June 22nd, 2008
Day 3 in Darfur
Saturdays are considered a “Casual Workday” in Darfur, not unlike home. Basically you work if you want to and however much you want to. So I could have slept in had I been able to, but oh well. It gave me a chance to get some video around the house and get into a routine. I took a shower (an interesting experience) and actually ate some breakfast.
Later in the day I worked on a couple of the laptops that they had at the house. Nothing exciting, but I did teach them a little about computer maintenance that should help when I’m gone.
I also discovered that the “no shorts” policy doesn’t apply inside the house, and I also discovered that shorts are a wonderful thing when the temperature is approaching 100. Sadly, due to the policy, I didn’t bring any. The short story is that I now have one pair of shorts and one less pair of jeans. (and a couple of jeans-tubes that I have kept, just in case)
The geeks in the audience will appreciate this: While fiddling around I discovered that I had both seasons of the IT crowd on my USB drive, between my laptop, a new projector that they just got shipped in, and a very interesting choice of backdrop, we sat around and watched the first season. They all seemed to like it, but then again they do have limited entertainment here. 