Thu, Apr 30, 2009 – 23:18
I talked to Ariana, who is studying in Merida, Mexico, at the moment. Evidently everything is shut down for a week, including university classes and government buildings, due to the swine flu proto-pandemic. It sounds like it’s more because they’ll jump at any opportunity to have a holiday, rather than because they’re really worried—Ariana certainly [...]
Mon, Apr 27, 2009 – 21:50
I took what was supposed to be a bike tour today, but our tour guide decided that he felt more like walking, so we spent 3 hours listening to our slow-speaking guide explain in rambling detail about the sights of the area while we walked to 3 locations in town. The Georgium house, near the [...]
Sun, Apr 26, 2009 – 11:24
I went out this morning to take more pictures, and while I didn’t get out of the apartment as early as I’d been hoping, morning and evening light here last forever, so it was no problem. It went a lot better today, since I had figured out how it (self-portraiture) works on Friday and I [...]
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 – 14:04
I took advantage of the pretty morning to go to the park and make a start on my self-portrait project for Monday. I’m definitely going to have to take more, but here are a couple of the better photos. The photos were going okay (though not great) and I finally found a good spot to [...]
Thu, Apr 23, 2009 – 18:51
Although my Großprojekt is good so far, everyone speaks a frustrating amount of English because of Ron and Mike and one of the Chinese girls. When class started, there were as many English speakers as German ones, so the teacher is trying to teach as much in English as he can. Then all the German [...]
Wed, Apr 22, 2009 – 16:40
After the research into RSS I did for my Kurzprojekt, I finally subscribed to my first online magazine. It’s really cool to get a new article twice a day on the design stuff I love, and I’m hoping it will keep my designs energized for some time to come. I sent off the next version [...]
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 – 17:26
I spent some time playing with the invoice site Freshbooks’ formatting/ setup for my account. My client has asked me to send them an invoice at the end of my work so they can get reimbursed from the U of I, so I signed up for the free demo at this site. Although I have [...]
Thu, Apr 16, 2009 – 18:44
On Tuesday I went with the other Americans to get bikes from the Rotary Club guys here. Although I already have a bike, I got a sweet bag commemorating Dessau and the Bauhaus! Perfect for carrying groceries home precariously balanced on aforementioned bike’s handlebars. The bag contained some touristy materials about biking routes to nearby [...]
Mon, Apr 13, 2009 – 21:53
“Der König und ich” was well done. I gather that the guy who played the King is famous for the part here in Germany. It was pretty cool to see it performed in German. Since I saw the movie in English a long time ago, I understood most of what they were saying, although most [...]
