News from my blog

In case you haven't been paying attention to the stuff on the left had side of this page I have been adding some new features I would like to point out to you, from the bottom up.
  • There is a button for you to access my google calendar so you can see when I am available and when I am busy. You might find this useful if you want to phone me so you can call when I am not in a seminar, class or meeting. I'm not entirely sure what info you can see, I believe that you can only see busy/free rather than the details of my diary. Also this may only work if you have a google account. Whatever, let me know if there are problems with it.
  • PhD comics is a fun site ideal for procrastination and hits on some funny and scarily true issues relating to my situation as a grad student in the US.
  • the Meebo widget is a tool for instant messaging me if I am logged in, or leaving a message for me even if I am not online. This is a bit new to me but give it a go, I don't think you need a log in to message me, the OSU library uses this for students to ask questions to the library staff online.
  • I added my facebook profile so add me if you haven't already.
  • I recently discovered a new breed of charity of which KIVA.org is one. They facilitate microfinance initiatives in developing countries. You chose an entrepreneur and loan them money for their business. You should get the money back after 6 months and are free to re-loan or retrieve the money. Money dealing is through paypal so if you are in the UK you can still sign up through the US based KIVA plus pounds buy a lot of dollars these days so your money can go a long way.
  • Finally I added a slide show of my photos from Kenya this summer (2007). At the moment there are only about 5 pictures but I plan on putting more up at some point.
I'm going home for Christmas so there may not be any posts for a while. You can subscribe to this blog through ATOM (see the bottom of this page) if you want to be notified when I update rather than having to check at intervals.

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