Note for the folks at home: the magic of the internet has begun its slow march across rural Kenya. This has been made possible by a number of technological revolutions in the recent past. First, electricity (usually sourced by hydroelectric or geothermal plants) has become more common in the 'bigger' towns throughout rural Kenya. Next, with available electricity, computers (usually fairly ancient Windows machines) are finding their ways into schools and businesses. Finally, portable pay-as-you-go "key drive" modems (using the existing mobile phone networks --- also becoming very common) bring the web right into the hands of the very confused rural users. Next challenge: explaining "lolcats".
