Comments on: Arg! http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/ Tue, 26 Apr 2011 05:56:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Paul http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-566 Paul Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:08:40 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-566 Alexis, I just saw the drive-in theater in Nairobi and it made me think of your comment and this NPR story. Drive-ins are dying an America, too, and I think it's not just because of pirated movies, but home video in general. That and bucket seats. Alexis, I just saw the drive-in theater in Nairobi and it made me think of your comment and this NPR story. Drive-ins are dying an America, too, and I think it’s not just because of pirated movies, but home video in general. That and bucket seats.

]]> By: Alexis http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-454 Alexis Fri, 03 Apr 2009 01:29:03 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-454 Hey, I heard a bit on NPR recently about the last drive-in theater in Kenya (the Fox in Nairobi) going out of business in part because of these kinds of pirated DVDs. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102168350 Hey, I heard a bit on NPR recently about the last drive-in theater in Kenya (the Fox in Nairobi) going out of business in part because of these kinds of pirated DVDs.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=102168350

]]> By: Paul http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-407 Paul Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:23:32 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-407 Erin says you paid 300. Are you overexaggerating your Kenyan bargaining skills? :) I need to send Mama Isaac a text-- thanks for the reminder! Erin says you paid 300. Are you overexaggerating your Kenyan bargaining skills? :) I need to send Mama Isaac a text– thanks for the reminder!

]]> By: Paul http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Paul Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:22:13 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-406 Lapu sent me a text a while back and I (surprise surprise) took too long in responding and I think I may have missed him when he visited Mombasa. In any case, this means he's alive I suppose. Lapu sent me a text a while back and I (surprise surprise) took too long in responding and I think I may have missed him when he visited Mombasa. In any case, this means he’s alive I suppose.

]]> By: Paul http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Paul Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:21:11 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-405 Mark- You read my mind. I've actually already installed the "Smart Quiz" in Kilifi. I was able to download it online in January. Also, I did meet Frank and he was a highlight of our training. I hope to look at the source for the quiz in Nairobi. If I can't find it, I'll come back to you for help. Thanks! Mark- You read my mind. I’ve actually already installed the “Smart Quiz” in Kilifi. I was able to download it online in January. Also, I did meet Frank and he was a highlight of our training. I hope to look at the source for the quiz in Nairobi. If I can’t find it, I’ll come back to you for help. Thanks!

]]> By: Paul http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-404 Paul Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:12:31 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-404 Mike- Movies play an interesting cultural role. Consider this: my students watch a pirated copy of Spider-Man pretty often. They have asked me multiple times (even the older ones) if Spider-Man is real. The movie seems to suggest that he lives in New York, a real place, so why not? To my students America is a place where even is Spider-Man isn't real, he could be. Sure, it's naive and kind of silly, but it's a part of the "there is a better world out there" mentality that is healthy for kids who otherwise have no escapist media. I just hope that it can transform into "Kenya can be a part of that better world," but I don't see that kind of optimism here yet. Mike- Movies play an interesting cultural role. Consider this: my students watch a pirated copy of Spider-Man pretty often. They have asked me multiple times (even the older ones) if Spider-Man is real. The movie seems to suggest that he lives in New York, a real place, so why not? To my students America is a place where even is Spider-Man isn’t real, he could be. Sure, it’s naive and kind of silly, but it’s a part of the “there is a better world out there” mentality that is healthy for kids who otherwise have no escapist media. I just hope that it can transform into “Kenya can be a part of that better world,” but I don’t see that kind of optimism here yet.

]]> By: Mike Gannett http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-383 Mike Gannett Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:50:39 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-383 Paul- Your post on DVD piracy made me think: piracy is taking someone else's stuff and making it your own. The morality of piracy aside, movies and the cell phone are in my view the two biggest contributors to change in developing countries. Aspirations for change involve incentives, wherever they may come from. To the extent that cheap, pirated movies play a part, they are inadvertently filling the heads of viewers with all manner of images which will bring about transformative behavior. Obvious negatives aside (violence, decadence), such images will have cumulative effects in the long run, one would hope for the better in the long run. Mike Gannett, RPCV India - 1965-67 Paul- Your post on DVD piracy made me think: piracy is taking someone else’s stuff and making it your own. The morality of piracy aside, movies and the cell phone are in my view the two biggest contributors to change in developing countries. Aspirations for change involve incentives, wherever they may come from. To the extent that cheap, pirated movies play a part, they are inadvertently filling the heads of viewers with all manner of images which will bring about transformative behavior. Obvious negatives aside (violence, decadence), such images will have cumulative effects in the long run, one would hope for the better in the long run. Mike Gannett, RPCV India – 1965-67

]]> By: Mark Steudel http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Mark Steudel Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:44:21 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-352 Hi Paul, Ginnie pointed my at your blog, love it! My wife and I were SED/ICT volunteers in western in 2006. Though we worked with BCC/Deaf Ed group a bit mostly doing interactive projects. One (which would be fun to talk about implementing at your school) is our SmartQUIZ true/false game. Check out: http://smartquiz.mindfulinteractive.com. I think you know Frank Lester, he was one of the original volunteers helping us with this and he is currently implementing it in Zambia. Fee free to mail at msteudel at gmail.com if you have any questions or thoughts, or anything. I'd be happy to help get a copy to you if you are interested. (maybe I can get someone in Nairobi to download all the videos and send you a cd) Mark Steudel Hi Paul,

Ginnie pointed my at your blog, love it! My wife and I were SED/ICT volunteers in western in 2006. Though we worked with BCC/Deaf Ed group a bit mostly doing interactive projects. One (which would be fun to talk about implementing at your school) is our SmartQUIZ true/false game. Check out: http://smartquiz.mindfulinteractive.com. I think you know Frank Lester, he was one of the original volunteers helping us with this and he is currently implementing it in Zambia. Fee free to mail at msteudel at gmail.com if you have any questions or thoughts, or anything. I’d be happy to help get a copy to you if you are interested. (maybe I can get someone in Nairobi to download all the videos and send you a cd)

Mark Steudel

]]> By: Matt http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Matt Sat, 14 Mar 2009 12:18:28 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-351 paul, its been too long...far too long. have you heard from lapu? is he alive? paul, its been too long…far too long. have you heard from lapu? is he alive?

]]> By: The Gin http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-346 The Gin Fri, 13 Mar 2009 16:32:56 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-346 http://www.mindfulinteractive.com/ Paul check this out, its right up your alley! http://www.mindfulinteractive.com/

Paul check this out, its right up your alley!

]]> By: The Gin http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/2009/03/11/arg/comment-page-1/#comment-336 The Gin Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:27:43 +0000 http://superkeen.com/peacecorpsweblog/?p=291#comment-336 I want to check out your DVD's in Mombassa, because mine always have people coughing, awkward camera angles, and once I was watching a scary movie and a man walked I assume out of his seat but it look like he was walking out of the screen-- freaked me out! Maybe mine aren't as nice because I never pay more then 200! See you in a month or so! PS My Mama called me the other day she asked about you? How's Mama Issac? I want to check out your DVD’s in Mombassa, because mine always have people coughing, awkward camera angles, and once I was watching a scary movie and a man walked I assume out of his seat but it look like he was walking out of the screen– freaked me out! Maybe mine aren’t as nice because I never pay more then 200! See you in a month or so!

PS My Mama called me the other day she asked about you? How’s Mama Issac?

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