Public Transit Adds Data Points

Here in DC, WMATA (Washington Metro Area Transit Authority) has started putting up signs at all its bus stops that have a unique stop number on them.
What this number symbolizes is a unique ID that riders and WMATA operators can use to point to an exact location and stop.
As you can see from the sign, [...]

Labor Costs

One of the topics I want to study more about is what we’re all going to do in the future for work and jobs.  Part of the sharp upheaval of the 20th century of rapid economic development was that a stable career was not sustainable except for certain professions.  It is true in the US [...]

Life Update Before Graduation

I am about to graduate from my master’s program but before I can do so, I have to write about 70 pages worth of papers.  25 for international negotiation (Iran), 20 for comparative democratization (Iraq), 15 for policies for poverty reduction (Ecuador’s conditional cash transfer program), and another 5-10 pages for a negotiation simulation after-action [...]

The Digital Africa Surprise

For my African Development class, I was required to write a 15-page paper on some aspect of African economic development. I chose to write about converging factors, such as the east coast Africa backbone coming online, the cloud, and cheap online tools, contributing to a surprising boom in African digital connectedness to occur in [...]

Computer Lessons

I put together my new system. Here’s what I’ve learned:
I got my cable internet access, so I set up my Linksys wireless router and bought a cheap alkaline battery-run corded phone for use with it. I had to buy an extended cord for it. I just don’t like having to charge up [...]

New Desktop Computer

ARGH! I had to wait all fucking deployment to order the new electronic baby I’ve desired for so long! You know how much I’ve suffered, waiting… But soon, it will be mine!
It’s a dual-core AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ with 2GB of fast RAM for overclocking up to hopefully 2.6GHz. DVD-R/RW, 10kRPM hard drive, [...]