Monthly Archives: May 2007

Bush’s Immigration Bill

I don’t claim to be an expert on immigration, but here’s my take on what’s happening. First of all, the main problem I see is with the terribly high wait times for processing, up to 12 years, to be allowed

Posted in Fuerza, old blog

Carnaval, La Ceiba

Saturday was the La Ceiba Carnaval, the 35th one, evidently. We got a decent balcony view at a language school along the parade route, mostly out of the sun, and full of expats having a good time. Sadly, there were

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

Making of a Boom Mic

A boom mic is a pretty nice peice of equipment to have, very useful and versatile. I brought along the mic and the holster, but didn’t have access to an actual boom. So I decided to make one. Darin brought

Posted in old blog, Tutorials

History

I’ve been reading “Guns, Germs, and Steel” recently, which by the way is very interesting. Through the overview of all of pre-history and history, I saw a third segment of time emerging, more so in our culture, although it did

Posted in old blog, Reviews

España wins

Went to a great game last night, and España managed to pull off a 3-1 victory. The stadium was waay too full, but hey.. more fun, right? As long as you don’t want to sit down… Afterwards, there is a

Posted in Honduras 2007, old blog

Spiderman 3

Saw this in the theaters last night. It’s a bit long, at about 2 and a half hours…but not a bad way of getting some air conditioning. I was warned that Spiderman goes Emo. It’s almost true. He dresses emo,

Posted in old blog, Reviews

Psych

Besides having a pretty catchy theme song, USA Network’s Psych actually isn’t a bad show. I laughed out loud a few times, which is a good sign. It drags occasionally, could be a bit more full. But it somehow appeals

Posted in old blog, Reviews

Apps

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