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Here i am at an internet cafe in yerevan. no pictures yet, as that requires one of two things: That I sucessfully get my laptop on-line, or that I get my camera connected to a computer at one of these internet cafes. i'm working on the first option,
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Cheers everyone. My first posting from insiode Armenia. There's been a bit of trouble getting on-line, well not exactly trouble, but it's taken a few days for them to get me connected here at the IESC office. Also because they need to be able to track
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plane delayed... standing at an internet terminal @ heatrows terminal 4... waiting for that flight ba.whatever to tblisi and yerevan.... jstboughta nice digital camera here, so expect nice photos later... must run.
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it's official. on october 7th i'm off to yerevan in armenia. a month of volunteering in the it-sector, and again it's GeekCorps i can thank for it. some time this spring they'll be sending 5 or six volunteers to Yerevan on company
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It's been 2 months back from Ghana..... Luckily I returned to Denmark just as spring was starting, and as anyone who has ever been to the northern parts of Europe will probably attest to, spring is an incredible time. It's as if everyone finally blooms after
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Sunday morning. A few hung over geeks got up too early. Heavy eye-lids characterized tired faces. Trip nr. 3 was about to begin. Private tro-tro comes in half an hour late. Nothing unusual. Harrowed geeks get into too small tro-tro. There are more of us this time. I was brazen
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The geeks in Accra are the Masters Of Computers, IT and toasters, They went here to teach one company each And so far they've caused no disasters!
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It's so hot in Accra on this day, Too hot for Obruni, I say And out there in the sun It's simply no fun Soon, Sunstroke and I cry in dismay
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Charley, why? Am I suffering? Not in the least bit...... In fact, I am intensely happy at this moment. Partially of course seeing Signe (my girlfriend) again. After 2 and a half months of thoughts and e-mails, her physical, real presence is incredible. But a large part of it is
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The little tell-tale flashing of the lights seems to be the split-second warning you get before everything suddenly goes quiet here at work. Your computer screen flashes that awry diamond in your face, the fan above your head starts decelerating, and everything around is suddenly in darkness. Such is the
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Long-lasting tradition dictates that the Mole Motel pool be the staging ground for this competition of dare devil's. In the memorable tradition of such stunt masters as Evil Knievel and Stone Cold Steve Austin, this contest involves a number of physically less-than-fit, motorically challenged but extremely brave geeks,
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Tuesday morning. The morning after. I have a travel hangover. If you've ever done 18 hours of developing world travel in a single day you'll probably know what I'm talking about. To paraphrase Douglas Adams: It's almost exactly like an 18 hour