Protected: Ukrainian Newsletter #53 – The Process of a Grant
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Year: 2012
Cheap and Healthy or Snake Oil?
The past couple of months, I haven’t felt like I’m in my top shape. This caused me to go to see the doctor which in turn caused me to get an ultrasound to check for tumors (the doctor wanted to rule out possibilities). What it boiled down to was that I had slept on an […]
Tech Tips – Duolingo
During training, a line from the great Dos Equis advertisements played over and over in my head, “He speaks French, in Russian.” I had studied French in high school and college and every time I wanted to speak in a foreign language, I’d speak in French when I should have spoken Russian. My LCF hated […]
Learning Not Cheating
There are a lot of things about the Ukrainian school system that I just don’t understand because I grew up in the American school system. Things are done quite differently and it makes me wonder why. For example, the Ukrainian system of grading is on a 12 point scale where the American system is letter […]
Two Years In
As of today, September 17, 2012, it has been exactly two years since I left Wisconsin for the Peace Corps. Granted, I didn’t actually arrive in Ukraine until September 22, 2010 due to problems with visas at the embassy. Also, it’s been a year since I last visited home. Time has flown.
The Next Gen NES HTPC with Legos
Remember when I wanted to build a NES HTPC? Me too. It was a great idea. Then I changed my mind. I decided that I’d rather go with a Raspberry Pi to power my HTPC (running OpenELEC, of course). It’s a far cheaper option and people are reporting great success with it. At first, I […]
H+
Guys, I need to share something with you. I originally saw the trailer for this a few months back and pushed it to the back burner because nothing else was out yet. And then forgot about it. Yesterday, I rediscovered it and found out that their already on episode 14 and this makes me wonder […]
Protected: Ukrainian Newsletter #52 – The Final Semester
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Tech Tips – Subtitles
School is back and it’s time to ask yourself, what kind of teacher are you going to be this year? Will you be the nice teacher that gives nothing but 12s and encouragement or will you scare your students into learning and being ready for class? Better yet, will you take the Cameron Diaz approach […]
New Profile
A few months back, I put out a request for ideas for my new profile picture. I got a few responses which were good ideas but not what I was actually looking for. I wanted grand ideas and that’s what I got but they didn’t really work in profile form. Too much space was wasted […]