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!
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
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
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
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On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 3:36 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com wrote:
P.S. Has anyone tried to run Sugar on the Raspberry pi?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sugar+on+raspberry+pi
I'm surprised
http://bodyworks.ideasforhumans.com/wp-content/themes/feast/yahoolinksus.html
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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
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
On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com 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
, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com 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
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:
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
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
Love it! Tweeted it!
Caryl
From: b...@waveplace.org
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 13:48:36 -0500
To: cwith...@ekindling.org
CC: hea...@lists.laptop.org; devel@lists.laptop.org; cbige...@hotmail.com
Subject: Re: [Health] $30 microscope
Neat.
Cell phone technology?
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
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
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
. 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 cbige...@hotmail.com wrote:
tee's what I
.
H
Hi...
Prepping some XOs for our
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 cbige...@hotmail.com wrote:
Hi Gerald,
That was the first
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
work. See http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/1117
regards.
-walter
On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 1:47 PM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com
wrote:
Hi All...
Here us a wonderful resource shared by folks on the sur and
Squeakland
lists.
http
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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,
...@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
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?
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
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
Hi All...
These questions are from Jim Stockford j...@well.com who is working with
Shameer on a Contributors Program project. Please be sure to send me a copy of
any answers! Thanks.
Caryl
_
Jim needs help setting up a school server.
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
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
interface.
Keep in touch,
Robert
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 11:38 AM, Caryl Bigenho cbige...@hotmail.com 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
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
Also, it doesn't work on the XO...yet.
Caryl
From: cbige...@hotmail.com
To: iaep-requ...@lists.sugarlabs.org; support-g...@lists.laptop.org;
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,
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
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
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
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
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:
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
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
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).
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
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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
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
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.
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.
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
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