Re: [IAEP] [Grassroots-l] OLPC in Kindergarten

2009-06-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:08 PM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: Edward wrote I am working on a version of Turtle Art that will use icons rather than text labels on the tiles, and I want to test how much of it the preliterate can grasp, and what we can teach using that capability. We can

[IAEP] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Sebastian Dziallas
Hi everybody, I'm very pleased to announce the first early preview of a new generation of SoaS XO-1 images. Those consist not only of the latest and greatest Sugar bits, but also a F11 base system and a special OLPC kernel based on 2.6.30. This means now that even power management actually

Re: [IAEP] [Grassroots-l] OLPC in Kindergarten

2009-06-17 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:19, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.de wrote: On 17.06.2009, at 09:32, Edward Cherlin wrote: On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 7:08 PM, fors...@ozonline.com.au wrote: I think the mathematics blocks are best left as is. I insist on using รท rather than /, and I want

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 17.06.2009, at 10:28, S Page wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:37 AM, Sebastian Dziallassebast...@when.com wrote: I'm very pleased to announce the first early preview of a new generation of SoaS XO-1 images. Excellent news, thanks! I indeed! Put them on a USB key or a SD card,

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Dengler
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 10:40:31AM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote: On 17.06.2009, at 10:28, S Page wrote: Nooo, I want to keep my working 8.2.1 in NAND. Can I simply boot my XO from the USB or SD card? No, these images are meant for NAND install. For USB/SD we'd need yet another

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Tomeu Vizoso
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:30, Sean DALYsdaly...@gmail.com wrote: In my view it's never a mistake to indicate that a procedure will wipe all data. We all have a learning curve and the first time I lost all my Journal entries including photos on an XO I wasn't happy about it. I think we

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Simon Schampijer
On 06/17/2009 11:34 AM, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:30, Sean DALYsdaly...@gmail.com wrote: In my view it's never a mistake to indicate that a procedure will wipe all data. We all have a learning curve and the first time I lost all my Journal entries including photos on

[IAEP] [Grassroots-l] OLPC in Kindergarten

2009-06-17 Thread Tony Forster
It's working. You can see the palettes at http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/c/cd/Iconic_Turtle_Art.odt I'll extract some Journal entries using these tiles tomorrow and post them, along with a bundle of .svg files of tiles and palettes with installation instructions. Thanks, that's great news!

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Jonas Smedegaard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:34:40AM +0200, Tomeu Vizoso wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:30, Sean DALYsdaly...@gmail.com wrote: In my view it's never a mistake to indicate that a procedure will wipe all data. We all have a learning curve and

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Dengler
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:24:51PM +0200, Martin Langhoff wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Martin Denglermar...@martindengler.com wrote: It seems build engineers go to a a lot of effort to create multiple ginormous downloads in .img/.usb/.iso/.bootable.gz formats when they're 99%

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Dengler
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:41:05PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: What if we developers only announce in developer-oriented forums and someone else (marketing team?) takes the task of communicating it to end users? [...] I suggest transforming it into this instead: Beware of the target

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 17.06.2009, at 12:56, Martin Dengler wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:41:05PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: What if we developers only announce in developer-oriented forums and someone else (marketing team?) takes the task of communicating it to end users? [...] I suggest transforming

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Langhoff
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Martin Denglermar...@martindengler.com wrote: Reading the docs, I think that jidgo will allow the user to download (say) a .iso and a .img (NAND) file by downloading the files that are contained in them and then re-assembling the .iso and .img files? You might

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Dengler
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 01:38:32PM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote: On 17.06.2009, at 12:56, Martin Dengler wrote: On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 12:41:05PM +0200, Jonas Smedegaard wrote: What if we developers only announce in developer-oriented forums and someone else (marketing team?) takes

Re: [IAEP] [Sugar-devel] Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 17.06.2009, at 14:09, Martin Dengler wrote: No, that's not the problem. It's people that don't know that they don't know what they're doing. My point is that I think we're worrying about people that a) want to be testers; and b) are so keen that they go copy-nanding (after getting a

Re: [IAEP] The Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi... Tell Grannie about it too! I will muddle my way through it this week and write a short Grannie's Guide To Running SoaS on your XO. I guess I will have to include a guide to getting a developer key for your XO. Explaining techie things to non-techie folks is something I can do very

Re: [IAEP] The Show Must Go On - SoaS for the XO-1

2009-06-17 Thread Martin Dengler
On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 06:34:02AM -0700, Caryl Bigenho wrote: Tell Grannie about it too! I will muddle my way through it this week and write a short Grannie's Guide To Running SoaS on your XO. I guess I will have to include a guide to getting a developer key for your XO. I (and it sounds

[IAEP] {Disarmed} Squeakfest Registration is open

2009-06-17 Thread Rita Freudenberg
Squeakfest Registration is Open! Registration is now open for both Squeakfest USA 2009 (Los Angeles: August 10,11,12) and Squeakfest Brasil 2009 (Porto Alegre: July 23, 24, 25). Squeakfest USA registration costs $100, or $125 if payment is received after August 1st. Squeakfest Brasil

Re: [IAEP] learning implode...

2009-06-17 Thread Edward Cherlin
How about writing this up for OLPC News? On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:05 AM, Sameer Vermasve...@sfsu.edu wrote: My daughter, who is 3 years and 7 months old has largely stayed away from the XO (or for that matter computers in general) other than mimicking me by turning on the XO and giving our

Re: [IAEP] Squeakfest Registration is open

2009-06-17 Thread Caryl Bigenho
Hi Rita Will Squeakfest have an Unconference similar to NECC Unplugged? It would be great for those who can't come to LA in August (it is hot them). They are using Elluminate and I believe Steve Hargadon is in charge. Links: http://www.neccunplugged.com/ http://www.elluminate.com/