kudos to the chapel hill police for finding my bike (and primary mode of transportation) which i discovered had been stolen on the day i left for ghana. the first stolen bike they’ve recovered in 4 years! rock on officer kramer. #
well, it’s a new day and i’m ending it in a new hotel. sunday, between the time we left the guest lodge to explore accra and got back that night, theresa discovered $200 USD and 100,000 GHCs (about $10 USD)…
the first results didn’t start coming in until midnight in ghana. i had to wake at 7 for a meeting, but stayed up till 1:30am when new jersey came in for kerry. it was nerve-racking watching cnn and frustrating knowing…
the first time i went to kazakhstan, i entered the country with like 18 bucks or something ridiculous like that. when i had to declare how much money i was bringing into the country, i wondered whether i’d have to…
I can’t even begin to describe today other than to say that what was supposed to be a two and a half hour drive from our hotel in Accra to Kakum National Park was actually a four and a half…
After visiting the Kakum canopy walk, we drove to Elmina, Ghana to visit the old slave-trading fort. Originally built in 1482, it was eventually used in the slave trade
This is one of the views we had Sunday afternoon coming down the mountain from the Aburi Botanical Gardens outside of Accra. View towards Accra Unfortunately none of my photos taken at the botantical garden really came out besides this…
on tuesday, theresa and i ventured out to get some food in an area of Accra called Osu. we were specifically looking for a lebanese restaurant which theresa was absolutely sure she’d seen before. we spent at least an hour…
over the last two weeks i wrote 904 lines of new code for the PIMS (not counting blank lines). actually most of the coding occurred during thursday and friday of last week and monday and tuesday of this–bringing the daily…
i haven’t posted any images of life on the street in accra, so i wanted to end with some i took today, coming back from the art centre. Man selling coconuts out of a wheelbarrow this man is selling coconuts…
after trying unsuccessfully to find a comfortable position on the couch with my laptop last night, i decided i needed a desk. of course i have a desk. but it’s boring, and hails from a time when i had a…
my mattress sits on 14 wood slats that are attached to a central “spine.” except the spine has been separating from its “ribs” because some cheap stapled-in screw threads were pulling out of the wood. so i went to lowe’s…
kudos to the chapel hill police for finding my bike (and primary mode of transportation) which i discovered had been stolen on the day i left for ghana. the first stolen bike they’ve recovered in 4 years! rock on officer kramer. #
apparently this is the face of terror (vote kerry!) #
am i behind the times? has anyone heard about this dubai world project? i saw it described on an airport advertisment in heathrow. here’s the official flash-o-rific website. i need to check out this dubai. #
this is news: the guy behind the excellent electoral-vote.com is andrew s. tenanbaum, the same guy who created minix (a small unix-like os for teaching operating systems to computer science students) and whose refusal to allow people to modify minix, most notably linus torvalds, inadvertantly sparked (or furthered) creation of the linux kernel and the gnu/linux os. #
why i love boingboing: kerry concedes #
post-election quote of the day: A slim majority of American voters think torture of prisoners is OK as long as those gays can’t get married. (from robin) #
request: i’d like to see this election results by county map cartogram-ified #
snort: a real thumb drive #
btw, Firefox went 1.0 this week. i was installing on all the computers in the hotel business center before i discovered that i could plug my laptop in. #
achewood: and that finger better be fadin’ fast #
another achewood snorter: alternative lifestyle turkeys, huh? #
watch out: Pepsi Holiday Spice #
from the onion: I Must Take Issue With The Wikipedia Entry For ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic #
good blog, not so much about gadgets: Gadgetopia #
saw this scripty arabic eid stamp at the post office and had no idea what it was–apparently it’s for eid ul-fitr, the end of ramadan #
to read later: RLG DigiNews Volume 8, Number 4 (scroll down to Applying 3-Dimensional Modeling Tools to Analysis of Handwritten Manuscripts for some neat visualizations) #
the new microfiche? High Density Rosetta #
perhaps the coolest commercial ever: the new citroën c4: alive with technology #
i never noticed that there is a subliminal arrow in the FedEx logo #
more holiday-themed sodas: turkey and gravy, cranberry, mashed potato and butter, green bean casserole, and fruitcake #
new word: crepuscular (meaning: resembling twilight) #
Robert McHenry, Former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica and freeloader on humanity’s collective knowledge #
so beautiful: cataloged by color #
unexpected web-surfing destination: Tubular Bells (has anyone ever listened to this?) #
neat blog: To Speak of Trees: Musings of a Young Traveler (of someone in ghana teaching english) #
hmm. so who is oh_velveteen i wonder? #
depressing quote of the day: We were looking at a beautiful white-tail buck and my friend said, ‘If you just had a gun for that.’ #
witness the ivory tower crumbling down: Google Scholar #
picture of the day: lilush.jpg #
as chosen by bloggers: The Top 40 Bands In America Today #
eek: tomato shortage #
hella neat firefox extension: conquery (adds search plugin options to right-click menu) #
prediction: the popularity of civil unions will skyrocket among heterosexual couples as an alternative to (or in protest of) recent moves by many states to affirm marriage as a discriminatory union. #
file this under unexpected acronyms: BYOV (i was looking for bring your own vegetables) #
i meant to post this before, but: i think these pictures/this project is beautiful #
BOO to WUNC stick it to ’em ipas #
what collaborative article editing looks like: history flow #
photo of the day: trixie’s book mosaic #
danger will robinson (the new bad thing): You see, Reffy is a Windows-based mass referrer spammer, which means that it will make a connection to a buttload of sites of your choosing with any referrer URL and User-Agent that you specify. #
i want one: Moto Razr V3 #
i really love these: Textbook disclaimer stickers #
retro! desk circa elementary school #
new word: psephological (meaning: the scientific study of elections) #
found it! the desk that i’ve been searching for (really): wave desk #
dad’s christmas light display is looking fancy #
evil quote of the day: I am [a scary guy], I change constitutions, I put churches in schools –karl rove #
a cheat sheet for the next four years:
what’s up? Raleigh Man Killed In Shooting Outside Southpoint Mall Theatre #
