ThaRum - Musings from Cambodia

Jerky Digital Video

November 27th, 2004

I have just got firewire card to capture video from a digital camcoder, Panasonic DVPro. It was amazing at first as I thought it can happened only with video capture board. But I am a bit late with the advancment of technology. The firewire card has just been installed on a PCI slot, with plug [...]

Cambodia’s Water Festival

November 24th, 2004

Cambodia has started its biggest annual celebration, the Water Festival, which attracts millions of people for three days of boat-racing and partying.
It honours the reversal in flow of the Tonle Sap river - the only river in the world to behave in such a way.
It also marks the transition [...]

Quality of Education insufficient to achieve Education For All by 2015

November 18th, 2004

More children are going to school than ever before, but many drop out before grade 5 of primary school or graduate without mastering even a minimum set of cognitive skills, concludes the 2005 Education for All Global Monitoring Report launched today in Brasilia (Brazil).
The Report, which monitors progress towards the six Education for All goals* [...]

Diving into Digital Video

November 13th, 2004

I explore possibilities to setup a video editing desktop. I need to understand all about it. Adobe and CNET has a great resource of digital video and desktop buying guide.

Embedding ICT at sector level: the case of agriculture in Bolivia

November 12th, 2004

Lessons learned from experiences in Bolivia regarding initiatives undertaken by the government, NGOs, and grass-root organisations in collaboration with IICD.
In 2002, the Ministry of Agriculture launched an ICT strategy with the following objective:
“To coordinate and promote the introduction, access, uses and application of ICT in order to improve rural development in a more sustainable and [...]