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Passport fiasco

Posted on October 29, 2011 by matt

If you ask me what my most prized posession is I would tell you about my great grandfather’s fiddle. It’s been in the family 3 generations now and it connects me to my heritage of east-coast fiddle music. If you … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Travel | Tagged Passport, Travel

Sketchup in Rural Tanzania

Posted on October 7, 2010 by matt

3D modeling in some of the most rural environments on earth. Recently I was able to join a friend on a scouting mission to eastern Tanzania to survey a couple of schools that were being considered for medium-sized solar power … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Sketchup, Travel | Tagged Africa, Sketchup

Is Africa ready for Ubuntu?

Posted on August 23, 2010 by matt

So, as some of you may have heard, I spent some time teaching and administering some computer systems in Tanzania. The vast majority of the boxes here are Windows machines. They are all slow, consisting of either cheap imitation or donated … Continue reading →

Posted in Travel | Tagged Tech

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