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  • Pictures from my tour of Bangalore today

    This is my first attempt at creating a photo gallery in WordPress, so I’m not sure how it’ll come out. Assuming it does, the collection below consists of pictures taken earlier today as I toured the city of Bangalore. Sorry that there’s no captions or alt text for any of these, however, they were taken…

  • Lunch with Gerard, a wonderful cultural experience.

    Every day here has been full of new and amazing experiences and today was no different. After taking a tour of Bangalore with my driver, Gerard, I was invited to have lunch with his family at his home. Gerard lives in a small home not too far from the office where I’m working. His house…

  • Nothing like a little accordion music and evening.

    listen to ‘Nothing like a little accordion music and evening.’ on Audioboo (function() { var po = document.createElement(“script”); po.type = “text/javascript”; po.async = true; po.src = “https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/assets/embed.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();

  • A very clever way to save energy

    We waste so much energy in the US that it always intrigues me to see how people are saving it elsewhere. My hotel has this interesting energy-saving feature that I found extremely clever, so I thought I’d write it down. Behind my door is a little holder thing for my keycard. If the keycard is…

  • My very first impressions of India

    Now that I’m here and have gotten caught up on sleep, I thought I’d take a moment and write down my very first impressions of India. The very first thing I noticed upon entering the airport is that unlike American airports, the one in Bangalore is not refrigerated to the point where you might wish…

  • First flight went well

    The first flight went well, now on the second one. Got lots to eat and even got some sleep, almost unheard of for me on flights. Will post more soon.

  • Oh boy, another protest.

    listen to ‘Oh boy, another protest.’ on Audioboo (function() { var po = document.createElement(“script”); po.type = “text/javascript”; po.async = true; po.src = “https://d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/assets/embed.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();

  • Skype for OSX keyboard shortcuts

    Now that Windows Live Messenger has essentially been swallowed up by Skype, I find myself suddenly a lot more interested in how I might more efficiently and effectively use the official Skype client. I was very surprised when the official Skype account on Twitter replied with this very handy list of Skype for OSX keyboard…

  • talking bus stop signs, how incredibly cool

    listen to ‘talking bus stop signs, how incredibly cool’ on Audioboo (function() { var po = document.createElement(“script”); po.type = “text/javascript”; po.async = true; po.src = “//d15mj6e6qmt1na.cloudfront.net/assets/embed.js”; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(“script”)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();

  • Where oh where have our movers gone?

    As we wait for more information about what will happen to our truck, it would seem our movers have decided to just leave. Although we certainly hope they will return, we did not know that they were going to leave and hence are not sure that they will. The day just keeps getting better and…