Sporkmonger

For those of you who are interested, I’ve been in Tanzania at the Cradle of Love baby home near Arusha for the past two weeks and change. It’s been interesting for sure, lots of holding and feeding babies, playing with toddlers, trying to get through the day with as little snot and spit on me as possible. There’s a few spitters who make this difficult, but they make up for it by being excessively adorable. I try not to play favorites, but Neema ends up riding my shoulders quite a bit. I haven’t taken a lot of pictures around the baby home itself, but on the various excursions we’ve taken outside, the camera has come out with a fair degree of regularity. There’s also some new kite aerial photography shots from the trip to the bush to visit the Maasai. If you have a Pro Flickr account, the high-resolution panorama shot from the kite is pretty neat. I suspect that through August at least, my Flickr photo stream will be much more interesting to subscribe to than my blog’s feed will be. Consider adjusting accordingly.

As a few of you are probably aware by now, I will be taking a break from Ruby, and computing in general for a couple of months. I am getting on a plane headed for Nairobi on May 20th. I won’t be back until August 26th. I’m not taking a computer with me, though I will have limited access through internet cafes, so email should work, but don’t expect quick replies.

For those who are curious, the intent of the trip is humanitarian in nature. There will be trips to Uganda and Tanzania, and some volcano climbing. I’ll be sure to take lots of photos, which will no doubt end up on Flickr.

Update:

In London. About to fall asleep.

Update:

In Kenya. Amazingly still awake.