Archive for April, 2005
Saturday, April 30th, 2005
The primary language in Rwanda is Kinyarwanda, a Bantu language that is vaguely related to Swahili. After two months here, I've managed to pick up about half a dozen words; these are useful for saying hello or telling a taxi driver to turn left, but for work-type discussions I don't ...
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Saturday, April 30th, 2005
Some of the children's drawings that Human Rights Watch has collected from Darfur (and that I referred to via EthanZ's blog in the last post) are on their website. Take a look...
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Saturday, April 30th, 2005
It's a lazy Saturday and I'm taking advantage of the Kigali Intercontinental's free WiFi to catch up on blogs. A few faves:
Mark on The Importance of Being Kind: And yet this happens so rarely. I don't understand it. A few weeks ago I told a couple I didn't know "You ...
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2005
Over the past 24 hours I think that I've listened to Tegan and Sara's album So Jealous at least three times through. It's freakin' fantastic. (Many thanks to Mark for turning me on to them). Some great rockin' tunes, a few mellower pieces, and a brilliant assortment of beautiful melodies ...
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2005
My new favorite new old song was introduced to me while listening to KEXP's streaming broadcast while working late one night last week. I recommend that you immediately go check out Fever, featuring Sarah Vaughn and remixed by Adam Freeland, off the new Verve Remixed 3 album.
Totally rockin' tune that epitomizes ...
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Monday, April 25th, 2005
A week from today I'll be leaving Rwanda for the first time in two months. First stop is Nairobi for a brief business-related visit, then it's off to Cape Town for a long weekend of R&R.
Expected activities include:
Wandering around the V&A Waterfront Wine Festival looking for delicious wine and cheese ...
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Friday, April 22nd, 2005
Some random LA company called ZAP appears to be working through the regulatory and logistical requirements for importing SMART cars to the US and, with luck, within the next year we might be able to start buying and driving these cute little vehicles.
I've never sat in one, so it's not ...
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
Strange, wonderful thoughts seep into the mind while driving around Africa after dark.
I was out in Ngenda today to visit the first seven Tel'imbere operators, all of whom received their equipment and started running their new phone businesses last Monday. A week or so later seemed to be a ...
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Monday, April 18th, 2005
According to several sources, Intel is expected to release its first WiMAX chip on Monday. The chip should be in the $45 range and is designed for the end user who is receiving the WiMAX signal... still to come, from what I can gather, are the chips for the broadcasting ...
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Friday, April 15th, 2005
On Monday of this past week we deployed the first Village Phones in Rwanda around the town of Ngenda in the southern part of the country (near Burundi). I think this may have been the single coolest day of my life.
Ryan and Arthur went out to Ngenda first thing in ...
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