The Ukrainian flag consists of two colors, the top half being blue and the bottom half being yellow. I’ve heard a few different interpretations of this and usually the blue represents the sky and the yellow represents golden fields of wheat or sunflowers or something else that’s yellow and grows in fields here. Today, as ...
Author Archives: Danny Zawacki
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Today, I was working on a Peace Corps side project and I realized that I needed a way to batch resize photographs using the GIMP. I've used scripts in both Photoshop and Paint Shop Pro but unfortunately you can't easily create them with the GIMP. So I set out looking for a way to do ...
I removed Ctrl-Alt-Del from my…
I removed Ctrl-Alt-Del from my Google Reader today because, well, it sucks. #longoverdue
Joomla, as a CMS, isn’t as eas…
Joomla, as a CMS, isn't as easy to pick up after knowing WordPress so deeply.
@itsacarolyn Coincidence? Or C…
@itsacarolyn Coincidence? Or Chopper 4?
Created a new position for a s…
Created a new position for a side project and I hope someone volunteers to fills it. If anyone says, "I volunteer as tribute," it's theirs.
Football Followed by Tailgating
Today has already been a great day. We started the day with an American football camp at Jeramie's school. Pat, a volunteer in our neighboring oblast, has taught his kids flag football and now is partnered with a Ukrainian NGO to travel the region teaching kids to play. We were his third stop, and his ...
Tinker Tailor Cobbler Spy
Earlier this week, I had a run-in with a cobbler. No, I did not have a delicious dessert fiasco, rather I and to get my shoes repaired. How many of you out there knew that the person who repairs shoes is called a cobbler? Most of us know that a tailor mends and alters clothes. What about ...
Deep frying chicken legs in su…
Deep frying chicken legs in sunflower oil. The smell is...memorable.
Mad Men and Game of Thrones What Happened to You
I think Bert Cooper said it best when he spoke to Don at the end of this week's Mad Men. Bert: A client left here unhappy yesterday because you have a little girl running everything. Don: My department is fine. We just need more bodies but Lane won't let us. Bert: You've been on love leave. It's amazing things are ...