After last Friday’s warning from the US Embassy in Argentina about an outbreak of Dengue fever in Argentina which mostly affected the northern provinces, MercoPress is reporting today that two new confirmed cases had been detected in Quilmes to the south of Buenos Aires. Here is the text of the original US Embassy alert: DENGUE [...]
Entries from March 2009
Dengue Fever on the Outskirts of Buenos Aires
March 30th, 2009 · 5 Comments
Tags: News
Expat Tech: Google Voice Coming Soon
March 12th, 2009 · 3 Comments
More interesting news from Google – they have just announced Google Voice, a new service that will give you a new US phone number from Google with a slew of services to go along with it. The basic premise of Google Voice is that you will have one number for all your phones, for life. When [...]
Tags: Tech
The Downside to Being an Expat
March 11th, 2009 · 13 Comments
While there are a lot of positive aspects to being an expat and living somewhere new and exciting, one of the downsides has to be the fact that so many of the people you meet are so transient. Whether it’s you or them, it’s likely that one of you will not be in the same [...]
Tags: Randomness
Expat Tech: Google Translate – Now Supports PDF and Office Docs
March 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment
Google Translate has been an indispensable tool in my move to Buenos Aires and I’ve written about the many benefits of using it already. I’ve used it to translate local Spanish language web sites, decipher emails from new Argentine friends, help with my Spanish homework, etc. Google has just added a new feature: the ability to translate PDF files [...]
Tags: Tech
