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Next stop: Cebu [2015-05-08]

It’s the typical pre-trip whirlwind already: seeing friends and family before we go, wrapping up my consulting work, last minute purchases of equipment, and making piles of stuff to take for our two-month stay in Cebu.  The packing list has been honed after many trips for Reneal IEO, but there are always extras for each individual trip.  For example, Neal is going to bring his Raspberry Pi and ODROID-C1 computers this time for testing and evaluation.  Since we left quite a few items there in Compostela when we left in March (our trusty green tool bag, for example), we’ll be able to travel a bit lighter than usual.

Things are shaping up quite well for the October trip to Tanzania too.  Just like last year, we’ll be bringing a lot of equipment with us as airline baggage.  We also have a list of things that we’ll buy locally (uninterruptible power supplies, mice, etc.), and we are negotiating with a supplier there for those items.  Packing will surely be a challenge, but the basic processes seem to be coming together for how to get ourselves and the equipment there to the schools. 

While I’ve been working logistics, Neal has been burning the midnight oil recently making revisions to the Reneal IEO Student Information System (SIS), a database that he developed that captures attendance and grades for students.  It should be ready to go for the new school year that starts on June 1st in the Philippines.  For “relaxation”, he is building and testing the servers for the four new schools in Tanzania.  And soon, our thoughts will be turning to 2016!