Fire Sweeps Through Neighborhood in Cebu City

A fire broke out on Tuesday evening (March 18, 2014) in a tightly-packed residential area in Barangay Lorega in Cebu City in the Philippines. According to newspaper reports, 500 homes were destroyed, leaving as many as 7,000 people homeless. Not surprisingly, despite staying just a few blocks from this area, I was completely unaware of the calamity until a couple of days later. Disasters seem …

“Hosting Account Suspended” and Other Tech Troubles

Lesson learned: When downloading podcasts in an Internet café, save the downloads directly to a memory card or flash drive. Otherwise – disaster.
Yesterday morning, I spent three hours in an Internet café in Cebu updating my favorite podcasts. I saved the files to the computer’s desktop, intending to copy them all to my MP3 player when I was finished. Unfortunately, the computer crashed. In the …

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 8)

These photos were taken in the city of Tacloban, Philippines, in December 2013, approximately one month after super typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) hit the city. The shots of people were largely taken in the shoreline communities that were destroyed by the typhoon.

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 7)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 7)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 6)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 6)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 5)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 5)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 4)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 4)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 3)

Photo Post: Super Typhoon Yolanda / Haiyan (Group 3)