THIRD UPDATE: (11.30) The central government has taken control of the dengue education and control program. It is running much smoother now. Our house was fumigated again today and they expect to be doing it every 3-4 days for then next few months. They are also aggressively cleaning the streets, ditches, removing trash and trying to make sure [...]
Yesterday a lot of the internet went symbolically dark to protest Hollywood’s attempt to hijack the internet, this site included. Thank you for your patience. If you live in the US please contact your legislators. Outside the US, please contact the US State Department. http://sopastrike.com/. Please remain vigilant, they will try make some cosmetic changes [...]
I am a nerd and while going through my news updates today I came across an interesting article on noise pollution and how a new application called NoiseTube was being used to track it. The app works with either iOS or Android devices. I downloaded the Android version and will start monitoring noise around Pucallpa and [...]
I know, the title should end with a question mark, but its my blog and I make the rules. Ironically, the logo I wanted to use is copyrighted, LOL! So I found something in the public domain that makes my point. So, we have been back in Pucallpa for nearly a year. One thing that [...]
It is rant time… Heck it has been some time since someone has irritated me this much, read on!!! So, every once in a blue moon, I get a non spam, whacked out comment on my blog. Apparently some people have way too much time on their hands and post comments like the one below. [...]