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South Africa remembers an historic election every April 27, Freedom Day:

Saturday is the 30th anniversary of that momentous vote, when millions of Black South Africans, young and old, decided their own futures for the first time, a fundamental right they had been denied by a white minority government.

The first all-race election saw the previously banned African National Congress party win overwhelmingly and made its leader, Nelson Mandela, the country's first Black president four years after he was released from prison.

Happy Freedom Day.

I just got confirmation that my Master’s program is being completely covered by financial aid, and I am beyond grateful. I don’t owe a dime for these next 13 months. Unbelievable.

Day 26: critter #mbapr

Day 25: spine #mbapr

The Rise And Fall Of The LAN Party:

At a time when communications technology paradoxically seems to produce a sense of disconnection for many people through algorithmically generated echo chambers and the indexing of personal worth to follower counts or likes, seeing people literally coming together with and around computers is almost aspirational.

It is rare but I get to see this at school still through students gathered around an iPad demonstrating their Scratch projects or showing off some meme they made in Adobe Fresco. It is definitely different though.

Is there a way to make “open with” a key command?

I am revisiting Halt and Catch Fire and I am thankful for the computer that I am typing this on and everyone who did everything to make that happen.

Day 24: light #mbapr

Did I just put my iPod into a plastic sandwich bag and take a picture of the prompt for today’s photo challenge? You bet I did.

Day 23: dreamy #mbapr