Web Life

I have a Nokia 5000 and a Twitter account.  Sometimes, I like to send a tweet while on the run but for some reason recent changes un-verified my phone number here in Tanzania.  Took me about half an hour to track down how to verify it again, because the ‘Mobile’ [formerly 'Devices'] section in the [...]

Funny search phrases

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

I haven’t posted like this in a while but below is a list of search phrases which have led people to our website. These are the actual words someone typed into Google, Yahoo, etc., and our website came up in their results. Then, they visited us…
red depression glass platter
banana peppers taste soap
naked baby
angela [...]

Impeach the elbow

Thursday, July 23rd, 2009

Some of my recent responsibilities have been to gather profile pictures of our language cluster project team for a collaborative branch poster.  Those posters are displayed at conference and each office location takes one back with them.  So, I gathered all the photos I could and began sending them to our communications guy, a PC [...]

I’m a Twit… -ter

Sunday, May 10th, 2009

If you look to the right, you’ll see a new section I added to my blog called “Twitter”.  If you don’t know what Twitter is, here’s a pretty good explanation on Wikipedia.  This addition will now allow me to micro-blog or post frequent short updates about what’s going on in my day in Tanzania.  You [...]

New Title

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

As you can see, I’ve settled on the new name for my blog… Eyes to See, Ears to Hear.  I like it because it is from Scripture and it can also carry a meaning related to my work in vernacular media.
Nobody suggested this here title but Kent submitted an idea that got the ball rolling [...]

‘Jonathan’s McBlog’ is Mcbye-bye

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Not the blog itself, just the title.  I thought it was a little cheezy when I first named it that but now after two and a half years, man it’s gotta change!!!
To what?  I have no idea.  I tried one with some Swahili words but it wasn’t floating my boat either so I had the [...]

Safari 3 vs Firefox 2 ; Color Differences

Friday, February 22nd, 2008

These are section screenshots from the same two websites (mccalled.com/amyboyles/ (left) & mccalled.com (right)) viewed in Safari 3 (top) and Firefox 2 (bottom) on Mac OS X Leopard 10.5.2. I was wondering if anyone else has noticed any color oddities in Safari like this and if so, have you learned how to fix it? [...]

I’ve had to fax quite a few things here lately and I don’t have a fax machine.  So, I searched online and found this website that will send an electronic document to any fax number in the U.S. and Canada. An example of how I used it is JAARS Clinic needed a copy of my health [...]

Wanna see something cool?

Thursday, April 19th, 2007

This is a cool website I found that has links to TONS of bird cams around the world. Take a moment and check out some unbelievable free video. www.birdwatchingblog.com