Re: [DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!

2005-04-21 Thread Dan Bassill
Andy, This is great, but how many of the 7,000 are on-line at the same time, or during a single week? This is an army if we can find ways to mobilize even half of this list to work collectively and consistently to connect those who can help with those who need help throughout the world. Daniel F

[DDN] Open Source Television Broadcasting

2005-04-21 Thread Taran Rampersad
Coming in June to a server near you: http://www.linuxgazette.com/node/10164 That's a definite step up from recording audio files and putting them on the web (podcasting). Who wants to start a DigitalDivide TV station? :-) -- Taran Rampersad Presently in: Panama City, Panama [EMAIL PROTECTED] ht

Re: [DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!

2005-04-21 Thread DSSA310
In a message dated 4/21/2005 1:21:23 PM Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Andy, As one who for the most part remains on the sidelines, I congratulate you and DDN for nurturing this forum. Installing large satellite antennas in central America, the Carribbean and in Nigeria (ear

Re: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid

2005-04-21 Thread Taran Rampersad
Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan wrote: >I just checked it on Firefox and IE, and today its working on both. I can't >remember which I used yesterday. >siobhan > > Perhaps this will help you in instances when a site times out. In Windows (since you are also using IE, unless you're on a Mac) open up a c

Re: [DDN] Current browser standards for international audiences

2005-04-21 Thread Katy Pearce
That's interesting. I use blogger.com on my mac with MS Explorer 5, Firefox 1, and Safari all the time. Thanks, Katy Pearce FLEX [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quoting J Cravens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >>Actually, I am rather impressed with blogger.com in this regard. > > Blogger.com does not work with my

Re: [DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!

2005-04-21 Thread Lars Hasselblad Torres
Andy -- congratulations, to you and the entire list for making it such a valued reseource! I would really enjoy hearing more frequently from many of the voices in the South, especially to hear their first-hand accounts of barriers and innovations in access and application. Anyway, three cheers fo

Re: [DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!

2005-04-21 Thread Jim Vines
Hi Andy, As one who for the most part remains on the sidelines, I congratulate you and DDN for nurturing this forum. Installing large satellite antennas in central America, the Carribbean and in Nigeria (early 80's throuhg the early 90's) I made many longtime friendships and maintain contacts to

Re: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid

2005-04-21 Thread John Hibbs
1. My jaw dropped when I read of the cost of hiring the PR firm - was it $2.3 million? What could THIS group do with that kind of money? 2. I lean to the left about as far as anyone on this list, but I have to wonder if the Feds belong in this business at all? And if so, would it not be to simp

Re: [DDN] Current browser standards for international audiences

2005-04-21 Thread J Cravens
>>Actually, I am rather impressed with blogger.com in this regard. Blogger.com does not work with my machine -- I'm on a Mactintosh, and have three browsers: MS Explorer 5, Netscape 7.0, and Opera 6.3. Blogger.com does not work with any of them -- it will not let me create an account/login. I w

[DDN] Viterbi wins Franklin Award, discusses cell phone, digital divide, muni Wi-Fi

2005-04-21 Thread Charlie Meisch
Hey folks, Great interview with Andrew Viterbi - the man credited with eliminating cell phone signal interference in 1966 and winner of this year's Benjamin Franklin Medal in Electrical Engineering - in today's Philadelphia Daily News. He talks about the impact of the cellular phone in developi

RE: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid

2005-04-21 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
I sent an email to Mike Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture, with my concerns about the pyramid and the digital divide - thanks for pointing this out as well. Since I couldn't get in yesterday, I haven't fully explored the new pyramid. I found some lengthy brochures that explain it - who will take th

RE: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid

2005-04-21 Thread Terri Willard
Don't even get me started about the fact that nowhere on the personalization options does it allow a woman to state whether or not she's pregnant This has major implications for one's level of physical activity, level of calories, and balance of food groups (e.g. needs for extra protein, calci

RE: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid

2005-04-21 Thread Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan
I just checked it on Firefox and IE, and today its working on both. I can't remember which I used yesterday. siobhan -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Claude Almansi Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 9:02 AM To: The Digital Divide Network discu

Re: [DDN] blog: The Mystery of the Food Pyramid

2005-04-21 Thread Claude Almansi
Champ-Blackwell, Siobhan wrote: And the page doesn't even work today - i'm assuming its been overwhelmed with users, but everytime i get on it, and try the interactive tools, it times out. siobhan Hi Siobhan, It works fine with firefox. What browser are you using? Andy,re: Meanwhile, don't get me

[DDN] DDN reaches 7,000 members!

2005-04-21 Thread Andy Carvin
Hi everyone Exciting news - DDN reached 7000 members this morning. Our 7000th member hails from Ethiopia, which is emblematic of DDN's increasingly international nature. Currently just over 50% of members are from outside the US, representing 117 countries. Thanks to everyone who's been spreadi

Re: [DDN] Current browser standards for international audiences

2005-04-21 Thread Taran Rampersad
Todd Seal wrote: > I stand by my original comments (the "nonsense" bit included) and > reply: "anyone on the other side of the digital divide who wants to > easily communicate with others via the internet" can do so simply by > turning off style sheets in their browser and that's easy to do. > -to