RE: [DDN] drinking water, food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, health, education, etc.

2005-11-28 Thread Dr. Steve Eskow
Linda. What a rich collection of resources on global issues you've put together. I thought I knew what was out there, but you've found good materials that are new to me. When students use the Internet to engage in dialog with student in other cultures, they are learning reading and writing and ge

[DDN] [Drupal] [GIS] GoogleMaps Module Proof of Concept

2005-11-28 Thread Dave A. Chakrabarti
Hello, lists, I received this from a fellow VISTA recently, and thought it might be of interest to the greater CTCNet and DDN communities, since we've had GIS-related discussions before. It refers to the custom creation of a module (add-on) for the Drupal CMS (a FL/OSS content management syste

[DDN] paint.net is a very nice free graphics program for windows

2005-11-28 Thread Phil Shapiro
hi everyone - i've been trying out the final version of the paint.net free graphics application for windows. it's very nice -- as you can tell from this artistic work i created. http://www.his.com/pshapiro/firstgraphic.gif paint.net runs under windows 2000 and windows xp. the program ca

Re: [DDN] How many will be at ICASA :Nigeria

2005-11-28 Thread chibuzo governor nwachukwu
Hi, What Janet has said is whta will take place at ICASA, i will be also in vouled in the side event for MGDs and women Rights . Hope to see you who be there and may be will have a working session of members of this froum that will be there and offline . Thanks On 11/26/05, Janet Feldman <[EMAIL

Re: [DDN] drinking water, food, clothing, shelter, sanitation, health, education, etc.

2005-11-28 Thread Linda Ullah
This is a good point.. It reminds me of Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. We have a HUGE need in the world to assure that people have adequate food, medical care, safety, clothing, sanitation, etc. This in itself is an enormous undertaking that we (I use we in a general sense--not pertaining to an

Re: [DDN] $100 laptop

2005-11-28 Thread ehewitt
Its the marketing this time Taran-- the marketing which included the celebrities and the world stage. How many folks from the South could get that advantage -- however meritorious the cause? Errol Hewitt At 11:37 27/11/2005 -0600, you wrote: Terry King wrote: > At 03:54 PM 11/24/2005 -0600,

[DDN] RE: $100 Laptop

2005-11-28 Thread Terry King
First, I have to say that I think this debate is important, but that I personally have no connection with the MIT project. I used to occasionally visit MIT when I lived in the US, but now I live in Tunisia, where I was able to see the laptop and talk with some of the developers. But the quest

[DDN] Re: [bytesforall_readers] Laptop for $100

2005-11-28 Thread Hakikur Rahman
I wish we could find some more voices in this issue, while many of our remote regions are in lack of reliable information infrastructure. Regards. Hakik. At 11:28 AM 11/23/2005, Subbiah Arunachalam wrote: The hundred dollar laptop for schoolchildren has received much - in fact too much - atten

Re: [DDN] $100 laptop and seeds

2005-11-28 Thread Dave Pentecost
And the seeds gain power as they create more seeds. Which is also inherent in the mesh capabilities, where I have to take issue with Taran's comment from another thread: "OK. I hate to be the myth-slayer here, and I was honestly hoping that someone else would do it, but laptops with wireless cards

Re: [DDN] $100 laptop and seeds

2005-11-28 Thread Cindy Lemcke-Hoong
Patricia Perkins -- Terry King's analogy about seeds Telecenters is not just the idea of sow seeds, but actually is practical way of looking at what IS possible in certain environment. I would think it is more appropriate to think of telecenters as as 'bed' for germinations? Where cares