Comments on: THE GEEK APPEAL http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/ ...the change you want to see. Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:15:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Elisa http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-511 Elisa Thu, 22 Mar 2007 08:45:39 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-511 Ciao volevo farti i complimenti hai un sito bellissimo un abbraccio dall'Italia Elisa Congratulations on a beautiful website Loved everything on your site and you did a magnificent job. You should be proud of yourself Ciao
volevo farti i complimenti hai un sito bellissimo un abbraccio dall’Italia
Elisa

Congratulations on a beautiful website
Loved everything on your site and you did a magnificent job. You should be proud of yourself

]]> By: Jon http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-383 Jon Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:59:02 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-383 Stanto - havig somebody google for me saves a ton of time - that kind of thing takes hours on 56k. Thank you so much! Stanto - havig somebody google for me saves a ton of time - that kind of thing takes hours on 56k. Thank you so much!

]]> By: Jon http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-382 Jon Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:32:59 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-382 Thanks so much Dave. I would of course like to say yes to the Macs (wouldn't we all) but Macs haven't made it to the 3rd World yet so would probably add confusion. Julia - i will get on the case for you don't worry - might take me a week or so but no problem. Jon Thanks so much Dave. I would of course like to say yes to the Macs (wouldn’t we all) but Macs haven’t made it to the 3rd World yet so would probably add confusion.

Julia - i will get on the case for you don’t worry - might take me a week or so but no problem.

Jon

]]> By: Dave http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-375 Dave Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:27:44 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-375 Was sent this link by Kitch, network switch and patch cables will be in the post later today, hope 8 ports is Ok, will see what else I can dig out. Also are you just after PC's or would G4 Mac's be any good to you ? Regards Dave Was sent this link by Kitch, network switch and patch cables will be in the post later today, hope 8 ports is Ok, will see what else I can dig out. Also are you just after PC’s or would G4 Mac’s be any good to you ?

Regards
Dave

]]> By: bizace http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-365 bizace Sun, 28 Jan 2007 09:25:37 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-365 nice to be on your site.thks nice to be on your site.thks

]]> By: Julia http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-348 Julia Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:32:16 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-348 Sounds like you are settling in very well! I had to laugh at your comments about the food, I started scribbling down weird recipes in my diary of what we made with the random selection of things we could get from the roadside or markets. The best one was banana pancakes, (fried in palm oil, :( ) ...yum! Also good is chicken, fried with ginger, hot pepper, garlic and onion served over yam. I see you have posted some pictures...if you get the chance and I know how difficult that must have been to load pics, given the slow internet but if you could wander down to the EP school campus to take some pics of a project we are working on that would be appreciated. We did receive some but I am not what the dates were on them as they were sent snailmail... To get there, you wander down your road towards Abor, continue past the Lorry station. You will reach a fork in the road, take the side on the left (ask for the road towards Weme, or the Sacred Heart Hospital) Walk down that road until you get to the EP Secondary school lot. There should be a half built building (There might be a sign that says the name of the organisation "ATIDEKATE") I understand if you can't, it is just that communication has been very slow with the group in Abor, so I am very curious to see the actual progress.. Keep having fun!!!! Sounds like you are settling in very well! I had to laugh at your comments about the food, I started scribbling down weird recipes in my diary of what we made with the random selection of things we could get from the roadside or markets. The best one was banana pancakes, (fried in palm oil, :( ) …yum! Also good is chicken, fried with ginger, hot pepper, garlic and onion served over yam.
I see you have posted some pictures…if you get the chance and I know how difficult that must have been to load pics, given the slow internet but if you could wander down to the EP school campus to take some pics of a project we are working on that would be appreciated. We did receive some but I am not what the dates were on them as they were sent snailmail…
To get there, you wander down your road towards Abor, continue past the Lorry station. You will reach a fork in the road, take the side on the left (ask for the road towards Weme, or the Sacred Heart Hospital) Walk down that road until you get to the EP Secondary school lot. There should be a half built building (There might be a sign that says the name of the organisation “ATIDEKATE”)
I understand if you can’t, it is just that communication has been very slow with the group in Abor, so I am very curious to see the actual progress..
Keep having fun!!!!

]]> By: Christopher G. Stanton http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-341 Christopher G. Stanton Sun, 21 Jan 2007 13:17:40 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-341 Following on from what Crim has posted about WiMAX, it appears a company called Telkom has purchased equipment for providing WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) access in Ghana and that area. They are also looking to provide ADSL in the area too. WiMAX is essentially a technology that uses a large antenna mast operating on either the 5ghz or 2.4ghz band to provide wireless internet access. You would connect to it via a given access point and antenna; which would probably connect to a wireless router. From there you would network as appropriate. WiMAX has been considered as 'in its infancy' to my knowledge it hasn't been ratified as a standard. But it is in operation in places in the UK. After a bit of googling, AfriConnect may supply a suitable 'net connection in Ghana. Location: Accra Email enquiries-gh@africonnect.com Phone: +233-21-236975 Website: http://www.africonnect.com/ghana.htm Hope that raises some awareness. - Stanto Following on from what Crim has posted about WiMAX, it appears a company called Telkom has purchased equipment for providing WISP (Wireless Internet Service Provider) access in Ghana and that area. They are also looking to provide ADSL in the area too.

WiMAX is essentially a technology that uses a large antenna mast operating on either the 5ghz or 2.4ghz band to provide wireless internet access. You would connect to it via a given access point and antenna; which would probably connect to a wireless router. From there you would network as appropriate.

WiMAX has been considered as ‘in its infancy’ to my knowledge it hasn’t been ratified as a standard. But it is in operation in places in the UK.

After a bit of googling, AfriConnect may supply a suitable ‘net connection in Ghana.

Location: Accra
Email enquiries-gh@africonnect.com
Phone: +233-21-236975
Website: http://www.africonnect.com/ghana.htm

Hope that raises some awareness.

- Stanto

]]> By: Kai Chan Vong http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-335 Kai Chan Vong Sat, 20 Jan 2007 11:27:54 +0000 http://lastchancetobe.com/2007/01/20/83/#comment-335 :( Sorry to hear about your Malaria! I remember having the injections when I would travel out on holiday to parts of Asia and the injections back then weren't too pleasant in terms of how you felt so I can't imagine how you're doing! But I wish you well and good luck with everything. One of my friends said "I hadn't considered something he's picked up on there - which is applying WiMAX technology to such countries. It could be implemented and setup with ease and possibly the best solution." Keep doing what you're doing pal! On a side note, next week I'm playing for the JustGiving football team against Cancer Research UK... hopefully we'll win! - Crim :( Sorry to hear about your Malaria! I remember having the injections when I would travel out on holiday to parts of Asia and the injections back then weren’t too pleasant in terms of how you felt so I can’t imagine how you’re doing! But I wish you well and good luck with everything.

One of my friends said “I hadn’t considered something he’s picked up on there - which is applying WiMAX technology to such countries. It could be implemented and setup with ease and possibly the best solution.”

Keep doing what you’re doing pal! On a side note, next week I’m playing for the JustGiving football team against Cancer Research UK… hopefully we’ll win!

- Crim

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