I’m still deciding how to spread my charity donations, but I’ve decided I want to support a mixture of local, national and international charities, and at levels ranging from relief of hunger and disease to support of education and entrepreneurship. For the latter case, I’ve started lending through Kiva.

Blend and freeze.

Put everything into a pot and bring to boil. Simmer for around 40 minutes, stirring occasionally while reducing. Serve with cheese on top.

Place everything in a pot and bring to boil, stirring occasionally. Simmer for an hour, reducing to a thick sauce.

I’ve had a very busy time over the past two weeks with my students having a major website development assignment due. Out of a class of 88, I’ve had around 12-15 students coming to see me nearly every day.

If we just consider the poorest developing countries, what is the best kind of assistance we could give them? Malaria nets? Drinking water? Measles vaccines? Antibiotics? Food? Or birth control?

Everyone knows that donating money to charity is a good thing. But which charity? How do you decide which charities to give money to?

I've attended a few academic conferences now, but this is the first time I've been part of the organizing committee on any of them. Part of my responsibility is to help coordinate the double-blind peer reviewing process, and it’s been quite an eye-opener for me.

I’ve been taking Spanish classes every Monday night for the past three months. Tonight I started the level 2 intensive course – 2 hours every Monday and Thursday for the next six weeks. Back when I signed up, I figured that I’d be over the busy part of the semester by now. Look how well that prediction turned out.

Whenever I’ve installed MSN Messenger, I’ve always unselected all the other stuff that comes along with it: email client, writing client, photo manager, toolbar etc. I figured my needs were already taken care of in those areas. But recently a colleague raved about Windows Live Writer, so tonight I downloaded it and gave it a try.