Travel

First Few Days in South Africa

Posted on September 21, 2014September 21, 2014 by Sam Kornstein in Photography, Travel

Laura and I recently returned from a visit in South Africa, planned around a package we “accidentally” won in a charity auction. The Auction was for Girls’ Leap, an amazing organization Laura volunteers with that provides self defense and empowerment training to girls and young women in the Boston area. By “accidentally,” I mean that we weren’t the high bidders and didn’t necessarily intend to win, as it was clear the other bidders were more enthusiastic. But once the highest bidder won, the auctioneer had a “surprise” for us. She happened to have more than one package on hand and conveniently offered it to us — in front of 200 or so other people — for our bid. It’s obviously

Murphy’s Law Kind of a Morning

Posted on January 11, 2011January 20, 2011 by Sam Kornstein in Travel

Yesterday morning my commute was humorously disastrous. I had three meetings scheduled for the day, the first of which was set to begin at at 8:30am. I found the meeting location on my map, determined it was about 25 minutes away, and left the apartment at 7:40am, leaving a little room for error. I flagged down a tuk tuk driver, showed him where we were going, negotiated a price, and then was on my way. By 8:00am, we appeared to be within a half mile of the office, so I was feeling pretty good. I even started looking around to see if there was a nearby cafe so I could relax and read for the spare 20 minutes. And then things

Slightly Disturbing Picture

Posted on January 10, 2011January 20, 2011 by Sam Kornstein in Travel

The darker side of rural farming: They’re alive, and the driver fully intends to ride them between villages.

Gone Fishing.

Posted on January 4, 2011January 4, 2011 by Sam Kornstein in General

I’m en route to Cambodia to work on a technology dissemination project as part of MIT’s International Development Initiative. I’m anticipating that my access to the internet will be a bit patchy over the next few weeks, but am planning to keep blogging when I can, hopefully with a few new or interesting things to share. I can confirm that the TSA’s controversial new screening systems are up and running at Logan. Which brings me to this: