Monthly Archives: March 2009

Changes are afoot

By theresa | Published: March 25, 2009
Changing themes.  And stuff. Update: I am now using plain vanilla uncustomized Thematic as my theme. The pink and black was hurting my eyes, and I didn’t like the way the theme styled headings. In a few weeks, months, or whenever I have time, I may sit down and do something about the unending whitespace. Probably not.  
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Starting Pink BENIN, a Beninese charity (subtitled, “Why Theresa doesn’t have spare time anymore, not like she ever did”)

By theresa | Published: March 25, 2009
I’ve mentioned Pink BENIN and the work we do briefly here, in emails, and on Twitter, but I haven’t really gone into a lot of detail about what’s become a huge part of my life. How Pink BENIN got started About six months ago, a Beninese friend of ours came back from a trip to France and [...]
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On misunderstood directions

By theresa | Published: March 24, 2009
Image via Wikipedia Me: I want to go to the airport. Zem: That’ll be 500 francs. Me: What?!? 300 francs. Zem: No problem! 400! Me: 300 or go away. Zem: No. problem! We take off in a vaguely wrong direction. 5 minutes later, I ask him “Are we going in the right direction?” Zem: Of course! Me: The airport’s in the other [...]
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On connectivity in Benin

By theresa | Published: March 23, 2009
I never thought I’d say this, but thank goodness for Benin Telecoms! A conversation with Jon Gosier on Twitter a few weeks ago revealed that in Uganda, he pays literally 10 times as much a month as we do, for the same connection. Can you imagine paying $600 a month for less than [...]
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