weeks, with not nearly enough access to internet cafes! This week I am back in Mbarara, currently using the computer science lab (which is empty because the students are all doing exams now), but also meeting with various professors here (again!) and working with Ben and Richard on the [...]
Of Former Health Ministers and Toilet Paper
So today is the first time I’ve needed to have my own toilet paper. After lunch (karo and beef stew) I peeked into the bathroom nearby, saw that there was no tp, and decided to go to the hotel instead. Although initially we were in the Oxford Inn (25,000 Sh or $14/night) this morning we [...]
About
Hi there! Welcome to my semi-incomplete page. I am filling this web site in over time, so you’ll see these pages revamp themselves a bit often. For now, if you are interested in knowing a bit more about me, just surf through the pages on this site or check out these other resources: photos: gallery, [...]
