What's Up in Lesotho?

Libby, one of our team members in South Africa, started a blog.
Here are her initial impressions and pictures:

http://libbywayman.blogspot.com/

I can't wait to go to Lesotho now. My plans are to go for 3 weeks in January to help with the system build and to capture some of the knowledge that they've accumulated so far.

A quick update on what we're doing here at MIT. Things have been very slooooow on the technological front. We haven't turned on the system since we finished it. I can go on and on about the lack of tools, how none of us have time, how the weather just doesn't cooperate, etc., but the reality is that we've lost the momentum when the team split.

The other day we finally had the right tools, the right people, and then... it started raining (the first rain in 2 weeks!!!). Just our luck! This weekend we made some small progress in plugging the holes in the working fluid loop. If the system can hold pressure, then the next thing would be to load it with refrigerant and give it a try on a nice, sunny day. Keeping my fingers crossed...

My 15 Minutes of Fame

I walked into the Sloan building yesterday and saw my face everywhere. The Sloan Newsletter just published a short article I wrote about living, studying and working in another country. When they asked me to submit a picture of mine, I had no idea they would put me on the front cover. What were they thinking? :) I'm walking around and people are giving me that funny look: "Didn't I just see this guy somewhere?". It's a good thing the newsletter runs for only a week. I'm ready to slip back into the shadows so I can work on my next 15 minutes of fame.

http://mitsloan.mit.edu/pdf/NewsAtMITSloan_Issue69.pdf