date:20071223

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Marcus G. Daniels

Nick Frost wrote:
> I find the OLPC not so easy to use, but to 
> their credit, they put a "Pippy" program (snake) icon in there, which is 
> a nice little interface to Python, which hopefully will be incentive for 
> some recipients to learn to program with Python.
>   
The TurtleArt activity (Logo) is also the kind of thing you wouldn't get 
with a commercial package.
It's got dockable blocks for programming primitives, and the shapes only 
fit together if the logic makes sense.  Fairly approachable..
 


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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Nick Frost

Marcus G. Daniels wrote:

> Owen Densmore wrote:
>> Could the rest of us getting one shout out too?
>>   
> Yes, another Give1Get1..  (for a young person)

I received an OLPC a few days ago (Give1Get1).

some hardware information. I find the OLPC not so easy to use, but to 
their credit, they put a "Pippy" program (snake) icon in there, which is 
a nice little interface to Python, which hopefully will be incentive for 
some recipients to learn to program with Python.

One can become ROOT with "su" in the Terminal

processor   : 0
vendor_id   : AuthenticAMD
cpu family  : 5
model   : 10
model name  : Geode(TM) Integrated Processor by AMD PCS
stepping: 2
cpu MHz : 430.942
cache size  : 128 KB
fdiv_bug: no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug: no
coma_bug: no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp  : yes
flags   : fpu de pse tsc msr cx8 sep pge cmov clflush mmx mmxext 
3dnowext 
3dnow
bogomips: 862.98
clflush size: 32

00:01.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Unknown device 0028 
(rev 21)
00:01.1 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Geode LX 
Video
00:01.2 Entertainment encryption device: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] 
Geode LX AES Security Block
00:0c.0 FLASH memory: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Unknown device 4100 
(rev 10)
00:0c.1 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 
Unknown device 4101 (rev 10)
00:0c.2 Multimedia video controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 
Unknown device 4102 (rev 10)
00:0f.0 ISA bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode 
companion] ISA (rev 03)
00:0f.3 Multimedia audio controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 
[Geode companion] Audio (rev 01)
00:0f.4 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode 
companion] OHC (rev 02)
00:0f.5 USB Controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] CS5536 [Geode 
companion] EHC (rev 02)
  total   used   free sharedbuffers cached

Mem:237852 234040   3812  0   4204 125160
-/+ buffers/cache: 104676 133176
Swap:0  0  0

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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Carl Tollander

Same day I got the thing I got a message from them apologizing that they 
wouldn't be able to deliver til after Christmas.  While I appreciate 
being in their thoughts, the ETA they think they have may or may not 
correspond to the ETA you experience.

Carl

Owen Densmore wrote:
> OK, two things re: the XO:
>
> 1 - How many of us have or will get an XO, probably via the Give1Get1  
> program?
>  I have one coming before Jan 15 according to a recent email from  
> them.  Claiborne has one.  Tom Johnson is getting one.  Ditto Carl  
> Tollander.  That's 4.  Could the rest of us getting one shout out too?
>
> 2 - What would be a good (educational?) project to do on one or more  
> of them?
>  The wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/ has a pointer to the software:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components
> The good news is that there is an emulator for folks not having an XO:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO
>
> -- Owen
>
> On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>
>   
>> Nice story of Claiborne with OLPC at FRIAM in the NewMexican.
>> http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Connecting_the_world
>>
>> -Stephen
>>
>> 
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>>> Subject: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe
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>>> Friam-ers --
>>>
>>> If memory serves, several of us participated in the One
>>> Laptop Per Child Give1Get1 program.  I received mine
>>> yesterday and the NEW MEXICAN may be interested in doing a
>>> story.  Perhaps we can bring them this Friday.
>>>
>>> - Claiborne Booker -
>>>
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[FRIAM] Fwd: OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Joshua Thorp

Begin forwarded message:

From: Joshua Thorp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: December 23, 2007 2:06:23 PM MST
To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group  

Subject: Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

I received one on Friday afternoon.  I am incredibly impressed with  
the computer and the software -- I can't wait to see what these  
computers do when they meet each other,  this computer is  
revolutionary in the sense that it has been built with mesh- 
networking as a basic assumption (at least that is the promise).

I'm so impressed, I have even started my first blog just so that I  
could blog about my experiences with the XO.

http://stigmergicproductions.net/drupal/

--joshua

On Dec 23, 2007, at 1:48 PM, joseph spinden wrote:

I just ordered one.  No ETA yet.

JS

Owen Densmore wrote:

OK, two things re: the XO:

1 - How many of us have or will get an XO, probably via the  
Give1Get1

program?
 I have one coming before Jan 15 according to a recent email  
from

them.  Claiborne has one.  Tom Johnson is getting one.  Ditto Carl
Tollander.  That's 4.  Could the rest of us getting one shout out  
too?

2 - What would be a good (educational?) project to do on one or more
of them?
 The wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/ has a pointer to the  
software:

http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components
The good news is that there is an emulator for folks not having  
an XO:

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

-- Owen

On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:

Nice story of Claiborne with OLPC at FRIAM in the NewMexican.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Connecting_the_world

-Stephen

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:25 PM
To: Friam@redfish.com
Subject: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

Friam-ers --

If memory serves, several of us participated in the One
Laptop Per Child Give1Get1 program.  I received mine
yesterday and the NEW MEXICAN may be interested in doing a
story.  Perhaps we can bring them this Friday.

- Claiborne Booker -

More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail
 !

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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Marcus G. Daniels

Owen Densmore wrote:
> Could the rest of us getting one shout out too?
>   
Yes, another Give1Get1..  (for a young person)
> The good news is that there is an emulator for folks not having an XO
It's also relatively easy to build it from source but the documentation
on that process is sketchy.  But neither with the qmeu images or such a
build did I find a way to get TamTam sound to work.   I tried VirtualBox
and vmware for  the former, Fedora 8 / x86_64 for the latter.



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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Joshua Thorp




On Dec 23, 2007, at 2:24 PM, Tom Johnson wrote:

I have not been able to connect to my home WiFi net because,  
according to the OLPC website, the software does not yet allow  
connections to a WAP router.  Can that be fixed?


Is that a WPA router?  If so there looks like there may be progress  
on that front:


http://wiki.laptop.org/go/WPA_Manual_Setting
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Talk:WPA_Manual_Setting



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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Tom Johnson

I have mine.

I have not been able to connect to my home WiFi net because, according to
the OLPC website, the software does not yet allow connections to a WAP
router.  Can that be fixed?

Second, is there any Linux software that would turn the device into a touch
screen/handwriting recognition tablet?

-tj

On Dec 23, 2007 12:38 PM, Owen Densmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> OK, two things re: the XO:
>
> 1 - How many of us have or will get an XO, probably via the Give1Get1
> program?
> I have one coming before Jan 15 according to a recent email from
> them.  Claiborne has one.  Tom Johnson is getting one.  Ditto Carl
> Tollander.  That's 4.  Could the rest of us getting one shout out too?
>
> 2 - What would be a good (educational?) project to do on one or more
> of them?
> The wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/ has a pointer to the software:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components
> The good news is that there is an emulator for folks not having an XO:
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO
>
>-- Owen
>
> On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:
>
> > Nice story of Claiborne with OLPC at FRIAM in the NewMexican.
> > http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Connecting_the_world
> >
> > -Stephen
> >
> >> -Original Message-
> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:25 PM
> >> To: Friam@redfish.com
> >> Subject: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe
> >>
> >> Friam-ers --
> >>
> >> If memory serves, several of us participated in the One
> >> Laptop Per Child Give1Get1 program.  I received mine
> >> yesterday and the NEW MEXICAN may be interested in doing a
> >> story.  Perhaps we can bring them this Friday.
> >>
> >> - Claiborne Booker -
> >>
> >> 
> >>
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> >>
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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread joseph spinden


I just ordered one.  No ETA yet.

JS



Owen Densmore wrote:

OK, two things re: the XO:

1 - How many of us have or will get an XO, probably via the Give1Get1  
program?
 I have one coming before Jan 15 according to a recent email from  
them.  Claiborne has one.  Tom Johnson is getting one.  Ditto Carl  
Tollander.  That's 4.  Could the rest of us getting one shout out too?


2 - What would be a good (educational?) project to do on one or more  
of them?

 The wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/ has a pointer to the software:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components
The good news is that there is an emulator for folks not having an XO:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO

-- Owen

On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:

  

Nice story of Claiborne with OLPC at FRIAM in the NewMexican.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Connecting_the_world

-Stephen



-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:25 PM
To: Friam@redfish.com
Subject: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

Friam-ers --

If memory serves, several of us participated in the One
Laptop Per Child Give1Get1 program.  I received mine
yesterday and the NEW MEXICAN may be interested in doing a
story.  Perhaps we can bring them this Friday.

- Claiborne Booker -



More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail
 !


  


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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Owen Densmore

OK, two things re: the XO:

1 - How many of us have or will get an XO, probably via the Give1Get1  
program?
 I have one coming before Jan 15 according to a recent email from  
them.  Claiborne has one.  Tom Johnson is getting one.  Ditto Carl  
Tollander.  That's 4.  Could the rest of us getting one shout out too?

2 - What would be a good (educational?) project to do on one or more  
of them?
 The wiki: http://wiki.laptop.org/ has a pointer to the software:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Software_components
The good news is that there is an emulator for folks not having an XO:
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Emulating_the_XO

-- Owen

On Dec 23, 2007, at 9:09 AM, Stephen Guerin wrote:

> Nice story of Claiborne with OLPC at FRIAM in the NewMexican.
> http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Connecting_the_world
>
> -Stephen
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:25 PM
>> To: Friam@redfish.com
>> Subject: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe
>>
>> Friam-ers --
>>
>> If memory serves, several of us participated in the One
>> Laptop Per Child Give1Get1 program.  I received mine
>> yesterday and the NEW MEXICAN may be interested in doing a
>> story.  Perhaps we can bring them this Friday.
>>
>> - Claiborne Booker -
>>
>> 
>>
>> More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail
>> > xt.htm?ncid=aolcmp000503> !
>>
>>
>
>
> 
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Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Stephen Guerin

Nice story of Claiborne with OLPC at FRIAM in the NewMexican.
http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Local%20News/Connecting_the_world

-Stephen

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 12:25 PM
> To: Friam@redfish.com
> Subject: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe
> 
> Friam-ers --
> 
> If memory serves, several of us participated in the One 
> Laptop Per Child Give1Get1 program.  I received mine 
> yesterday and the NEW MEXICAN may be interested in doing a 
> story.  Perhaps we can bring them this Friday.
> 
> - Claiborne Booker -
> 
> 
> 
> More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail 
>  xt.htm?ncid=aolcmp000503> !
> 
> 



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