I’ll admit it, I was going to introduce you to a comparatively lame topic this week, but I scrolled across this one and instantly knew I had to share it. Unfortunately, this is for the Chrome web browser users out there only (if you’re not using Chrome, you should; if you need a few reasons […]
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 […]
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 […]
Guys, I think I’m really behind on this but my site mate introduced me to this great website for checking the train schedules. Best part of all, it has an English option. Can’t beat that when it comes to planning complex trips now, can you? Check it out, the URL is: http://www.uz.gov.ua/en/
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 […]
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 […]
While I was vacationing in Spain, I realized that I was taking a lot of photos. It happens when I go new places. I have visual overdoses and I feel the need to capture it all. While I’m sure I could go on for ages about how digital photography has taken something away from the […]
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I’m weird. I haven’t changed the time on my computer’s clock yet. I’ve been in Ukraine twenty months now. I’ve gotten used to adding eight hours to get the current time (or I just look at my watch). It’s nice having Midwest time on my computer because I easily know if it’s a good time […]
Due to an issue with timing, my regional manager was not able to pick up my glasses yesterday and deliver them to me tomorrow. Fortunately, I had a friend who was in Kiev today and her train home stopped in Konotop briefly. She was able to bring the glasses and hand them off to me […]