Nana, in case you bring it to a mountain village in .kg (I have been traveling around there and I know the country a bit): Usually in the villages they don't need solar for power. They do have power. Just sometimes it is gone. So extra car batteries might be a good idea. You can get them there (for sure at least in Bishkek).
IMHO bring the russian version of wikipedia with you on some medium (external HD? ) On Apr 24, 2008, at 10:57 PM, Nan A. Canter wrote: > Let's get to work..... > > I have three (3) OLPC's as I call them...I am 63 > years old with NOt an inkling of what you all talk > about. > > I am taking/donating my three (3) GOGO OLPC's to > KYRGYZSTAN this JUNE. They will reside in an > elementary school in a farming community in the > eastern most corner, up in the mountains betwen > Kazakstan and China. I ill only be bringing them. I > have no idea what they will be able to do.... > > There is no internet access up there but there are > internet cafes in the town about 2 hours away. And we > need a Cyrillic keyboard until they kids/teachers > learn some english... which is part of what I hope > they will get out of this adventure... > > I am looking for someone help us get started. I want > to put together an OLPC Kit to bring with basics so > the kids/teachers can just start them themselves > without the internet part. > > I hope to find someone who lives nearby to be the > go-between with the school, the internet, and you > folks.... someone who can downoad programs and bring > them up and teach them..... > > I am in New York City. > > HELP!!!!! OUT THERE... PLEASE HAVE PITY ON US NON TECH > FOLKS > > NANA > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> Send Grassroots mailing list submissions to >> [email protected] >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, >> visit >> http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body >> 'help' to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it >> is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of Grassroots digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Re: [sugar] This project is rolling, so should >> OLPC >> (Edward Cherlin) >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:22:29 -0700 >> From: "Edward Cherlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: Re: [Grassroots-l] [sugar] This project is >> rolling, so should >> OLPC >> To: "Bryan Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Cc: olpc-open <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, OLPC >> Developer's List >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Nepal >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, sugar >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, grassroots >> <[email protected]> >> Message-ID: >> >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 9:58 AM, Bryan Berry >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> Our pilots at Bishwamitra and Bashuki schools >> start this Friday and I >>> couldn't be more excited. >> >> I wish I were there. >> >>> I find this discussion about the future of OLPC >> frankly *annoying* and >>> tiresome. >> >> Ivan and Walter found the reality far more annoying >> and tiresome than >> our account of it is. >> >>> The future of OLPC isn't at 1CC. It's at pilot >> schools around >>> the world. It's in the hands of kids. The >> software and hardware on the >>> XO are at mature point where we can really see >> the impact on education. >>> Sugar needs a lot of work but it is functional >> now, thanks to the heroic >>> efforts of many on the Sugar team. >> >> You are exactly right, and Nicholas and the >> naysayers are dead wrong. >> I'm looking forward to the time when the kids can >> take over most of >> the programming, most of the localization, and >> pretty much all of the >> strategy. >> >>> The key question about participating in OLPC >> shouldn't be what >>> Negroponte or Bender are up to, it should be what >> Arjun Tamang uses his >>> XO for on Monday in Nepal or what Marisol >> Gonzalez does w/ it in rural >>> Peru. >> >> Yes, it should be. But Nicholas doesn't see it that >> way, and he has >> interfered quite severely in getting the work done >> here. >> >>> As Bert says, Onward. There is much work to do. >> Debating the future of >>> OLPC as an organization does little to advance >> OLPC as a global movement >>> - which it very much is. >>> >>> Roll up your sleeves folks, let's make this >> happen. >> >> They won't go any higher. This is a work smarter, >> not harder, moment. >> If Nicholas is determined to pull resources off >> Linux development and >> turn them to Windows, disaster looms for OLPC. But >> Sugar will be fine, >> regardless, because most of the volunteers are >> ignoring the kerfuffle >> and continuing to code, test, and tweak. I'm still >> recruiting >> localizers and thinking about the design >> possibilities for textbooks >> and manuals for use on a ubiquitous hardware and >> software platform. >> And recruiting artists for one of them that I have >> mostly worked out. >> >>> Edward Cherlin: If OLPC the organization isn't >> meeting your needs, start >>> your own. We started our own here in Nepal and it >> was the best thing we >>> could have done. >> >> That's funny. I thought that's what _I_ said, about >> forking Sugar. >> Well, I haven't given up on Nicholas yet, so you're >> going to have to >> either put up with it or filter it. We're not >> stopping the argument >> until we get answers one way or another. >> >> Walter is currently thinking about what to create >> and how. Mary Lou is >> in the middle of Pixel Qi's A funding round with the >> venture >> capitalists. I don't know what Ivan is doing. But >> I'm still here, >> trying to get it through Nicholas's skull that _he_ >> is the problem >> here. Right now he is dangerously close to, "When I >> want to hear >> _your_ opinion, I'll *tell* it to you." >> >> Thank you for your support. >> >>> -- >>> Bryan W. 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