The Royal Hotel, Durban
Michael Gallagher Another shot of the Royal Hotel in Durban.
August 2007
The Royal Hotel in Durban and Women Only
The hotel I will be staying at in Durban, South Africa, has an interesting feature mentioned in a BCC article, which can be found here. Apparently, due to safety concerns,…
Aluka Diagram
This should mean nothing to anyone not associated with Aluka, or specifically Aluka User Services, but I love color-coded charts. I love process and visualizations. I am so pleased by…
South African Power Adapter
I almost forgot to bring this to Africa. Due to the fact my entire presentation takes place using laptops brought from the United States, that might have been disastrous. It…
경주시, Gyeongju
Gyeongju is the ancient capital of Korea and quite possibly my favorite place in all the world. It is so calm and tranquil in comparison to the rest of Korea,…
Timbuktu
This article provides some wonderful information on recent efforts to bring Timbuktu back to prominence. Timbuktu is a real place, a major center of academic learning and scholarship, as well…
Leaving for Africa
I am sort of scrambling to get everything ready for the IFLA conference in Africa, so my posts might be minimal this week.