Pearls of Africa is run entirely by online volunteers who research and develop programs, solicit donations, and run a children's resource library in Uganda geared toward disabilities. Moy traveled to Uganda in November 2001 with the United Nations to open the library.
World Computer Exchange , based in Massachusetts, relies on virtual volunteers in its mission to bring computers to schools in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Since it was founded in October 1999, the organization has helped 676 schools and almost 256,000 students go online, says Tim Anderson, president and founder.
VolunteerMatch , which links volunteers with more than 23,000 organizations offering about 40,000 volunteer opportunities, is helping that cause, says Jason Willett, director of communications. Since 1998, nearly one million people signed up for an opportunity through VolunteerMatch.
As well, there are online mentors like NetMentors , which offers online career development for teenagers. It serves as a virtual career counselor with expertise on 70 different careers. With about 800 mentors, the group has counseled 1000 students entirely through its Web site.
Bug List A list of bugs in THE that need to be fixed. When all astrixed items are completed we will make our first release.
External Technical Spec Before going on to the design of the visually-oriented zooming portion of The Humane Environment (THE), it seems wise to specify the low-level interactions that take place within the document-centric portion. Also, this portion allows interaction by the visually impaired. We specify first that software necessary to demonstrate LEAP and some of the selection and command interface techniques and other benefits described in "The Humane Interface" [Raskin, 2000]. THE is intended to run on at least Windows, Linux, and Mac platforms. This specification describes the first portions to be implemented and gives some indications for future directions.
Joining the THE Team This is an unusual open-source project in that we are exploring a user interface and programming environment that is quite different than current practice. This document explains where to begin to become a contributer.
Manual The user manual, written for developers of the Humane Environment
Mission Statement To make computer technology available to a wider audience than has been possible by radically and rationally improving its usability.
Using CVS and Sourceforge.net This guide should get you a copy of the Humane Environment in its development incarnation. It is not quite ready for general user application. When it is, we will set up a simple, straightforward download.
Although this is just a rumour, it scares me to the depths of my being. If I lose the one app I live for (outside of Reason, of course;)) I'll be pretty pissed.. I have been waiting for Director MX for what seems like an eternity, and now that I have it, I could not live without it again.
I could care less about Flash, and although the majority of my former classmates in the Multimedia program at Humber College are deep into it, touting its crappy-ass feature set as the be-all and end-all of interactive site development, I know that any and all of its features were in Director/Shockwave first.
Example: Flash can only handle 2 minutes of video, and it has to be run through the sorenson compressor.
Director, on the other hand, can handle unlimited amounts of video, using quicktime or real, with any compression scheme.
Flash's 3D features? None.. but you can use third-party apps like swift 3d to create/convert 3D from other programs.
Director has an insane amount of control available for 3D, with many behaviours (reusable sets of code) in its built-in library, and powerful scripting control.
Flash's multiuser ability is getting there, but Director has it soundly beat once again, having had the multiuser toolkit for a number of years now.
Plus, Director MX can kick out runtime apps for OS 9, X and win platforms with many options and abilities. Flash can only do so much to begin with, so it falls behind in this department as well.
Now don't get me wrong, the last thing I want is for Microsoft to get their slimy hands on more useful apps, ready to bleed them dry and destroy them until they are a living shell of their former selves.. Any time MS buys a company, an angel dies.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all on Slashdot.
When I boot into Mac OS 9, I still occasionally use SoundEdit 16.. love that app..
I first got the program when it was made by Farallon, and bundled with the MacRecorder (audio input hardware), which provided me with countless hours of entertainment for sampling and rearranging on my old Macs.. IIci, IIsi, SE/30
Man, I had a ball cutting up Janet Jackson and Midnight Oil and mixing them with Public Enemy and Pop Will Eat Itself.
Although this is just a rumour, it scares me to the depths of my being. If I lose the one app I live for (outside of Reason, of course;)) I'll be pretty pissed.. I have been waiting for Director MX for what seems like an eternity, and now that I have it, I could not live without it again.
I could care less about Flash, and although the majority of my former classmates in the Multimedia program at Humber College are deep into it, touting its crappy-ass feature set as the be-all and end-all of interactive site development, I know that any and all of its features were in Director/Shockwave first.
Example: Flash can only handle 2 minutes of video, and it has to be run through the sorenson compressor.
Director, on the other hand, can handle unlimited amounts of video, using quicktime or real, with any compression scheme.
Flash's 3D features? None.. but you can use third-party apps like swift 3d to create/convert 3D from other programs.
Director has an insane amount of control available for 3D, with many behaviours (reusable sets of code) in its built-in library, and powerful scripting control.
Flash's multiuser ability is getting there, but Director has it soundly beat once again, having had the multiuser toolkit for a number of years now.
Plus, Director MX can kick out runtime apps for OS 9, X and win platforms with many options and abilities. Flash can only do so much to begin with, so it falls behind in this department as well.
Now don't get me wrong, the last thing I want is for Microsoft to get their slimy hands on more useful apps, ready to bleed them dry and destroy them until they are a living shell of their former selves.. Any time MS buys a company, an angel dies.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all on Slashdot.
Still runs great on my old macs, along with Illustrator 88, Dark Castle, and a plethora of other great titles which will never be equalled in terms of simplicity and their adherence to the mac interface.
Why would one do such a thing? The geek in question explains: My reasoning for this project is described in detail in the Background section, but suffice it to say, I wanted to be able to pull out my old Apple II and use it from time to time to reminisce about the early days of personal computers. I wanted a reliable way to store my Apple II programs and data files for many years to come. Due to the long term reliability prospects of floppy drives, and my general laziness, I decided a mass storage device is what I needed.
I'm happy with this news.. the more good codec options the better.
I've used On2's VP3 codec with excellent results, though I always end up using Sorenson Squeeze (Sorenson 3 codec) for my web-ready vids.
Zygo is another great codec to experiment with, and with Quicktime's ability to grab whatever codec you might need transparently, we should feel free to experiment.
I hope you're kidding, you insensitive fuck. I got my gf pregnant this past year and we decided to get an abortion.
6 months later and we're both very depressed over the loss of a human life (no matter how small).. Every time I hear a joke about abortion or dead babies it crushes me.
Did we make the wrong decision? Neither of us were ready, but I feel as though I will have this on my soul for the rest of my life (and possibly beyond).
I don't want to leave this open-ended, but there's no easy way to forget.
Slashdot Mirror
Hehe.. I have found my new .sig
"You kiwis keep the hell away from my desktop."
Mmmmm.. pot brownies!
Netaid.org
Pearls of Africa is run entirely by online volunteers who research and develop programs, solicit donations, and run a children's resource library in Uganda geared toward disabilities. Moy traveled to Uganda in November 2001 with the United Nations to open the library.
World Computer Exchange , based in Massachusetts, relies on virtual volunteers in its mission to bring computers to schools in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Since it was founded in October 1999, the organization has helped 676 schools and almost 256,000 students go online, says Tim Anderson, president and founder.
VolunteerMatch , which links volunteers with more than 23,000 organizations offering about 40,000 volunteer opportunities, is helping that cause, says Jason Willett, director of communications. Since 1998, nearly one million people signed up for an opportunity through VolunteerMatch.
As well, there are online mentors like NetMentors , which offers online career development for teenagers. It serves as a virtual career counselor with expertise on 70 different careers. With about 800 mentors, the group has counseled 1000 students entirely through its Web site.
Bug List A list of bugs in THE that need to be fixed. When all astrixed items are completed we will make our first release.
External Technical Spec Before going on to the design of the visually-oriented zooming portion of The Humane Environment (THE), it seems wise to specify the low-level interactions that take place within the document-centric portion. Also, this portion allows interaction by the visually impaired. We specify first that software necessary to demonstrate LEAP and some of the selection and command interface techniques and other benefits described in "The Humane Interface" [Raskin, 2000]. THE is intended to run on at least Windows, Linux, and Mac platforms. This specification describes the first portions to be implemented and gives some indications for future directions.
Joining the THE Team This is an unusual open-source project in that we are exploring a user interface and programming environment that is quite different than current practice. This document explains where to begin to become a contributer.
Manual The user manual, written for developers of the Humane Environment
Mission Statement To make computer technology available to a wider audience than has been possible by radically and rationally improving its usability.
Using CVS and Sourceforge.net This guide should get you a copy of the Humane Environment in its development incarnation. It is not quite ready for general user application. When it is, we will set up a simple, straightforward download.
Peace Out
true..
Dvorak also has his head up his ass.
Although this is just a rumour, it scares me to the depths of my being. If I lose the one app I live for (outside of Reason, of course
I could care less about Flash, and although the majority of my former classmates in the Multimedia program at Humber College are deep into it, touting its crappy-ass feature set as the be-all and end-all of interactive site development, I know that any and all of its features were in Director/Shockwave first.
Example: Flash can only handle 2 minutes of video, and it has to be run through the sorenson compressor.
Director, on the other hand, can handle unlimited amounts of video, using quicktime or real, with any compression scheme.
Flash's 3D features? None.. but you can use third-party apps like swift 3d to create/convert 3D from other programs.
Director has an insane amount of control available for 3D, with many behaviours (reusable sets of code) in its built-in library, and powerful scripting control.
Flash's multiuser ability is getting there, but Director has it soundly beat once again, having had the multiuser toolkit for a number of years now.
Plus, Director MX can kick out runtime apps for OS 9, X and win platforms with many options and abilities. Flash can only do so much to begin with, so it falls behind in this department as well.
Now don't get me wrong, the last thing I want is for Microsoft to get their slimy hands on more useful apps, ready to bleed them dry and destroy them until they are a living shell of their former selves.. Any time MS buys a company, an angel dies.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all on Slashdot.
Peace
When I boot into Mac OS 9, I still occasionally use SoundEdit 16.. love that app..
;)) I'll be pretty pissed.. I have been waiting for Director MX for what seems like an eternity, and now that I have it, I could not live without it again.
I first got the program when it was made by Farallon, and bundled with the MacRecorder (audio input hardware), which provided me with countless hours of entertainment for sampling and rearranging on my old Macs.. IIci, IIsi, SE/30
Man, I had a ball cutting up Janet Jackson and Midnight Oil and mixing them with Public Enemy and Pop Will Eat Itself.
Although this is just a rumour, it scares me to the depths of my being. If I lose the one app I live for (outside of Reason, of course
I could care less about Flash, and although the majority of my former classmates in the Multimedia program at Humber College are deep into it, touting its crappy-ass feature set as the be-all and end-all of interactive site development, I know that any and all of its features were in Director/Shockwave first.
Example: Flash can only handle 2 minutes of video, and it has to be run through the sorenson compressor.
Director, on the other hand, can handle unlimited amounts of video, using quicktime or real, with any compression scheme.
Flash's 3D features? None.. but you can use third-party apps like swift 3d to create/convert 3D from other programs.
Director has an insane amount of control available for 3D, with many behaviours (reusable sets of code) in its built-in library, and powerful scripting control.
Flash's multiuser ability is getting there, but Director has it soundly beat once again, having had the multiuser toolkit for a number of years now.
Plus, Director MX can kick out runtime apps for OS 9, X and win platforms with many options and abilities. Flash can only do so much to begin with, so it falls behind in this department as well.
Now don't get me wrong, the last thing I want is for Microsoft to get their slimy hands on more useful apps, ready to bleed them dry and destroy them until they are a living shell of their former selves.. Any time MS buys a company, an angel dies.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all on Slashdot.
Peace
I own Aldus Freehand. :)
Still runs great on my old macs, along with Illustrator 88, Dark Castle, and a plethora of other great titles which will never be equalled in terms of simplicity and their adherence to the mac interface.
Peace
it is!!
does not only live in .ca
Canada has $cientologists ( a friend of mine was one) but not to the same extent as the States..
Stay away from dot ca!
The other FTC:
FTC - FaceTheCrowd.com
From MacSlash, today's issue:
Compact Flash in Your Apple II
CrazyJoel writes "I found this on woz.org. And it seemed pretty neat. Basically, the guy figured out a way to put mass storage devices like compact flash on an Apple II."
Why would one do such a thing? The geek in question explains:
My reasoning for this project is described in detail in the Background section, but suffice it to say, I wanted to be able to pull out my old Apple II and use it from time to time to reminisce about the early days of personal computers. I wanted a reliable way to store my Apple II programs and data files for many years to come. Due to the long term reliability prospects of floppy drives, and my general laziness, I decided a mass storage device is what I needed.
I'm happy with this news.. the more good codec options the better.
I've used On2's VP3 codec with excellent results, though I always end up using Sorenson Squeeze (Sorenson 3 codec) for my web-ready vids.
Zygo is another great codec to experiment with, and with Quicktime's ability to grab whatever codec you might need transparently, we should feel free to experiment.
haha professional extras.. haha
I hope you're kidding, you insensitive fuck. I got my gf pregnant this past year and we decided to get an abortion.
6 months later and we're both very depressed over the loss of a human life (no matter how small).. Every time I hear a joke about abortion or dead babies it crushes me.
Did we make the wrong decision? Neither of us were ready, but I feel as though I will have this on my soul for the rest of my life (and possibly beyond).
I don't want to leave this open-ended, but there's no easy way to forget.