Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2008-01-01 Thread Carl Tollander
Yup. Still finding out how deeply my assumptions about how laptops should behave go. C. Tom Johnson wrote: Ah, good point. Did yours arrive? -T. On Dec 31, 2007 6:22 PM, Carl Tollander [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just remember it doesn't go to sleep when you

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-31 Thread Owen Densmore
Just in case folks missed this, David Pogue has a podcast on the XO: Laptop With a Mission Widens Its Audience - New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/04/technology/circuits/04pogue.html -- Owen FRIAM Applied Complexity

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-31 Thread Tom Johnson
The major contradiction I have to what he says is regarding battery time. The claim is six to 24 hrs. I'm lucky to get three hours. -tj On Dec 31, 2007 4:19 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just in case folks missed this, David Pogue has a podcast on the XO: Laptop With a Mission

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-31 Thread Carl Tollander
Just remember it doesn't go to sleep when you close the lid ! :-) Tom Johnson wrote: The major contradiction I have to what he says is regarding battery time. The claim is six to 24 hrs. I'm lucky to get three hours. -tj On Dec 31, 2007 4:19 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-31 Thread Tom Johnson
Ah, good point. Did yours arrive? -T. On Dec 31, 2007 6:22 PM, Carl Tollander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just remember it doesn't go to sleep when you close the lid ! :-) Tom Johnson wrote: The major contradiction I have to what he says is regarding battery time. The claim is six to 24

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Stephen Guerin
: [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

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Owen Densmore
] [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

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread joseph spinden
-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

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Tom Johnson
/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

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

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

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-23 Thread Carl Tollander
] [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

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

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

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-19 Thread Owen Densmore
We participated as well, but do not yet have the critter. BTW: I was thinking that the 632 Complex might conceive of a XO project of some sort, possibly even using local school kids as well. -- Owen On Dec 19, 2007, at 12:24 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Friam-ers -- If memory serves,

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-19 Thread Tom Johnson
Yeah, we're still waiting for our's, too. -tj On Dec 19, 2007 4:35 PM, Owen Densmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We participated as well, but do not yet have the critter. BTW: I was thinking that the 632 Complex might conceive of a XO project of some sort, possibly even using local school kids

Re: [FRIAM] OLPC in Santa Fe

2007-12-19 Thread Carl Tollander
Approximate Shipping Dates: http://laptopgiving.org/en/shipping-information.php Carl Owen Densmore wrote: We participated as well, but do not yet have the critter. BTW: I was thinking that the 632 Complex might conceive of a XO project of some sort, possibly even using local school kids as