Archive for June, 2007
Bandwidth and Packing
No more internet after today. This might actually be for a few days, or longer if it isn’t readily accessible in Kuwait. I’ll e-mail everyone who gave me their address as soon as I can once I arrive safely in Kuwait. I hope that I don’t have to deal with bandwidth limits there. I looked [...]
One week left
I’ve cleaned out my cabinet, my cubby hole and I’ve moved again. Everything is coming to an end or new beginning. I’d like to stay longer, but only if I didn’t have to work here. Here are the current countdowns:
Birthday in 2 days
last day of class in 4 days
Kuwait in 1 week
Elementary school in the [...]Recovery!
My roommates are exemplars of passive Russian software pirating. I’ve seen them install programs that cost hundreds of dollars to use once and toss. They ask their friends for copies of programs in different languages, or updates versions regularly. Their hard drives are awash with tens of gigabytes in programs and cracks (and viruses). I [...]
Hard Drive Failure
I recently brought an external hard drive to backup all my information. I made a grave mistake and moved files there instead of copying them.
Today, my hard drive was pulled out while writing, and now won’t even be recognized as a USB device. I’m not sure what I can do, I don’t know [...]Flight Confirmed
Starting July 1st I will be tutoring for Oxford Learning this summer in Kuwait before starting in September as an elementary English teacher for the American Bilingual School of Kuwait. The school is located not far from the Zoo and it took some digging and visual cross referencing to find the school in Google maps. [...]
