Wednesday 4 June 2014

Nesting

Firstly a quick update on IALI, things are beginning to move a long pretty nicely. We are urgently trying to finalize the technical side for the first of three waves, see below, by doing test calls through different calling routes. The complexity of the international calling system is really amazing and I finally learnt why pressing numbers on the dial pad of your cellphone makes different noises! It turns out that the frequency of the beep on your phone for the individual numbers represent their unique tone which DTMF signalling systems can then read.
  1. Senegal and Burkina Faso (June 16th to 27th)
  2. Zimbabwe and Ethiopia (June 30th to July 11th)
  3. Afganistan, Mozambique, Chad &  DRC (July 14th - 25th)
The final survey also just came in today so there will be a lot of translation work tomorrow. In addition we are definitely going to run out of money halfway through the project due to a calculation error in the budget proposal, so that should be interesting. Another important development are telecommunications laws that we could unintentionally break which could land people in jail, namely the project supervisor. I highly doubt anyone it going to ever come to Ghana to get me so the personal incentive to make sure it is done is rather small :) 

We went to the Kwame Nkrumah University a few days ago and it is massive. The number of buildings is astounding and they are very spread out. It is a good university so it makes sense that they have money but I was not expecting it to be so vast. In addition one of the cats at work is very pregnant and has begun the process of nesting so she should give birth within 48 hours. WARNING: All future entries may be entirely kitten oriented. 


The University Circle
The University Administration Building
A hostel, normally referred to as a residence in Canada
Random university buildings
The fat and very pregnant cat


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