Taking 8.2-763 On The Road

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All,

Last night I was successful in updating my test machine (the one with the 
repaired keyboard) to build 8.2-763 and updated all the needed Activities and 
added the Help Activity.  It was a "piece of cake," now that I know how to do 
it.

I was very pleased to find the FLOSS manual in the help activity...available 
without internet access (I turned off my router to test it). It was fun to see 
the few words I had contributed to it on the XO!

Tomorrow (Thursday) morning we will be leaving to return to California.  It 
will take us most of the rest of this week.  I plan to "field" test it as we 
go, using internet connections in motels and other locations.  I will also be 
traveling to an area in Nevada (Great Basin NP) where there is no internet and, 
probably, no cell phone service.

So I will have the opportunity to play NuB with no connections.  Let's see how 
it goes!

BTW, this new build is very nice.  If you haven't  downloaded a developer key 
yet, you should do it and join in the testing of this build.  The better we can 
help make it before it ships, the fewer problem calls we will have from our new 
donors this winter! 

Caryl
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Music Keyboard for TamTam?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi,

I was wondering if there would be a way to connect a usb musical keyboard to 
the XO to use with the TamTam suite of Activities?

The
software would have to be able to recognize the input from the
keyboard.  A small 37-key midi keyboard by M-Audio costs about $50. 
.  It supposedly works with any 
computer with a usb connection, but I suspect they mean any Mac or Windows 
based machine. 

The
programs in the TamTam suite are really powerful, and could appeal to
older children and adults if the keyboard input was more suited to
their larger hands.

Any ideas? 

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RE: Music Keyboard for TamTam?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Gary,

I'm glad others are interested in this possible extension of the use of the XO. 
 I got the idea when I saw the OLPCMEXICO guide to TamTamMini.  They show the 
correspondence of the XO keys with a standard keyboard. You don't need to know 
Spanish to understand what they are showing.  You can download their guide here:

http://www.mochiladigitaltelmex.com.mx/olpc/index.php/Herramientas_pedag%C3%B3gicas

Greg Smith was the speaker at our Support-Gang conference call meeting today.  
He indicated that we can submit ideas for additions to the next release, 9.1.0, 
to come out in March.  I was going to submit the keyboard input fix in his 
Roadmap section:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Feature_roadmap

Would you like to join me as "co-champions" of the idea?  You can submit it and 
include me, or I can do it and include you, whichever you prefer.  We can each 
go over the proposal and edit collaboratively (OLPC style!).

I think the educational value is great.  Children can be learning a standard 
keyboard as they play with the TamTam suite and it will transfer to other 
instruments they may want to try later in life...not just piano and organ, but 
mallet instruments like marimba as well.

Do you have any idea how well in tune the XO is?  If you play an A is it 440? 
If it is in tune, it can also help children develop an excellent sense of pitch 
that will help them all their lives (a survey of adults with perfect pitch 
showed they all began playing an instrument by the age of 8...my Master's 
Thesis many years ago!).

Let's see where we can take this...it would be great to find a source of 
inexpensive usb keyboards too.  They don't have to do anything fancy, just work 
for input.

Caryl  OLPC Support Volunteer

> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: devel@lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: Music Keyboard for TamTam?
> Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:24:54 +
> 
> On 17 Nov 2008, at 04:06, Gary C Martin wrote:
> 
> >> I was wondering if there would be a way to connect a usb musical
> >> keyboard to the XO to use with the TamTam suite of Activities?
> >>
> >> The software would have to be able to recognize the input from the
> >> keyboard.  A small 37-key midi keyboard by M-Audio costs about $50.
> >> .  It supposedly
> >> works with any computer with a usb connection, but I suspect they
> >> mean any Mac or Windows based machine.
> >>
> >> The programs in the TamTam suite are really powerful, and could
> >> appeal to older children and adults if the keyboard input was more
> >> suited to their larger hands.
> >>
> >> Any ideas?
> >
> > Ooh I've been meaning to test this for a while – so I've just plugged
> > my M-Audio 49-e into the XO (release 8.2-767), and tried each of the
> > TamTam suite... Unfortunately it seems to have no effect :-(
> >
> > This was only a very quick attempt, I'll try a deeper look and see if
> > anything obvious is borked, will likely poke about with csound in the
> > raw and see what I can pick-up:
> >
> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/CSound
> >
> > I'm guessing this may well work, or at least used to, as I found this
> > flicker shot of Simon and Walter testing an early board prototype :-)
> >
> > http://flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/189728345/
> >
> > Anyone else tried, or can point me in the right direction (is there
> > some /dev I should look for)?
> 
> 
> OK, replying to my own email (well it is late here) – I can at least  
> see the midi keyboard is being recognised using the terminal amidi  
> command:
> 
> amidi -l
> Dir   DeviceName
> IOhw:1,0,0   Ketstation 49e MIDI 1
> 
> On a more disappointing note I found this ticket "G1G1 tamtam suite  
> should respond to MIDI keyboard input" from 10 months ago. Closed.  
> Wont fix :-(
> 
>   https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6031
> 
> --Gary
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RE: Music Keyboard for TamTam?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Thanks for all your efforts!

The last time I used a midi keyboard with a Mac (it was a G3) it had to have a 
special "midi interface" and then was just "plug and play" from there using 
Finale as a program. In looking over your discussion below, it looks like you 
did manage to get a midi keyboard to work with the XO, but with great 
difficulty. Some questions...

Will it work with all of the TamTam Activities?

Is it likely that all midi keyboards would work?

Would it be possible to put the instructions into language that the less 
technically inclined could easily follow to get started on this?

Does anything have to be changed in the software/hardware to make this easily 
used by teachers everywhere?

Do you know of any source of very simple, inexpensive midi keyboards? No bells 
and whistles needed, they are already in the XO in the TamTam Activities.

Could easier use of a midi keyboard be incorporated into a change in the Sugar 
OS (like 9.1.0)?

Or is there an easy way to make the current set-up easier?

Thanks again for your interest and efforts!

Caryl



> Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2008 20:37:59 -0800
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Music Keyboard for TamTam?
> CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; devel@lists.laptop.org
> 
> See also
> 
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/189728345/
> 
> Walter and Simon demonstrate MIDI keyboard input into the A-TEST board
> Taken on July 14, 2006, uploaded July 14, 2006
> 
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Gary C Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 1 Dec 2008, at 04:01, Gary C Martin wrote:
> >
> >> On 30 Nov 2008, at 22:16, Erik Garrison wrote:
> >>
> >>> On Sun, Nov 30, 2008 at 12:20 AM, Gary C Martin
> >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>  On 30 Nov 2008, at 01:29, Erik Garrison wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 8:23 AM,  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >> ignacio wrote:
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, 2008-11-17 at 04:24 +, Gary C Martin wrote:
> 
>  On a more disappointing note I found this ticket "G1G1 tamtam
>  suite
>  should respond to MIDI keyboard input" from 10 months ago.
>  Closed.
>  Wont fix :-(
> 
>  https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/6031
> >>>
> >>> All "wontfix" means is that they're waiting for someone with a
> >>> stronger
> >>> itch to scratch it ;)
> >>
> >> i really have no idea how such devices are normally presented to
> >> the systems, but is it possible that the keyboard is consists of
> >> more than one USB device (i.e., via a built-in hub) and that not
> >> all the drivers are present on the XO?
> >>
> >
> > FWIW, The M-audio systems abide by open midi specifications and are
> > platform-independent.  I don't know about the driver situation.
> >
> > There is a program which can be used to dump midi signals to
> > stdout.
> > It might be a good test as it's very simple to configure and its
> > results are very clear, unlike the audio programs you'll want to
> > use.
> 
>  ... and it's called??? Gah! ;-)
> >>
> >> Just for reference, after connecting the USB Midi keyboard amidi -l
> >> gives me:
> >>
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~]$ amidi -l
> >> Dir DeviceName
> >> IO  hw:1,0,0  Keystation 49e MIDI 1
> >>
> >>> I'm not at an XO or my development machine now, but looked around the
> >>> web to try to find some information to help.
> >>>
> >>> See: http://www.4front-tech.com/pguide/midi.html
> >>
> >> Will go read.
> >>
> >>> Does the system have a /dev/midi* when you plug the device in?
> >>
> >> Yep, I get a /dev/midi1
> >>
> >>> Do you see anything interesting in the kernel logs returned with
> >>> dmesg?
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately our kernel configs aren't online anywhere i can find...
> >>> but I'll check to see if it's enabled.  My guess would be not, but
> >>> perhaps I'm mistaken.
> >>>
>  I'm trying to hack my way through coding csound, but I've not had
>  much time
>  to play so far. A magic midi data dumping tool would be a nice
>  shortcut to
>  test – FWIW, I can see my M-audio correctly listed on the USB as an
>  available MIDI input device, but not got any further yet.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps cat /dev/midi*  if the file(s) exist.
> >>
> >> Fab, yes, cat/dev/midi1 gives me wild ascii characters each time I
> >> press a key, looks like both note and velocity (this particular
> >> keyboard doesn't emit pressure but I have another one somewhere that
> >> does), also other controls (volume, pitch blend & modulation) trigger
> >> comms.
> >>
> >> I'd say the drivers are good to go, and I need to get back to reading
> >> csound documentation and try a demo to pickup the incoming midi feed.
> >
> > OK, really boring but working example (XO 8.2-767):
> >
> > 1) Plug in your USB MIDI input device
> >
> > 2) In terminal run "amidi -l" it should list something like:
> >
> >Dir DeviceName
> >IO  hw:1,0,0  Keystation 

RE: Music Keyboard for TamTam?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Gary,



This is very exciting and I would love to help test it when it is ready
for that.  This idea came to mind when I noticed Mexico's OLPC activity
information for TamTamMini showed the relationship of the XO keys to those
of an actual music keyboard. Why not let the children experience the real 
thing? You can download their guide here (see page 3 in the TamTamMini 
instructions):

http://www.mochiladigitaltelmex.com.mx/olpc/index.php/Herramientas_pedag%C3%B3gicas



As a former music major and the wife of a retired instrumental music
teacher, I really would love to have TamTam give students a chance to
transfer their skills to music keyboards and mallet instruments.  I
asked on the olpc-sur list if anyone would use something like this with
their students.  I got only one reply, but I think it was evidence of
the concerns teachers have...they thought it was a great idea except for
the cost of the music keyboards.



Maybe we need to start a company to make no-frills basic usb music
keyboards to sell for about $20-$25 US so that schools in countries
with deployments could afford to get some for their music classes.



Keep me posted on your progress!



Caryl

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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Music Keyboard for TamTam?
> Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2008 01:12:59 +
> 
> Hi Caryl,
> 
> On 4 Dec 2008, at 07:55, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> 
> > Thanks for all your efforts!
> >
> > The last time I used a midi keyboard with a Mac (it was a G3) it had  
> > to have a special "midi interface" and then was just "plug and play"  
> > from there using Finale as a program. In looking over your  
> > discussion below, it looks like you did manage to get a midi  
> > keyboard to work with the XO, but with great difficulty. Some  
> > questions...
> >
> > Will it work with all of the TamTam Activities?
> 
> It does not work with any of the TamTam activities yet, but I am  
> digging through TamTamMini to see what's the best way to add this  
> functionality. The Python code is fairly obtuse, likely due to all the  
> copy/paste hacking that it's been through (all 4 activities used to be  
> one big single activity).
> 
> Right now I've just tested that the standard 8.2-767 release does  
> respond correctly to a USB MIDI keyboard by writing some simple/small  
> CSound code. No special kernel modules, drivers, updates are needed –  
> so it works 'out the box' but we have no current activities that  
> listen for MIDI events just now.
> 
> > Is it likely that all midi keyboards would work?
> 
> Yes I think so, USB MIDI keyboards being the easiest to use. I also  
> have a MIDI to USB converter kicking around (some other folks sent you  
> links to these), and a bunch of old school MIDI synths and devices  
> that I plan to test function correctly.
> 
> > Would it be possible to put the instructions into language that the  
> > less technically inclined could easily follow to get started on this?
> 
> If I can update TamTamMini the way I intend, you'd just need to plug  
> in a MIDI keyboard and start hitting keys in a tuneful way :-)
> 
> > Does anything have to be changed in the software/hardware to make  
> > this easily used by teachers everywhere?
> 
> New releases of the TamTam Activities (if I manage to get this  
> working). Should just be a software update away for those already  
> running Sugar.
> 
> > Do you know of any source of very simple, inexpensive midi  
> > keyboards? No bells and whistles needed, they are already in the XO  
> > in the TamTam Activities.
> 
> M-Audio is what I've used. Doing a quick google, my curiosity was  
> piqued by a "roll-up USB piano" (49key, velocity sensitive) - it's  
> about £20 here in the UK, ~$40 in the US, any one got one of these? I  
> only ask as it seems both cheap, potentially durable, easy to store,  
> and easy to ship... Pity it doesn't come in green ;-)
> 
> > Could easier use of a midi keyboard be incorporated into a change in  
> > the Sugar OS (like 9.1.0)?
> 
> 8.2 seems to have all the required components.
> 
> A new control panel module for advance MIDI device configuration could  
> be something for the future, but to be honest that seem like massive  
> over kill, and a potential source of confusion. I've hacked about with  
> keyboards for plenty of years now, and it is almost always the  
> individual client software that deals with fancy MIDI configurations,  
> if needed, and not the OS.
> 
> Regards,
> --Gary
> 
> > Or is there an easy way to make the current set-up easier?
> >
> &

UNESCO: How Do We Guarantee the Presence of a Language in Cyberspace?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Everybody, 

This is from the OLPC-sur list.  UNESCO has recently released an English 
version of its publication on languages in cyberspace.  It is also available in 
French, Spanish, Russian, and Portuguese.  Here is the link to the UNESCO 
announcement which has a link to the PDF copy of the book.

http://portal.unesco.org/ci/en/ev.php-URL_ID=28065&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

Caryl

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FW: [Sur] videos de Rivera, Uruguay (Excellent!)

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

Someone in Uruguay has posted two videos showing how they are using the XOs in 
the classrooms.  It is difficult to understand the children at times, but 
someone has put in sub-titles in English. So, for us, that is ok (some of the 
Spanish speakers are having trouble with it though).

There are amazing things in here...how the students and teacher keep in 
constant communication, how the teacher keeps track of what the students are 
doing, how and what they are learning from TurtleArt, how they use email, how 
they figured out how to convert and play YouTube videos, and how the teacher 
uses them as part of the curriculum.  

The tool they used for the subtitles, Overstream, seems pretty fantastic too.  
The possibilities of using it for other things seem endless.

This is really good stuff.  Take the time to check it out! 

 http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=i2ueryser0rz 

http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=i4m7lvmniztl
 

Caryl

> Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:03:01 -0200
> From: gei...@gmail.com
> To: olpc-...@lists.laptop.org
> Subject: [Sur] videos de Rivera, Uruguay
> 
> Estimados:
> 
> En el edublog un maestro de Rivera (Jorge Cancela creo que es su
> nombre, su alias es JUCL) publicó dos videos con una presentación del
> uso de la XO en clase, hecha en conjunto con algunos alumnos. Me
> pareció muy bueno y me pareció que debía ser conocido por mucha gente.
> Sobre todo pienso en quienes trabajan en forma voluntaria para hacer
> el proyecto una realidad y muchas veces no saben qué es lo que pasa en
> los lugares donde se realiza el proyecto.
> 
> Entonces le puse subtítulos en inglés y los publiqué aquí:
> 
> http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=i2ueryser0rz
> 
> http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=i4m7lvmniztl
> 
> ¿Qué les parece? Algunos tramos no entendía bien lo que decían y quedó
> como puntos suspensivos, cualquier sugerencia para rellenarlos será
> bienvenida.
> 
> Saludos,
> 
> Gabriel
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Uruguay: Using the XO with Developmentally Challenged Kids

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

Here is more good stuff from Uruguay.  These anecdotes were collected from 
teachers at a school for developmentally challenged children in Uruguay at a 
fair they had for a number of schools participating in Project Ceibal (OLPC in 
Uruguay).  They were originally posted on a blog in Spanish which I will list 
below, but here is where you can find a machine translation into English on the 
Project Ceibal blog site:

http://olpc-ceibal.blogspot.com/2009/01/anecdotes-of-plan-ceibal-in-durazno.html

Caryl

The original blog in Spanish can be found at:

http://www.blogedu-rosamel.blogspot.com/
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Favorite Projects for XO Development?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hello Friends,

OLPC will have a booth this weekend (2/20-2/22) at the Southern California Area 
LInux Expo (SCaLE).  This is a large conference (up to 1000) of open-source 
aficionados including programmers.  It is a great chance to recruit folks for 
our team of volunteer developers of Activities for the XO. 

I am putting together a brochure to pass out at the conference and want to 
include information about some of the projects and proposals we have.  Could 
you all take a look at the page listed below and make any additions and updates 
you would like included?  I need this done by Wednesday Noon (PT). Thanks! 

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Projects_and_proposals

Caryl  OLPC Support Volunteer

P.S. Excuse the multiple copies of this if you are subscribed to more than one 
list.  I will get several copies myself.
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TamTam

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Aaron and other music enthusiasts...

Aaron asked for info on how to use TamTam. Here is the MiniTamTam information 
in Spanish.  It has a link to a demo in English on YouTube at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31L9qaxOrp0

Here is one for the synthLab:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwqt8NMT-zI&feature=related

All show an older version of Sugar, but you can get the idea from them.

There are other videos on YouTube you might check also.

We really need to do a FLOSS manual for the entire TamTam suite during the 
BookSprint next August.  How about it?

We really need someone to do the programming to interface an electronic 
keyboard to the XO.  Shouldn't be hard to do since the XO already can recognize 
usb keyboards...just something that will convert the signal from the music 
keyboard to what it would be if the corresponding XO key were pressed.  

This is such a powerful program with a lot of educational potential. We really 
need to give it more attention.

Caryl 
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Activities Under Emulation

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All,

I am working on a presentation I will be doing about OLPC and Sugar at a huge 
educator's conference in Palm Springs next week.  I realize I need some 
nitty-gritty type info about the current state of Sugar emulation on PCs and 
Macs.  Can anyone fill me in on the latest, most up-to-date answers to these 
questions?  Maybe Luke? Anyone else?

Will the latest Live CD work with both PCs and Macs? (most educators prefer and 
have Macs)

Will the latest SOAS work with both PCs and Macs?

Regarding various Activities...which run best under emulation?

Will the following specific activities work under emulation:

Record (on machines with built in cameras and mics)?

Measure (on machines with built in mics)?

Distance (on machines with bluetooth)?

Write?

Paint?

EToys?

Squeak?

TurtleArt?

The TamTam suite of activities?

I have heard there is a way that other types of computers running under 
emulation can collaborate.  Has anyone tried this successfully.  What did you 
use and how did you do it? Was the neighborhood view and inviting collaborators 
enabled?

I'm sure I haven't thought of everything, but this will give me a start.

Thanks,
Caryl


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Sugar Live CD on Mac or PC?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All...

One more question before the CUE Conference this week.  I had bought a Sugar 
Live CD from xoexplosion, but before I had a chance to try it on my MacBook, 
someone at SCaLE took it!  Now I need to know...

Would it have worked if I had just booted my MacBook from it?  How would I have 
used it on a PC?  Is the version available for download at 
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Live_CD one that would be the same as the one sold by 
XOexplosion?  I want to make this as simple as possible for folks.  If I start 
talking about Ubuntu and Fedora and the like, they will run, not walk, to the 
nearest exit!

Maybe the easiest thing would be to refer them to xoexplosion? Or to tell them 
to just make a SOAS?

Thanks for your help!

Caryl
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RE: [support-gang] the keyhandler.ppy mystery

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

If you are talking about the "developer key," mine has been through the 
installation of several builds will no problems.

Caryl

Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 10:30:20 -0400
From: l...@faraone.cc
To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
CC: devel@lists.laptop.org
Subject: Re: [support-gang] the keyhandler.ppy mystery

On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 10:26 AM, Aaron Konstam  wrote:


There is a file /usr/share/sugar/shell/view/keyhandler.py on the XO that

presumably defines key use.



Does anyone know if that file gets munged will installing another build

replace it with a fresh copy?


Yes, it will.  

-- 
Luke Faraone
http://luke.faraone.cc
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RE: [support-gang] Don't miss this! More great stuff from Uruguay

[Caryl Bigenho]

Also, it doesn't work on the XO...yet.

Caryl

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devel@lists.laptop.org
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2009 10:28:50 -0700
Subject: [support-gang] Don't miss this!  More great stuff from Uruguay








Hi Folks,

Once again I have found something wonderful to share from the olpc-sur list.  
In Uruguay they have come up with a cartoon video and a computer game designed 
to help dispel fears of computers that some adults (including parents and 
teachers) may have.  They call it El Cuco de las computadores.  In Latin 
American countries,  el cuco is sort of a "boogyman," based on irrational, 
unfounded fears.  

The cute cartoon gives a simple introduction to computers and what they can do. 
In the section on "portatiles" (laptops) they include an image of an XO.  Then 
below the YouTube window there is a button to click to access a cute game they 
have written that will help a beginner get accoustomed to the keyboard and 
mouse (they use mice a lot with the XOs in Uruguay).

You don't have to know Spanish to appreciate these resources. Their production 
values are top-notch! Take a look, enjoy, and figure a way we can 
translate/localize it for other places (other languages and other, local, 
boogeymen!)

http://ludo.com.uy/cuco/

Caryl

P.S. Here is a link to the Wikipedia article about El Cuco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuco
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Don't miss this! More great stuff from Uruguay

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks,

Once again I have found something wonderful to share from the olpc-sur list.  
In Uruguay they have come up with a cartoon video and a computer game designed 
to help dispel fears of computers that some adults (including parents and 
teachers) may have.  They call it El Cuco de las computadores.  In Latin 
American countries,  el cuco is sort of a "boogyman," based on irrational, 
unfounded fears.  

The cute cartoon gives a simple introduction to computers and what they can do. 
In the section on "portatiles" (laptops) they include an image of an XO.  Then 
below the YouTube window there is a button to click to access a cute game they 
have written that will help a beginner get accoustomed to the keyboard and 
mouse (they use mice a lot with the XOs in Uruguay).

You don't have to know Spanish to appreciate these resources. Their production 
values are top-notch! Take a look, enjoy, and figure a way we can 
translate/localize it for other places (other languages and other, local, 
boogeymen!)

http://ludo.com.uy/cuco/

Caryl

P.S. Here is a link to the Wikipedia article about El Cuco

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuco
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Education Humor! Get a new perspective...

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi,
Some of you who are working on this wonderful education project may never have 
experienced the joy of actually being in a classroom...as a teacher.  This was 
sent to me by a retired teacher friend.  I have no doubt that somewhere, at 
some time every one of these things happened...perhaps more than once.  This is 
why when developing software for children the mantra should be "expect the 
unexpected".  Enjoy!
Caryl 


 Kids Are Quick 
 
TEACHER:   Maria, go to the map and find  North America  . 
MARIA: Here it is. 
TEACHER:   Correct. Now class, who discovered  America  ? 
CLASS: Maria. 
 

TEACHER: John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor? 
JOHN: You told me to do it without using tables. 
__ 

TEACHER: Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?' 
GLENN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L' 
TEACHER:  No, that's wrong 
GLENN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it. 
(I Love this kid)


TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water? 
DONALD: H I J K L M N O. 
TEACHER:  What are you talking about? 
DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O. 
__ 

TEACHER:  Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't 
have ten years ago. 
WINNIE:   Me! 
__ 

TEACHER:  Glen, why do you always get so dirty? 
GLEN:   Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are. 
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TEACHER:Millie, give me a sentence starting with '  I.  ' 
MILLIE:   I is.. 
TEACHER:No, Millie. Always say, 'I am.' 
MILLIE:   All right...  'I am the ninth letter of the 
alphabet.'  
 

TEACHER:   George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry 
tree, but also admitted it.  Now, Louie, do you know why his father 
didn't punish him? 
LOUIS:  Because George still had the axe in his hand.
__ 

TEACHER: Now, Simon, tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating? 
SIMON:No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook. 
__ 

TEACHER:Clyde  , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as 
your brother's. Did you copy his? 
CLYDE :   No, sir. It's the same dog. 
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 TEACHER:  Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when 
people are no longer interested? 
HAROLD:   A teacher 

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FW: OLPC Projects/VideoEditing and Video Edit

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All,
Here is a great opportunity for someone to pick up where Robert left off and 
contribute something really useful, fun, educational, practical, and wanted for 
the XO and SoaS.  Robert is willing to advise and help anyone who wants to pick 
up this project to get a Video Editing Activity into Sugar.
See details in our correspondence below.
Chao!
Caryl

Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 09:43:20 -0400
Subject: Re: OLPC Projects/VideoEditing and Video Edit
From: rm...@cornell.edu
To: cbige...@hotmail.com

Hello Caryl,

My work on the project has stalled. When I left off last year, a gstreamer 
glitch was causing OGGs from the XO camera to freeze the system, which 
compounded with performance issues stalled the project. There's a good chance 
that that particular problem has been resolved, and I too would love to see a 
video editing activity on the XO.


I'm not sure how much work I'll be able to do, but I am definitely available to 
advise and help out how I can. If a volunteer is interested, I would imagine a 
good deal could be done in porting an existing free video editor (pitivi is 
what I tried due to the similarities in its toolkit and that being used for 
sugar) to the XO interface.


Keep in touch,
Robert

On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:















Hello,
I am a member of the OLPC Support Gang and am mentoring a project that wants to 
use simple video editing on the XO as a part of their activities.  I see that 
both of you were working on this last year, but that nothing has been posted on 
the wiki about it for several months.



What is the current status of your projects?  Is anyone working on them now?  
What was the state of the projects when you last worked on them?  Is it 
something that one of our volunteer programmers could bring to completion?



There is really a lot of interest in having a simple video editing Activity for 
the XO and Sugar.  At this point, folks are just suggesting a lot of 
substitutes such as Turtle Art and Google Docs presentations.  But, of course, 
what you folks were working on would be far better.



Let me know what is happening!  


Thanks,
Caryl Bigenho, OLPC Support Volunteer


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RE: [support-gang] SHIRT SLOGAN VOTE! "Class Acts" Poster! OLPC/Sugar Community Book Sprint (Sept 6-11, Washington DC)

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All,
I'm not a graphic artist so I just "cobbled" the pdf together on a ppt file and 
exported as pdf. My intent is to have the "O" at the end (in XO) have a happy 
face in it. The slashes across the Os above that need to be the same width as 
the lines in the letters.  Did the best I could without spending hours learning 
how to do it right!
Caryl

Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:12:02 -0400
From: h...@laptop.org
To: support-g...@laptop.org; grassro...@lists.laptop.org; 
i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; devel@lists.laptop.org
Subject: [support-gang] SHIRT SLOGAN VOTE! "Class Acts" Poster! OLPC/Sugar 
Community Book Sprint (Sept 6-11, Washington DC)






  


Please vote for the back of our T-Shirt -- Mike Lee's image will be on
the front of the shirt:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/3865753915/in/photostream/

But we need your help for the back!!!



Proposal #1 (yes the "constuctionist assessment" parody's intentional!)



NO NINO LEFT BEHIND




Proposal #2 (from http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Five_principles )




CHILD OWNERSHIP

LOW AGES

SATURATION

CONNECTION

FREE AND OPEN SOURCE




Proposal #3



(Caryl Bigenho's attached PDF, or close simulacra
you provide!)



Proposal #4, another fantastic oldtime OLPC joke (see
http://rt.laptop.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=4519 and RT4424, or better
yet ask a Supportive friend ;)



MONGO HAPPY NOW




Please vote BY midnight latest -- publicly or privately is fine --
FYI I am paying for these T shirts with my own money, will be asking
for a very small payment (about $6 covering half the costs if you want
a shirt) and more important plz thank ALL the silent volunteers
silently working their butts off on DC logistics around Sept 6-11's
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ClassActs :)


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SCaLE 8X 2/19-21 2010 CFP

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

This came to my husband Ed's email today... guess they assumed he was the 
techie in the family... wrong! 

Both OLPC and SugarLabs should have a big presence at this event.  It has led 
us to some valuable contacts in the past 2 years.  I plan to do a presentation 
on the Contributors Program and help set up and "person" (not "man")  a booth 
with XOs in the exhibit hall. Many attendees will already have their own XOs.  
We should have a big SoaS setup too... 

Imagine a huge hall filled with open source developers and companies that use 
open source or do things related to it. Techie heaven!  

If you want to present in the education track... it is called OSSIE (Open 
Source Software In Education) and is only on Friday. Not well attended though 
b/c teachers can't get the time off... too bad. When you sign up you will find 
other tracks as well. Pick the one that makes the most sense for your topic.

The CFP follows.

Hope to see many of you there!

Caryl

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2010, and will again be at the Westin LAX.

 The Call for Papers for the conference is now open. Besides the regular 
conference tracks, SCALE 8x will include specialty tracks for both developers 
and beginners.

 If you'd like to speak at SCALE 8x, see http://socallinuxexpo.org to submit 
your presentation proposal.

 Mark your calendars – be in Los Angeles February 19-21st, 2010 for SCALE 8x!

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Some Questions About Setting Up A School Server

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All... 
These questions are from Jim Stockford  who is working with 
Shameer on a Contributors Program project.  Please be sure to send me a copy of 
any answers! Thanks.
Caryl
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Jim needs help setting up a school server. For starters, I referred him to:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/School_server
 He has the following questions. 
>what's missing at least in part is network 
> topology and possibilities, especially on the 
> LAN side of the xs. 
>for example, assuming eth0 for WAN (internet 
> access) and eth1 for LAN (xo) access, can we 
> connect eth1 to a switch and connect an access 
> point to the switch (this lets us connect xo 
> boxes either by wifi or by wire). 
>as a different example, how to configure one 
> of those cheap little home routers so we can 
> connect eth1 to the router and then connect xo 
> boxes either to the built-in switch on the 
> router or the built-in access point on the 
> router to allow the xs dhcp server to respond 
> to xo requests for ip addresses (i.e. inhibit 
> the router's dhcp server)? 
>these are not really xo and xs considerations 
> except that these are some of the stumbling 
> blocks we've encountered in our so-far-failed 
> attempt to get the school server working with 
> the xo boxes. 

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Secure or Unsecure?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi,

I am playing with the XO-1.5 that Adam sent this week. I love a lot of the 
features, but want to get updated so I can help test things.  I have printed 
out the instructions for updating and have run into a few snags.

First, I don't know how to tell if the machine is secured or not.  As a 
"developer" machine it should be unsecured, but the firmware version doesn't 
show up on the start-up banner. As a matter of fact, there is no start-up 
banner, leading me to suspect the machine is secured. I was able to find the 
firmware version (Q3A11) in the "About My Computer" section.  I need to get to 
Q3a18.

Secondly, I tried to do the update online on the XO, following carefully the 
instructions on the q3a18 firmware section of the wiki.  No matter what 
variation of the commands I enter it comes back with "No such file or 
directory" or "command not found".  Maybe I have a syntax error of some type, 
but I have tried several variations with no luck.

Any suggetions?

Caryl
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Getting Started With Testing

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

Thanks to the patience of James Cameron on IRC last night (probably morning for 
him), I now have the XO-1.5 B machine Adam sent all updated to the latest 
firmware (q3a18) and software (54) builds.

Are there specific things I should test or should I just "play" until I "break" 
something?  Has anyone been testing the TamTams? I want to be useful here... 
just point me in the right direction!

Caryl
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FW: Secure or Unsecure?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi John,

Last night, with the help of James Cameron on irc, I managed to update the 
firmware to q3a18 and the software to build 54. He did a superb job of walking 
me through the process.

All seems to be working fine with the expected bugs (no camera yet). Now I just 
need someone to tell me what I should test.  I don't want to just duplicate 
what has already been done.

Should I just "play" until something "breaks" or are there specific things that 
need to be looked at?

Caryl


> CC: w...@laptop.org; cbige...@hotmail.com; devel@lists.laptop.org; 
> support-g...@lists.laptop.org
> From: w...@laptop.org
> Subject: Re: Secure or Unsecure?
> Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2009 18:29:02 -0500
> To: c...@laptop.org
> 
> 
> Chris,
> She probably has a machine with OS31 on it.   I doubt
> olpc-update will work until she upgrades via OFW first.
> 
> wad
> 
> On Dec 6, 2009, at 5:03 PM, Chris Ball wrote:
> 
> > Hi Caryl,
> >
> >> First, I don't know how to tell if the machine is secured or not.
> >
> > It's definitely unsecured.
> >
> >> As a "developer" machine it should be unsecured, but the firmware
> >> version doesn't show up on the start-up banner. As a matter of
> >> fact, there is no start-up banner, leading me to suspect the
> >> machine is secured.
> >
> > We removed the banner by default, to make for a prettier boot.  To get
> > it back, you can hold down the "check" game key while powering on.
> >
> >> I was able to find the firmware version (Q3A11) in the "About My
> >> Computer" section. I need to get to Q3a18.
> >
> > Upgrading to the release candidate OS will install Q3A18, so you don't
> > need to do that part of the upgrade yourself.
> >
> >> Secondly, I tried to do the update online on the XO, following
> >> carefully the instructions on the q3a18 firmware section of the
> >> wiki. No matter what variation of the commands I enter it comes
> >> back with "No such file or directory" or "command not
> >> found". Maybe I have a syntax error of some type, but I have
> >> tried several variations with no luck.
> >>
> >> Any suggetions?
> >
> > If you're talking about a command that starts with "flash", that's for
> > the firmware, and not for the booted XO.
> >
> > To upgrade both firmware and software at the same time, open the
> > terminal activity, go online, and type:
> >
> > sudo su -
> > olpc-update f11_xo1.5-54
> > 
> > reboot
> >
> > - Chris.
> > -- 
> > Chris Ball   
> > One Laptop Per Child
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[no subject]

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi SGers...

I thought I might try helping test the F11 Build 10 on an XO-1.  I have one 
that had a developer key way back in the summer of 2008.  I have reflashed the 
machine numerous times as software updates have arrived... using the No-fail 
Update, which I thought was  supposed to erase everything.

Tonight, when I turned the machine on, I pressed the escape key just for fun to 
see what would happen. It went to the same "ok" prompt I get on the XO-1.5 O am 
testing.

Did the developer key persist through the numerous reflashings the machine has 
endured in the past year or so or do I need to go pick it up again?

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TamTam Mini Quirks In Build 56

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

I have been playing with Tam Tam Mini in build 56.  After playing for a while 
it will not allow the machine to go home!  You can access the Journal and go to 
the Activities previously opened (including Tam Tam Mini) but there is no way 
to get back to the home screen.  You have to do a force quit with the power 
button.

I have checked to see if this was a special occurrence but I got it to happen 3 
times total and have no doubt that it will happen again.  Each time, I selected 
a drum set and instrument. Then I just kept playing with the notes and loops 
for several minutes. 

After just a minute or 2, I could still access the home page, but after I kept 
playing for maybe 5 minutes or so... it would no longer go to home.  

I tried this on an XO-1 just to see if it was an old bug.  A few funny things 
happened there, but I was always able to get back to the home screen on the 
XO-1 but not on the XO-1.5.

BTW, I didn't realize that Tam Tam Mini had melodic loops available on the keys 
that aren't assigned to specific notes.  Really cool!  Lots of fun!

Caryl

P.S. The build 59 download just finished. I'll install it now.

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Problems with build 59

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

Downloaded Build 59 this evening and tried to flash the XO-1.5. It appeared to 
work perfectly, but could not complete restart at the end.

The outline of the XO man appears and dots slowly begin to surround him, but it 
stalls about 2/3 of the way around the circle.

I tried to install it twice. Same results. Maybe it is a faulty download. If 
you think it may be, I can download it and try again tomorrow. 

Caryl
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RE: [support-gang] Problems with build 59

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

I waited about an hour.  Then I decided to try one more time before re-doing 
the download. I started the process and went to bed (11:30 pm). This morning I 
found it had installed correctly and is now running and ready to test.  No idea 
why the first try stalled like that. 

Caryl


> From: d...@laptop.org
> To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
> Date: Sun, 13 Dec 2009 11:40:56 +
> CC: c...@laptop.org; devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [support-gang] Problems with build 59
> 
> On Sat, 2009-12-12 at 23:43 -0800, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> > Hi...
> > 
> > Downloaded Build 59 this evening and tried to flash the XO-1.5. It
> > appeared to work perfectly, but could not complete restart at the end.
> > 
> > The outline of the XO man appears and dots slowly begin to surround
> > him, but it stalls about 2/3 of the way around the circle.
> 
> How long did you wait?
> If you press ctrl+alt+mesh you will reach a text console, perhaps you
> could transcribe the lowest few lines of text at this point.
> 
> Thanks,
> Daniel
> 
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RE: TamTam Mini Quirks In Build 56

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi James,

I'll fill in my responses in your message. Boy! These builds come along fast.  
I haven't had time to test 59 yet and 60 is here already!

Is there supposed to be a firmware update along with 60? It was mentioned in 
the email Adam forwarded, but there was no link.

Caryl


> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:55:43 +1100
> From: qu...@laptop.org
> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org
> Subject: Re: TamTam Mini Quirks In Build 56
> 
> G'day Caryl,
> 
> That problem sounded interesting, so I tested it myself.  I couldn't get
> it to happen.  I was using os60, and I don't think anything relevant was
> changed between os56 and os60.  I wondered if I was trying to do the
> same thing you were.

I'll try it again. Right now I have 59 installed so I'll use it.  I will also 
time it to see how long it takes to happen. It may be longer than I thought.
> 
> Could you tell me what action you do to "go home?"  Do you mean pressing
> the Home View or F3 (single green dot in solid green circle) key above
> the 4 key?  Or Alt/Tab?  Or Ctrl/Q?

First I clicked on the stop sign icon. That took me to the Journal. I tried the 
F3 key to go home. It didn't work. From the Journal I was able to get back to 
TamTam and to the other Activities in the Journal, but when they were closed I 
ended up back in the Journal. I was locked in!
> 
> Was an external keyboard attached to the laptop?

No, just the laptop.  I hope someday a small piano-type will be able to 
interface with the XO.
> 
> Were you holding down any of the "modifier" keys ... the ctrl, shift,
> fn, alt, alt gr, or shift keys?  The Home View key surprisingly doesn't
> work if any of those are active.

No, just the Home View key
> 
> If you can get it to happen again, could you tell me if any of the
> following fixes the symptom without having to restart:

I'll check it out and let you  know one way or another what happens.
> 
> 1.  Alt/Tab (which should switch to the Journal or any other running
> activity),
> 
> 2.  Ctrl/Q (which should quit the Tam Tam Mini activity),
> 
> 3.  clicking on the Stop icon at the top right,
> 
> 4.  Ctrl/Alt/Erase (which should restart Sugar only without restarting
> the operating system),
> 
> 5.  pressing each of the "modifier" keys once and then releasing them
> before you try the Home View key.  (this would imply a key state is
> incorrectly latching, something we've seen before after a resume from
> idle suspend, but we thought we fixed it).
> 
> -- 
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
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RE: TamTam Mini Quirks In Build 56

[Caryl Bigenho]

OK. Tried it again with build 59.  This time it was different.  I played with 
it for about 40 mins with no problems until the sound quit!  I tried it in 
TamTam Jam... no sound. I tried it in Speak... no sound. Rebooted... sound was 
fine!  

This is probably an interesting problem that isn't a problem. How many people 
are going to play with Tam Tam Mini for 40 minutes? Probably not many. And if 
they do manage to crash the sound, they can just reboot.

So, I'll download build 60 now and see what other things I can get to crash!

Caryl

> Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:47:43 +1100
> From: qu...@laptop.org
> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org
> Subject: Re: TamTam Mini Quirks In Build 56
> 
> On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 08:35:24PM -0800, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> > Is there supposed to be a firmware update along with 60? It was
> > mentioned in the email Adam forwarded, but there was no link.
> 
> Yes, it is included in the build now, and when you next reboot with
> battery and external power it will be applied.
> 
> > First I clicked on the stop sign icon. That took me to the Journal. I
> > tried the F3 key to go home. It didn't work. From the Journal I was
> > able to get back to TamTam and to the other Activities in the Journal,
> > but when they were closed I ended up back in the Journal. I was locked
> > in!
> 
> Okay, thanks, that's a better description of the symptom.  Interesting.
> Seems to be related only to Sugar, based on the available information.
> 
> > I'll check it out and let you  know one way or another what happens.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -- 
> James Cameron
> http://quozl.linux.org.au/
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Need Live CD to take to Argentina

[Caryl Bigenho]

H All i...


Did this ever get implemented? If so where do I find it? Are there any special 
instructions I need to make and use the live CD? Can a usb stick be used for 
file storage?


http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/0.84/Sugar_LiveCD


I would like to be able to take several copies with me to give to a tech person 
at an elementary school in Buenos Aires when I go there in mid-January.


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SCaLE 8X

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All...
Anyone want to join me in the OLPC booth at SCaLE 8X at the Westin LAX Feb 
19-21? It may rain, but the weather is usually better than the rest of the 
country that time of year. 
Here is a link to the list of exhibitors, so far. More will probably be added. 
Let me know if you can make it!
http://www.socallinuxexpo.org/scale8x/exhibitors

Caryl (aka SweetXOGrannie)
P.S. I will have several XO-1.0s, one XO-1.5 and, hopefully, SoaS to show. I 
can really use help from a "PC person" for the latter... I'm a Mac!
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RE: [support-gang] touchpad woes: quick fix?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Wow... that is really expensive!  What if you simply turned the XO screen to 
face forward, set a laptop with a good built-in web cam in front of it, and 
drove the projector with the laptop?  It might take a little bit of adjusting, 
but it should work.  If you use a laptop and dongle that you probably already 
have the cost is $0.
Caryl (aka Grannie B... famous for good, old-fashioned, inexpensive, "make do" 
fixes... I was a child of the depression... penny-pinching comes naturally to 
my generation!)

Date: Fri, 14 May 2010 21:37:39 -0400
From: rdyrus...@gmail.com
To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org
Subject: Re: [support-gang] touchpad woes: quick fix?

Has anyone tried using a document camera to display the XO screen on a big 
screen?  Teachers have started using them at my school although there is only 
one to share among 10+ teachers.  I thought it might solve the problem of not 
being able to connect an LCD projector.  What other solutions have people come 
up with for showing the class how to do something?

Something along the line of this-
http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/165095/AVerMedia-AVerVision-300AF-document-camera/

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RE: [support-gang] XoPhoto needs a few intrepid testing volunteers.

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi George,
I downloaded XoPhoto this evening.  It looks great and I am looking forward to 
playing with ... oops! i mean, testing it.  Do you have a discussion page set 
up somewhere so those of us who are trying it can compare notes and trouble 
shoot?  What we might think is a bug could just be us doing something wrong. It 
would be great to be able to compare notes.
Caryl

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2010 13:29:32 -0400
From: georgejh...@gmail.com
To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org; devel@lists.laptop.org
Subject: [support-gang] XoPhoto needs a few intrepid testing volunteers.

Hi everyone,

I've been working pretty regularly since April on an application to manipulate 
images found in the journal.  Probably the best description is at 
http://georgejhunt.com/olpc/xophoto/xophoto.html.



I'd appreciate help in identifying and correcting my oversights, bugs, kludges. 
. .

I believe that XoPhoto runs on Build 802 and Build 850.  There are some api 
problems with the pygame that comes with builds before 802 that I have not yet 
resolved.


Feedback warmly solicited, and appreciated,

Thanks

George




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Google Art Project

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All...


Here us a wonderful resource shared by folks on the sur and Squeakland lists.  


http://www.googleartproject.com/


If you haven't already seen it, take a look and enjoy it but not on your XO!
Irequires Flash not only to move about the galleries, but also to view 
individual works of art.  


I successfully installed the latest version of Flash on an XO-1.5 running 
10.1.3 (860). fI followed the instructions on this page:


http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adobe_Flash


I am not able to access anything on the XO.  An image does appear on the home 
page of the site, but I am not able to do anything else.  It tries.  I see a 
Flash button to click, but clicking gives a black image.


Is there any way we can get this resource working on the XOs to make it 
available to kids all over the world?


Caryl
P.S. It is wonderful on my MacBookP.P.S. If you get multiple copies of this it 
is because I both want to share the link with all and find someone who can make 
it happen for the XO users of the world!


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RE: [IAEP] Google Art Project

[Caryl Bigenho]

If this works, perhaps the Getty would be willing to join in.  They have huge 
funding and are not interested in profits etc. They are also very interested in 
education and have some in-house ed programs. They are not included in the 
Google Art Project. Maybe someone (with a bigger name than mine) could ask 
them after we have it started and know it will work.
http://www.getty.edu/museum/

Caryl
> Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 08:39:34 -0500
> Subject: Re: [IAEP] Google Art Project
> From: walter.ben...@gmail.com
> To: gonz...@laptop.org
> CC: s...@laptop.org; cbige...@hotmail.com; test...@lists.laptop.org; 
> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org
> 
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:36 AM, Gonzalo Odiard  wrote:
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Walter Bender 
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Gonzalo Odiard  wrote:
> >> > I can create a bundle if you have the images.
> >>
> >> I was hoping we'd do more than just create a bundle. Perhaps a special
> >> version of image viewer as well... as a start.
> >
> > Ok, but a bundle can be a start.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> SJ was the person I had
> >> tasked (years ago) with getting the images from the MFA. If he cannot
> >> find the links, I will dig them up again.
> >
> > Would be great if the images have a explicative text ;)
> 
> As I recall, there is some metadata.
> 
> -walter
> 
> >
> >>
> >> -walter
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Gonzalo
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Walter Bender 
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> FWIW, we have a standing offer from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts to
> >> >> put together a native Sugar activity around 100 images from their
> >> >> collection, We can not only do an end-run around the Flash issue but
> >> >> we can also let the children incorporate these images into their own
> >> >> work. See http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1117
> >> >>
> >> >> regards.
> >> >>
> >> >> -walter
> >> >>
> >> >> On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Caryl Bigenho 
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi All...
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Here us a wonderful resource shared by folks on the sur and
> >> >> > Squeakland
> >> >> > lists.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://www.googleartproject.com/
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If you haven't already seen it, take a look and enjoy it but not
> >> >> > on
> >> >> > your
> >> >> > XO!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Irequires Flash not only to move about the galleries, but also to
> >> >> > view
> >> >> > individual works of art.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I successfully installed the latest version of Flash on an XO-1.5
> >> >> > running
> >> >> > 10.1.3 (860). fI followed the instructions on this page:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Adobe_Flash
> >> >> >
> >> >> > I am not able to access anything on the XO.  An image does appear on
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > home page of the site, but I am not able to do anything else.  It
> >> >> > tries.  I
> >> >> > see a Flash button to click, but clicking gives a black image.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Is there any way we can get this resource working on the XOs to make
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > available to kids all over the world?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Caryl
> >> >> >
> >> >> > P.S. It is wonderful on my MacBook
> >> >> >
> >> >> > P.P.S. If you get multiple copies of this it is because I both want
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > share
> >> >> > the link with all and find someone who can make it happen for the XO
> >> >> > users
> >> >> > of the world!
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > ___
> >> >> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
> >> >> > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org
> >> >> > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
> >> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Walter Bender
> >> >> Sugar Labs
> >> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >> >> ___
> >> >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)
> >> >> i...@lists.sugarlabs.org
> >> >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
> >> >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Walter Bender
> >> Sugar Labs
> >> http://www.sugarlabs.org
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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Lost Communication in 10.1.3?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...

Prepping some XOs for our booth at SCaLE 9X Feb 26-27.  When I first started 
charging and testing I was running 10.1.2.  I tried Chat and found that the 
XO-1s could easily chat with the XO-1.5s.

Then I updated all of them to 10.1.3, and this ability seems to have been lost. 
 While the XO-1.5s connected right away to the ad hoc network, the XO-1s were 
totally left out.  They can only see each other.

Is this an intentional change?  Is there a way for both models to communicate 
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RE: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in 10.1.3?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Gerald,

That was the first thing I tried and it didn't work for me.  I'll try it again 
when I get back from TX.  How did you connect the 1.0 to the network?  They are 
still showing as access points rather than the Mayan numerals on the 1.0s.  
Maybe I need to do the install again.

Caryl

> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:39:38 -0500
> From: gerald.ard...@gmail.com
> To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
> CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; test...@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in 10.1.3?
> 
> Caryl,
> 
> I have been able to make this work. Here's what I did:
> 1. Create an ad-hoc network on one of the 1.5s.
> 2. Connect to it on the 1.0s.
> 3. Open Chat and make public.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> Gerald
> 
> On Sunday, February 6, 2011, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> >
> >tee's what I
> >
> >
> >.
> 
> H
> > Hi...
> >
> > Prepping some XOs for our booth at SCaLE 9X Feb 26-27.  When I first 
> > started charging and testing I was running 10.1.2.  I tried Chat and found 
> > that the XO-1s could easily chat with the XO-1.5s.
> >
> > Then I updated all of them to 10.1.3, and this ability seems to have been 
> > lost.  While the XO-1.5s connected right away to the ad hoc network, the 
> > XO-1s were totally left out.  They can only see each other.
> >
> > Is this an intentional change?  Is there a way for both models to 
> > communicate among themselves in 10.1.3?
> >
> > Caryl   
> >
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RE: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in 10.1.3?

[Caryl Bigenho]

OK I think I know what happened.  First a question... how will the ad hoc 
networks look on the XO-1?  They were still targets on these.  Maybe I grabbed 
the wrong usb stick and put 10.1.2 on them again... but I don't think so.  

I didn't see any parenthesis... just that the 2 XO-1s could see each other 
fine, but they couldn't see the 1.5s, even with sharing on.  I started the Chat 
on a 1.5.  Maybe it has to start on a 1.0?

Caryl

> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:52:01 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in 10.1.3?
> From: gerald.ard...@gmail.com
> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> CC: gerald.ard...@gmail.com; support-g...@lists.laptop.org; 
> devel@lists.laptop.org; test...@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org
> 
> Caryl,
> 
> Once you connect to one of the ad-hoc networks, you will see the
> familiar parentheses surrounding it. Then, in the Neighborhood View on
> the the XOs, this network should appear as a wireless device.
> 
> I would start troubleshooting by going o Settings and turning the
> radio off and then on again.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> Gerald
> 
> On Sunday, February 6, 2011, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Hi Gerald,
> >
> > That was the first thing I tried and it didn't work for me.  I'll try it 
> > again when I get back from TX.  How did you connect the 1.0 to the network? 
> >  They are still showing as access points rather than the Mayan numerals on 
> > the 1.0s.  Maybe I need to do the install again.
> >
> > Caryl
> >
> >> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:39:38 -0500
> >> From: gerald.ard...@gmail.com
> >> To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
> >> CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; test...@lists.laptop.org; 
> >> support-g...@laptop.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in 10.1.3?
> >>
> >> Caryl,
> >>
> >> I have been able to make this work. Here's what I did:
> >> 1. Create an ad-hoc network on one of the 1.5s.
> >> 2. Connect to it on the 1.0s.
> >> 3. Open Chat and make public.
> >>
> >> Hope this helps.
> >> Gerald
> >>
> >> On Sunday, February 6, 2011, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> >> >
> >> >tee's what I
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >.
> >>
> >> H
> >> > Hi...
> >> >
> >> > Prepping some XOs for our booth at SCaLE 9X Feb 26-27.  When I first 
> >> > started charging and testing I was running 10.1.2.  I tried Chat and 
> >> > found that the XO-1s could easily chat with the XO-1.5s.
> >> >
> >> > Then I updated all of them to 10.1.3, and this ability seems to have 
> >> > been lost.  While the XO-1.5s connected right away to the ad hoc 
> >> > network, the XO-1s were totally left out.  They can only see each other.
> >> >
> >> > Is this an intentional change?  Is there a way for both models to 
> >> > communicate among themselves in 10.1.3?
> >> >
> >> > Caryl
> >> >
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RE: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in 10.1.3?

[Caryl Bigenho]

Thanks.  I have the XOs packed away right now.  I will save this message where 
I can find it and try your suggestions when I get back from Texas on the 15th.  
I may have more questions then.

Caryl

Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 13:22:09 -0500
From: greenf...@laptop.org
To: cbige...@hotmail.com
CC: test...@lists.laptop.org; devel@lists.laptop.org; 
support-g...@lists.laptop.org
Subject: Re: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in 10.1.3?



  



  
  
The XO-1 will only see Ad-hoc XO-1.5 networks which currently have
XOs connected to them.  It will not show all three Mayan icons
unless there is an XO-1.5 or other computers creating three Ad-hoc
networks, one with each of the desired names.   



You will have to manually connect the XO-1 to an Ad-hoc network; it
will not automatically do so.



Unless you told them otherwise, by default all the XO-1.5s likely
decided to use Ad-hoc channel 1 if they did not see a preferred
access point, so you should go looking on the 10.1.3 XO-1 for a
filled color circle with a single dot in it.  If the XO-1.5s were
near an access point they were taught about, they may have connected
to that instead.  The ad-hoc networks on the XO-1 with 10.1.3 will
look like the filled-color (active) networks on the XO-1.5 using the
XO-1 user's colors to indicate that someone is listening on the
channel.



It may take up to 30 or 60 seconds(?) from the time that an XO-1.5
created the Ad-hoc network to the point that an XO-1 will decide to
rescan to see what networks are out there.  I'm hoping there are no
restrictions on rescanning once an XO-1 decides to connect to a Mesh
network.



Admittedly the graphic
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Adhoc_network_XO-1.png (available
from http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Features/Ad_hoc_Networking) is
someone confusing, since the XO-1 in that screenshot actually is
connected {has parenthesis} to a network which is neither the Ad-hoc
network spotted (on channel 11 - a dot and two lines) nor the Mesh
ones.







On 2/6/2011 12:58 PM, Caryl Bigenho wrote:

  
  OK I think I know what happened.  First a question... how will the
  ad hoc networks look on the XO-1?  They were still targets on
  these.  Maybe I grabbed the wrong usb stick and put 10.1.2 on them
  again... but I don't think so.  

  

  I didn't see any parenthesis... just that the 2 XO-1s could see
  each other fine, but they couldn't see the 1.5s, even with sharing
  on.  I started the Chat on a 1.5.  Maybe it has to start on a 1.0?

  

  Caryl

  

  > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 12:52:01 -0500

  > Subject: Re: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost Communication in
  10.1.3?

  > From: gerald.ard...@gmail.com

  > To: cbige...@hotmail.com

  > CC: gerald.ard...@gmail.com; support-g...@lists.laptop.org;
  devel@lists.laptop.org; test...@lists.laptop.org;
  support-g...@laptop.org

  > 

  > Caryl,

  > 

  > Once you connect to one of the ad-hoc networks, you will see
  the

  > familiar parentheses surrounding it. Then, in the
  Neighborhood View on

  > the the XOs, this network should appear as a wireless device.

  > 

  > I would start troubleshooting by going o Settings and turning
  the

  > radio off and then on again.

  > 

  > Good luck.

  > 

  > Gerald

  > 

  > On Sunday, February 6, 2011, Caryl Bigenho
   wrote:

  > >

  > >

  > >

  > >

  > >

  > > Hi Gerald,

  > >

  > > That was the first thing I tried and it didn't work for
  me.  I'll try it again when I get back from TX.  How did you
  connect the 1.0 to the network?  They are still showing as access
  points rather than the Mayan numerals on the 1.0s.  Maybe I need
  to do the install again.

  > >

  > > Caryl

  > >

  > >> Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 11:39:38 -0500

  > >> From: gerald.ard...@gmail.com

  > >> To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org

  > >> CC: devel@lists.laptop.org;
  test...@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org

  > >> Subject: Re: [Testing] [support-gang] Lost
  Communication in 10.1.3?

  > >>

  > >> Caryl,

  > >>

  > >> I have been able to make this work. Here's what I
  did:

  > >> 1. Create an ad-hoc network on one of the 1.5s.

  > >> 2. Connect to it on the 1.0s.

  > >> 3. Open Chat and make public.

  > >>

  > >> Hope this helps.

  > >> Gerald

  > >>

RE: [Health] $30 microscope

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi All...


In one of my previous lives, as a science teacher, I taught high school and 
middle school students the wonders of the world of microscopic things.  While a 
$1 microscope sounds wonderful, it doesn't sound very practical.  Attaching the 
lenses to the camera lens on the XO, as it seems to be described, would require 
holding the sample up to the lens, or holding the XO over the sample.  This 
would be pretty tricky with a petri dish full of protozoa!  The problem of 
focusing is also a concern.


I would love to try a microscope with a usb connection.  In fact, I may buy one 
to add to by XO gadget collection.  But I have a couple of questions.


Is the resolution of Mary Lou's $1 microscope dependent on the lens or the 
Record Activity or something else?  Would a usb microscope with better 
(focusable) lenses give higher resolution?


Is there already an Activity for Sugar that supports the use of a usb 
microscope?


Caryl
> From: srid...@laptop.org.au
> Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 00:53:21 +1100
> To: kgordon...@gmail.com
> CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; hea...@lists.laptop.org; olpc...@lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Health] $30 microscope
> 
> On a related note, does anyone know if the $1 microscope is being
> successfully used in the field?
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Microscope
> 
> 
> 
> On 21 January 2011 10:20, Kevin Gordon  wrote:
> > Folks:
> >
> > We've been able to get the Veho USB 400x 1.3Mp/2.0Mp interpolated to work
> > on  the XO 1 and XO 1.5 under 10.1.3 with 'Cheese'.  However, with this high
> > resolution webcam, you just need to make sure it attaches itself to the USB
> > 2.0 bus.  If for some reason it comes up and attaches to the 1.1 bus, one
> > gets get what looks like a 1970's color TV test pattern when starting the
> > camera software..
> >
> > I can't speak to the specifics of the DIgiMicro; we bought a bunch of
> > different microscope samples from various HK based ebay vendors before
> > standardizing on the Veho.  It is fully uvc compliant and also works on
> > Ubuntu, Windows and the Mac.  On Ubuntu, we use guvcview to control it.  Due
> > to the fact we needed to support multi-continent co-curricula, we needed one
> > that ran everywhere on everything.  It  can cost between $40 and $75 from
> > ebay depending on the day of the week, it seems.  Be careful, the one one
> > wants is the '004' product not the '001' or '004'.
> >
> > On the XO, Mikus Grinbergs has since done some magic for us to get guvcview
> > to load on the XO, since guvcview only has an Fc12, 686 RPM.  It gets more
> > complicated since some of the dependencies for guvcview need the FC12/686
> > rpm versions which one has to go out and find manually,  while other
> > dependencies need the FC11/586 standard repo versions.  For us, we are still
> > in the process of bullet-proofing this so young users can mod their 10.1.3
> > box to install guvcview.  guvcview has way more user-definable parameters
> > than does Cheese.
> >
> > So, for simplicity, one can just install Cheese for now.  It works from
> > Sugar if called from the terminal prompt.  It wont run properly as root,
> > just stay as default OLPC user., dont know why, dont really care. Personally
> > I run as little as possible as root.A bunch of weird messages come up
> > once invoked from Sugar, but it does eventually come up.  It will flash the
> > built-in cafe camera light then proceed over to the USB camera.  You can
> > edit the preferences in Cheese to default to the USB camera.  If the USB
> > camera isnt seen in teh camera device drop-down, then for some reason it
> > isn't being handled properly at the driver level.  In terminal, check the
> > output of the lsusb command, the camera should be seen there with a nice
> > description and USB vendor./eqpt number. Once you are doen in cheese on the
> > the sugar side, unfortunately you have to stop it 'inelegantly'' as it has
> > no sugar activity button. You can use the ctrl-q, or function key back to
> > the activity wheel and kill it from there.   However, this seems to leave a
> > little stub up and running, so you may have to reboot to get it going again.
> >
> > On the other hand the successful yum install of cheese puts itself nicely
> > into the graphics submenu on the Gnome side, and behaves nicely there. You
> > can then save your microscope photos ot the fiel system (preferably on an
> > external SD card or a USB stick, then look at the photos from the Sugar
> > side.  Just remember INSTALL it as root, but run it as the normal default
> > user.
> >
> > Summary.  USB uvc compliant webcams (microscopes) should just plug in and be
> > seen by both the XO 1.0 and XO 1.5. Then yum install cheese, and use the
> > Gnome side to do any 'photos'.
> >
> > All caveats with respect to the snails-pace of the yum install are still in
> > effect ont the 1.0, we do a yum install downloadonly to a stick on a 1.5
> > (which does yum nicely), then yum localinstall from the stick to all the 

Questions Re: Skype on XO

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks...

Back with more techie questions.  What can you tell me about Skype running on 
the XO?  I would especially like to hear from folks who have recently done 
successful 2-way video chats themselves.  I have read the instructions, and 
need to try but want to know the answers to a few questions first.

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Skype


I need to be able to do a 2-way video chat.  I would like to know...

1) How much memory does Skype take up?

2) Do the instructions on the wiki at apply to 860? 

3) What is the difference in performance between the XO-1 and the XO-1.5?

4) What is the reason for the difference, memory or speed or both?

5) Will I need to delete Activities before installing Skype?

6) Does it run just in Terminal in Sugar, or is there a way to use it in Gnome?

7) Can it run a video chat along with the text chat window for sending links 
etc?

8 Do I have to have a PC to set it up?  I am a "Mac person."

9) Can it run a video chat along with the text chat window for sending links 
etc?

10) What is "gstfakevideo"? Do I need it? Do I want it?

11) What other things should I know before installing an trying this? 

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RE: [Health] $30 microscope

[Caryl Bigenho]

Love it!  Tweeted it!

Caryl

From: b...@waveplace.org
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Subject: Re: [Health] $30 microscope

Neat.
Cell phone technology?
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2011/03/diy-cellphone-microscope/


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On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Cherry Withers  wrote:


Finally got my Veho microscope in the mail today (had to cancel the Digimicro 
order). Followed Kevin's instructions and it just worked auto-magically. Thanks 
Kevin! So we are good to go for a microscope demo @Scale9x. No dice on the 
Intel play microscope but not giving up yet. 



Cheers,

Cherry

 
On Jan 20, 2011 3:20 PM, "Kevin Gordon"  wrote:
> Folks:
> 
> We've been able to get the Veho USB 400x 1.3Mp/2.0Mp interpolated to work



> on  the XO 1 and XO 1.5 under 10.1.3 with 'Cheese'.  However, with this high
> resolution webcam, you just need to make sure it attaches itself to the USB
> 2.0 bus.  If for some reason it comes up and attaches to the 1.1 bus, one



> gets get what looks like a 1970's color TV test pattern when starting the
> camera software..
> 
> I can't speak to the specifics of the DIgiMicro; we bought a bunch of
> different microscope samples from various HK based ebay vendors before



> standardizing on the Veho.  It is fully uvc compliant and also works on
> Ubuntu, Windows and the Mac.  On Ubuntu, we use guvcview to control it.  Due
> to the fact we needed to support multi-continent co-curricula, we needed one



> that ran everywhere on everything.  It  can cost between $40 and $75 from
> ebay depending on the day of the week, it seems.  Be careful, the one one
> wants is the '004' product not the '001' or '004'.



> 
> On the XO, Mikus Grinbergs has since done some magic for us to get guvcview
> to load on the XO, since guvcview only has an Fc12, 686 RPM.  It gets more
> complicated since some of the dependencies for guvcview need the FC12/686



> rpm versions which one has to go out and find manually,  while other
> dependencies need the FC11/586 standard repo versions.  For us, we are still
> in the process of bullet-proofing this so young users can mod their 10.1.3



> box to install guvcview.  guvcview has way more user-definable parameters
> than does Cheese.
> 
> So, for simplicity, one can just install Cheese for now.  It works from
> Sugar if called from the terminal prompt.  It wont run properly as root,



> just stay as default OLPC user., dont know why, dont really care. Personally
> I run as little as possible as root.A bunch of weird messages come up
> once invoked from Sugar, but it does eventually come up.  It will flash the



> built-in cafe camera light then proceed over to the USB camera.  You can
> edit the preferences in Cheese to default to the USB camera.  If the USB
> camera isnt seen in teh camera device drop-down, then for some reason it



> isn't being handled properly at the driver level.  In terminal, check the
> output of the lsusb command, the camera should be seen there with a nice
> description and USB vendor./eqpt number. Once you are doen in cheese on the



> the sugar side, unfortunately you have to stop it 'inelegantly'' as it has
> no sugar activity button. You can use the ctrl-q, or function key back to
> the activity wheel and kill it from there.   However, this seems to leave a



> little stub up and running, so you may have to reboot to get it going again.
> 
> On the other hand the successful yum install of cheese puts itself nicely
> into the graphics submenu on the Gnome side, and behaves nicely there. You



> can then save your microscope photos ot the fiel system (preferably on an
> external SD card or a USB stick, then look at the photos from the Sugar
> side.  Just remember INSTALL it as root, but run it as the normal default



> user.
> 
> Summary.  USB uvc compliant webcams (microscopes) should just plug in and be
> seen by both the XO 1.0 and XO 1.5. Then yum install cheese, and use the
> Gnome side to do any 'photos'.



> 
> All caveats with respect to the snails-pace of the yum install are still in
> effect ont the 1.0, we do a yum install downloadonly to a stick on a 1.5
> (which does yum nicely), then yum localinstall from the stick to all the XO



> 1.0's to eliminate those install hanging and memory full issues.  As an
> added benefit, Cheese has no other dependencies when installed to 10.1.3.
> 
> For those who saw our little tech-geek table at the SF summit, this is



> exactly what we were demoing on the 1.5.  Daniel Drake and Paul Fox have
> since done yeomen effort to bring the  uvc, sisusb, and ldusb drivers all
> back into sync on the 1.0's and 1.5s at 10.1.3 .  Have fun, it really is



> cool stuff.
> 
> KG
> 
>

Looking for the Animation

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi
I am looking for the source of the great "multiplication tables" animated 
cartoon that someone used in their talk at eduJAM.  Can anyone help me?  This 
was the one where the students were reciting the tables that were written on 
the chalkboard then they were sitting in front of computer monitors reciting 
the same way.  Technology put "on top" of the same old thing!
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RE: [SoaS] [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum (non-binding) results

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...
I was in the middle of a crowd/parade of houseguests and completely overlooked 
the Selectricity email.  A reminder message from Luke directly to the eligible 
voters with a catchy, not-to-be missed Subject line would be helpful next time. 
 Sorry I missed this one.
Caryl

> Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 18:03:06 +0100
> From: d...@laptop.org
> To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
> CC: sugar-de...@lists.sugarlabs.org; market...@lists.sugarlabs.org; 
> s...@lists.sugarlabs.org; i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; l...@sugarlabs.org; 
> de...@laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [SoaS] [support-gang] [ANNOUNCE] Sugar Labs Licensing Referendum 
> (non-binding) results
> 
> On 11 July 2011 03:23, Gary Martin  wrote:
> > Hi Luke,
> >
> > I was surprised as I had no recollection at all of the original email 
> > (subscribed to way too many Sugar related lists), but after some digging 
> > found it had been clobbered as junk email, so not sure who else this may 
> > have hit, but thought it worth mentioning.
> 
> I was not included on the members ballot even though I have voted
> before. Similarly, I wonder if I'm the only one in this situation.
> 
> Daniel
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A small deployment of 11.2.0

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks!


You asked anyone who plans to deploy 11.2.0 to let you know so you can keep 
them informed of fixes for remaining issues. That's me. I will be collecting 10 
XO-1s from a stalled Contributors Program project at Montana State University 
and re-deploying them to a school in rural Montana.  I plan to reflash all of 
them with 11.2.0 this week before delivering them next week.


I will be meeting with 2 of the involved teachers next week to get them 
oriented on the machines.  Among other things, I plan to show them how to 
update the software as new releases come out.  When I am away in California for 
the winter, I will be able to assist them via Skype as needed.


We have discussed collaboration and they would like to use it, but we can wait 
for that until it is more reliable. Any news on updates with fixes will be 
greatly appreciated.


I have one unrelated question for you folks. I notice Labyrinth is included on 
the software for the XO-1.5 but not on the XO-1.  Is this a space issue?  Will 
there be a problem if I add it?  When we were visiting schools in Uruguay we 
saw a lot of good  of examples of ways to use Labyrinth.  When I asked one 
seven-year-old what his favorite program was I was very surprised when he 
answered "Labyrintino!" It's a real winner!


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RE: [support-gang] OLPC SF Community Summit 2011 / Oct 21-23 / Registration Open!

[Caryl Bigenho]

Be careful when you register!  Everbrite added $80 to my charges even though I 
did not authorize or ask for it.  Also, you only get 15 min to complete your 
registration so if you are registering more than one person, best to do them 
separately to have time to enter all details.
Caryl

Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:14:25 -0400
From: h...@laptop.org
To: grassro...@lists.laptop.org; i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; 
support-g...@laptop.org; olpc-o...@lists.laptop.org; devel@lists.laptop.org; 
m...@realness.org; conozco-urug...@googlegroups.com; 
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Subject: [support-gang] OLPC SF Community Summit 2011 / Oct 21-23 / 
Registration Open!


  




  
  
Missed out on the biggest OLPC/Sugar event of Oct 2010, where 150
people attended?  Now's your chance to catch up on all fronts,
building connections with experienced learning/technology
contributors flying in from almost all continents -- All Are
Invited!  As we come together in our 4th year now catalyzing
educational opportunity for the world's poorest kids:




OLPC San
Francisco Community Summit 2011 is a community event
  that brings together educators, technologists,
  anthropologists, enthusiasts, champions and volunteers. We
  share stories, exchange ideas, solve problems, foster
  community and build collaboration around the One Laptop per Child 
project
  and its mission worldwide.  Panel discussions, "Birds of a
  Feather" sessions, speed-geeking and much more!
  


Thanks SF volunteers who've spent Months now making this happen
again!!  See y'all in 1 month when I'll be flying with 2 veteran
volunteers direct from Haiti:



Dear Friends,

  

  Registration for OLPC SF Community Summit 2011 is now open: 
http://olpcsf.org/summit 
  As you know, the space is limited, so get in early and register
  before we send out the info on other e-mail lists and
  twittersphere! 
  

  I hope to see you all in four weeks!

  

  cheers,

  Sameer

  -- 

  Sameer Verma, Ph.D.

  Professor, Information Systems

  San Francisco State University

  http://verma.sfsu.edu/

  http://olpcsf.org/




Kindly forward to all interested in exploratory educational
  technology & surrounding issues, Khan Academy, Internet
  Archive open e-books, Wikipedia & beyond!

  

And DON'T forget Saturday night's dinner in downtown SF, as well
as Sunday night's Amazing Party 1hr NW in Bolinas -- details
forthcoming here =)

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/OLPC_SanFranciscoBayArea/OLPCSF_Community_Summit_2011

  


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Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and PCs???

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks,


As most of you already know, a group of people have volunteered to write an 
up-to-date revision of the Help Activity that will be available online, in a 
print version via Lulu, and on the XO itself.  We set things up at the great 
Community Summit in San Francisco last weekend, and are ready to start work.


We want to take advantage of the most recent revisions that are currently 
available in the Help Activity rather than the older, more "dated" versions in 
the older online FLOSS manual.  Why reinvent the wheel?  All previous authors 
and editors will be credited in the new version. 


The most up-to-date/Sugarized edition is Version 13, as included in Release 
11.3.0  RC3 / Build 882 (or 883) It is downloadable at: 
http://activities.sugarlabs.org//en-US/sugar/addon/4051

Most of us are writing on Macs and PCs running a variety of OS'es. If someone 
knows how to download the most up-to-date file (linked above) in a 
readable/editable  form on a Mac (or PC), please tell us how and also post the 
instructions on this page http://j.mp/xomanual

And, while you are on that page, if you feel motivated to join in the revision 
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RE: Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and PCs???

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Walter, 


The Help Activity we want to work from is 11.3.0. It is version 13 and was 
updated by Bastien, David Farning, and Brian Jordan.  I don't think they did 
anything with the Turtle Art Activity. As far as I can see, the last work on it 
was done in 2008 during, or soon after, the Book Sprint.  I you have 11.3.0 
running on an XO you can check it over and be sure of the status and contents.  
We should be able to import chapters from other FLOSS manuals, such as your 
Turtle Art manual, although I have had some difficulty making it work.  Tuukka 
wrote the latest version of booki and he is going to check it to see if there 
is a problem that needs fixing.


Sandra Thaxter wasn't at the SF Summit but has signed up to help with the 
Turtle Art sections.  You may wish to contact her and sign up to work with her. 
Links and directions for doing so are here: http://j.mp/xomanual


People will be working remotely and then cutting and pasting their work into 
booki or entering it directly at the booki site. That is why we need to know 
how to get the current version on our laptops. Then everyone can work in the 
mode they are most comfortable with.


Caryl
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:40:58 -0400
> Subject: Re: Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and 
> PCs???
> From: walter.ben...@gmail.com
> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> CC: support-g...@laptop.org; iaep-requ...@lists.sugarlabs.org; 
> devel@lists.laptop.org; dow...@montanalinux.org; christ...@linux.com
> 
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> > Hi Folks,
> >
> > As most of you already know, a group of people have volunteered to write an
> > up-to-date revision of the Help Activity that will be available online, in a
> > print version via Lulu, and on the XO itself.  We set things up at the great
> > Community Summit in San Francisco last weekend, and are ready to start work.
> 
> Do you know if the updates I made to the Turtle Art manual were pulled in?
> 
> Curious.
> 
> -walter
> 
> >
> > We want to take advantage of the most recent revisions that are currently
> > available in the Help Activity rather than the older, more "dated" versions
> > in the older online FLOSS manual.  Why reinvent the wheel?  All previous
> > authors and editors will be credited in the new version.
> >
> > The most up-to-date/Sugarized edition is Version 13, as included in Release
> > 11.3.0  RC3 / Build 882 (or 883) It is downloadable at:
> > http://activities.sugarlabs.org//en-US/sugar/addon/4051
> >
> > Most of us are writing on Macs and PCs running a variety of OS'es. If
> > someone knows how to download the most up-to-date file (linked above) in a
> > readable/editable  form on a Mac (or PC), please tell us how and also post
> > the instructions on this page http://j.mp/xomanual
> >
> > And, while you are on that page, if you feel motivated to join in the
> > revision effort, just sign up for whichever section you would like to help
> > with!
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > chrCaryl
> >
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RE: Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and PCs???

[Caryl Bigenho]

> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:46:23 -0400
> Subject: Re: Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and 
> PCs???
> From: walter.ben...@gmail.com
> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org; i...@lists.sugarlabs.org
> 
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> > Hi Walter,
> >
> > The Help Activity we want to work from is 11.3.0. It is version 13 and was
> > updated by Bastien, David Farning, and Brian Jordan.  I don't think they did
> > anything with the Turtle Art Activity. As far as I can see, the last work on
> > it was done in 2008 during, or soon after, the Book Sprint.  I you have
> > 11.3.0 running on an XO you can check it over and be sure of the status and
> > contents.
> 
> I thought that the idea was to pull fresh content from the Wikibooks
> we had written and that the TA book was one of the sources, hence I
> updated it. I'll try downloading the latest help activity bits and
> check them. Are they not available on ASLO?
Yes, we would like to import the newest versions taken from updated manuals. 
That is what Tuukka is helping with.  But even then, they may need some 
"tweaking" for the latest 11.3.0 Also, some that are much longer than the 
original SECTIONS may not be used in their entirety, but instead will be 
referenced with links. We are a bit concerned about space and don't want the 
Activity SECTIONS to be long enough to be a whole separate manual. The idea is 
to get folks off to a good start with an Activity and have them do one or 2 
projects.  Then they can go to the Activity's own manual to learn more.
Now, "true confessions," I am not familiar with the acronym "ASLO."  What does 
it refer to and how can we use it to make the FLOSS manual revisions? Is it 
something we can use to read and edit the material on our laptops/
Caryl
> 
> thanks.
> -walter
> 
> >
> > We should be able to import chapters from other FLOSS manuals, such as your
> > Turtle Art manual, although I have had some difficulty making it work.
> >  Tuukka wrote the latest version of booki and he is going to check it to see
> > if there is a problem that needs fixing.
> >
> > Sandra Thaxter wasn't at the SF Summit but has signed up to help with the
> > Turtle Art sections.  You may wish to contact her and sign up to work with
> > her. Links and directions for doing so are here: http://j.mp/xomanual
> 
> Is this somehow different from editing the wikibook? Doesn't make sense.
> 
> >
> > People will be working remotely and then cutting and pasting their work into
> > booki or entering it directly at the booki site. That is why we need to know
> > how to get the current version on our laptops. Then everyone can work in the
> > mode they are most comfortable with.
> 
> It is fine to let people work in whatever way they want, but we need a
> common place to put the results. If that is not the wikimanual, then
> why isn't it simply the wiki itself?
> 
> I guess I should have been there in person instead of trying to
> participate remotely :P
> 
> -walter
> >
> > Caryl
> >
> >> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 19:40:58 -0400
> >> Subject: Re: Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and
> >> PCs???
> >> From: walter.ben...@gmail.com
> >> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> >> CC: support-g...@laptop.org; iaep-requ...@lists.sugarlabs.org;
> >> devel@lists.laptop.org; dow...@montanalinux.org; christ...@linux.com
> >>
> >> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Caryl Bigenho 
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hi Folks,
> >> >
> >> > As most of you already know, a group of people have volunteered to write
> >> > an
> >> > up-to-date revision of the Help Activity that will be available online,
> >> > in a
> >> > print version via Lulu, and on the XO itself.  We set things up at the
> >> > great
> >> > Community Summit in San Francisco last weekend, and are ready to start
> >> > work.
> >>
> >> Do you know if the updates I made to the Turtle Art manual were pulled in?
> >>
> >> Curious.
> >>
> >> -walter
> >>
> >> >
> >> > We want to take advantage of the most recent revisions that are
> >> > currently
> >> > available in the Help Activity rather than the older, more "dated"
> >> > versions
> >> > in the older online FLOSS manual.  Why reinvent the wheel?  All previous
> >> > authors and editors will be credited in the new 

RE: [support-gang] Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and PCs???

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...
Progress! Here is a version for Mac Users I tested and worked up using the info 
Tony Forster sent.  It works in OS 10.5.8. I have already posted Tony Forster's 
version on our wiki page.  I'll add this one too.
*Control-click on :
http://activities.sugarlabs.org//en-US/sugar/downloads/latest/4051/addon-4051-latest.xo
**Choose "Download Linked File As..."  (click on it)


***In the "Save As:" box type " help-13.zip "


***Choose something for "Where" (desktop is OK)


***Click the "Save" button


Wait a few minutes for the download. If will give you a 12.6 MB zip file. 


Click on it to unzip. It will give you a folder called "Help.activity" full of 
lots of resources from the activity. 


The folder has a folder in it called, "help." Open it.


Find the Activity you are working on.  The Chapters and resources for that 
Section in the Version 13 Help Activity will be there. They are arranged in 
alphabetical order.


Some of these are html files. Click to highlight the file. You will be in the 
finder. Click on "File" -> "Open With" -> "Safari".  The file will open in 
Safari and look exactly as it currently appears in the Help Activity on the XO.


If you have a capable text editor such as TextWrangler ( 
http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/download.html ) you will be able 
to see and edit the file in html.  
Caryl
> Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:08:51 -0400
> From: kevin.m...@verizon.net
> To: support-g...@lists.laptop.org
> CC: i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; devel@lists.laptop.org; 
> walter.ben...@gmail.com; support-g...@laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [support-gang] Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity 
> on Macs and PCs???
> 
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 05:59:56PM -0700, Caryl Bigenho wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > > Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 20:46:23 -0400
> > > Subject: Re: Need To Know: How to get the latest Help Activity on Macs and
> > PCs???
> > > From: walter.ben...@gmail.com
> > > To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> > > CC: devel@lists.laptop.org; support-g...@laptop.org; 
> > > i...@lists.sugarlabs.org
> > >
> > > On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 8:39 PM, Caryl Bigenho  
> > > wrote:
> > > > Hi Walter,
> > > >
> > > > The Help Activity we want to work from is 11.3.0. It is version 13 and 
> > > > was
> > > > updated by Bastien, David Farning, and Brian Jordan.  I don't think they
> > did
> > > > anything with the Turtle Art Activity. As far as I can see, the last 
> > > > work
> > on
> > > > it was done in 2008 during, or soon after, the Book Sprint.  I you have
> > > > 11.3.0 running on an XO you can check it over and be sure of the status 
> > > > and
> > > > contents.
> > >
> > > I thought that the idea was to pull fresh content from the Wikibooks
> > > we had written and that the TA book was one of the sources, hence I
> > > updated it. I'll try downloading the latest help activity bits and
> > > check them. Are they not available on ASLO?
> > 
> > Yes, we would like to import the newest versions taken from updated manuals.
> > That is what Tuukka is helping with.  But even then, they may need some
> > "tweaking" for the latest 11.3.0 Also, some that are much longer than the
> > original SECTIONS may not be used in their entirety, but instead will be
> > referenced with links. We are a bit concerned about space and don't want the
> > Activity SECTIONS to be long enough to be a whole separate manual. The idea 
> > is
> > to get folks off to a good start with an Activity and have them do one or 2
> > projects.  Then they can go to the Activity's own manual to learn more.
> > 
> > Now, "true confessions," I am not familiar with the acronym "ASLO."  What 
> > does
> > it refer to and how can we use it to make the FLOSS manual revisions? Is it
> > something we can use to read and edit the material on our laptops/
> > 
> > Caryl
> > 
> 
> wrt 'ASLO', its an abbreviations to reference the website:
> 'a'ctivities.'s'ugar'l'abs.'o'rg
> 
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RE: [Testing] can't boot XO-1 from USB, doc needed

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My Motto...When in doubt... Reflash!;-DCaryl
> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2011 14:52:20 +1100
> From: qu...@laptop.org
> To: skierp...@gmail.com
> CC: test...@lists.laptop.org; devel@lists.laptop.org
> Subject: Re: [Testing] can't boot XO-1 from USB, doc needed
> 
> I would reinstall at this point, relying on my backups.
> 
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Off-topic (sorta) Need help opening Raspberry pi case

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Guys...
My raspberry pi arrived yesterday and I want to put it into the little clear 
plastic case I got for it. Ed and I have both tried toopen it with no luck. We 
don't want to break it. If anyone on these lists has one, can you tell us the 
secret?
Thanks!
Caryl
P.S. Has anyone tried to run Sugar on the Raspberry pi?
P.P.S. Link to info about the case: 
http://www.newark.com/multicomp/mc-rp001-clr/enclosure-raspberry-pi-clear/dp/07W8936
P.P.P.S. I don't recommend getting your pi at Newark. They really overcharged 
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RE: Off-topic (sorta) Need help opening Raspberry pi case

[Caryl Bigenho]

Sounds like something worth trying... when I get the basics figured out (and 
the case open)!. 
Maybe we need a new, special version of Sugar for the Raspberry Pi of 
course, it would be called"...
"Sugar Pi"  ;-D
Seriously though, the more devices that will run Sugar, the better! 
The book I bought about the Raspberry pi that was written by one of the 2 guys 
that designed it says it was designed with children as users in mind.
Caryl

> From: cjlhomeaddr...@gmail.com
> Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2012 17:09:22 -0500
> Subject: Re: Off-topic (sorta) Need help opening Raspberry pi case
> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> CC: support-g...@lists.laptop.org; i...@lists.sugarlabs.org; 
> devel@lists.laptop.org
> 
> On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho  wrote:
> 
> > P.S. Has anyone tried to run Sugar on the Raspberry pi?
> 
> http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sugar+on+raspberry+pi
> 
> I'm surprised there were not more fruit pie sweetener hits :-)
> 
> This looks a little promising:
> 
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Testing/Reports/Sweets_on_Raspberry_pi_armhf_raspbian
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Reminder: Proposals for SCaLE11X Presentations Due Mon 12/10/12

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks...
Anyone want to present at SCaLE11x the weekend of Feb 22-24, 2013? The deadline 
for submitting your proposal is this coming Monday, December 12. There will be 
an education track even if it isn't listed (it wasn't, but may be now). Of 
course, you don't have to present on an education topic. You can do it on any 
open source topic. Presenters get free admission. But, if we have a booth 
again, you will probably get that anyway if you donate time to work the booth.
The email below is from last month. They had reminders on FaceBook earlier this 
week too. Hope you can participate! 
Caryl

> To: cbige...@hotmail.com
> Subject: [SCALE 11X] Get your proposal in yet?
> Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 22:07:30 -0800
> From: i...@socallinuxexpo.org
> 
> Have you gotten your talk submitted for SCALE 11X yet?
> 
> While submissions for talks for SCALE 11X – the 11th annual Southern
> California Linux Expo -- have been rolling in since the Call for
> Papers opening date in September, there's still time to get your talk
> submitted and reviewed.
> 
> However, you might want to do it soon: The deadline for the Call for
> Papers for SCALE 11X is Dec. 10, less than a month away.
> 
> The SCALE staff will decide on which talks to accept and send out
> notices by Christmas.
> 
> As in years past, SCALE 11X will have specialized tracks – including
> Systems Administration, Kernel Developer and Cloud/Virtualization
> tracks – as well as having general tracks which cover a wide range
> of Free/Open Source Software topics. 
> 
> A list of topics, as well as information about how to submit a talk,
> can be found at https://www.socallinuxexpo.org/cfp
> 
> SCALE 11X will be held Feb. 22-24, 2013, at the Hilton Los Angeles
> International Airport hotel. To register, or for more information,
> visit http://www.socallinuxexpo.org
> 
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Question About 13.1.0 on XO-1s

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi...
Today I was helping some folks reflash the XO-1s they will be using in a small 
deployment in Los Angeles. After installing 13.1.0 we found that a scrolling 
display of code or something white on black... went by too fast to read 
appeared on startup. This was not just on the first startup, but on all 
startups. Is this necessary? If not, can it be turned off? How?
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Fissics 4 Fun, AKA Physics for Poets!*

[Caryl Bigenho]

Hi Folks... greetings from your favorite MOOC-aholic!
OK here is one I really need to share with you. If you are a teacher, student, 
programmer, or just curious about the world, you will want to take a look at 
this course offered by Georgia Tech. Believe it or not, this in an online LAB 
course!  
As the little introductory video says, your world is your laboratory and you 
will use your cell phone video camera feature, along with open source software 
you install in the first week, to do experiments with common things in the 
world around you.
One exciting thing (for me at least) is that it uses open source software that 
some of you who are developers might be able to rework for Sugar. In fact, I 
really hope some of you will take a look and see if you might be able to do 
that.
Unfortunately, it starts before the current semester ends for many of you, but 
AP exams are over so students may have a little more time now. It runs for 11 
weeks. If you are a teacher, you might want to suggest it to some of your 
students. Some of students they show in the intro video appear quite young.
Anyway, the class officially starts on Monday, May 20, but the pre-course 
surveys and all of the first week's materials are already there so you can 
plunge right in if you wish. 
https://www.coursera.org/course/phys1
Hope to see some of you there!
Caryl
* The actual course title is: Introductory Physics I with Laboratory
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