Archive for July, 2010
UPDATED: There is more cold on the way. Starting on Monday July 26th. The state of emergency has been extended. They are giving free vaccinations at many places, including the university where Kelly and I teach. We had our second spell of cold weather here since early June. This time it lasted for about six [...]
The third time was a charm as the saying goes. After my two previous attempts at picking up my driver’s license, I was finally able to get it. When I went on Wednesday, they finally said sorry, we lost the driving portion of your test. They had me sign and did the fingerprints again and [...]
Almost every city in Peru has a Plaza de Armas or main square. This dates back to the colonial time of the Spanish Conquistadors. The tradition has been continued in new cities as well as old. They’re usually situated in the middle of the city, surrounded by government buildings, churches and other buildings of historic [...]
The championship match of the 2010 FIFA World Cup will be played on Sunday. Before the cup started my wife asked me who I thought would win. Without hesitation I told her Spain. You are crazy dear, it will be Brazil and Argentina. That was June 11th. Here we are, just a few days away [...]
It seems I was finally able to figure out the coding issue that was stopping the gallery from working. It was not that I spent days, weeks or even months trying to fix it. It only took about 45 minutes to fix and then a few fine tuning adjustments to get everything looking right. If [...]