Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-10 Thread K. K. Subramaniam
On Sunday 09 March 2008 2:16:02 pm Bryan Berry wrote: Sulochan Acharya and I are keeping journals of Nepal's pilot schools on the wiki and the OLE Nepal blog. http://blog.olenepal.org/ http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bashuki_Journal You report that We will install power inverters in the school to

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread david
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Bryan Berry wrote: Sulochan Acharya and I are keeping journals of Nepal's pilot schools on the wiki and the OLE Nepal blog. http://blog.olenepal.org/ http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bashuki_Journal http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Bishwamitra_Journal We will do our best to keep

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread Bryan Berry
David, good idea. there are only about 6 light bulbs at the Bishwamitra (smaller school) and less than 5 at Bashuki the larger school. I will have to ask Ram (our power guy) about what's available on the local market. Regards to getting some for free, it would be great if you could put us in

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread david
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Bryan Berry wrote: David, good idea. there are only about 6 light bulbs at the Bishwamitra (smaller school) and less than 5 at Bashuki the larger school. that may not be enough to matter. on one of the wiki pages it mentioned 25-30 as a number. switching to LED's will

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread Martin Dengler
On Sun, Mar 09, 2008 at 05:29:50PM +0545, Bryan Berry wrote: David, good idea. there are only about 6 light bulbs at the Bishwamitra (smaller school) and less than 5 at Bashuki the larger school. I will have to ask Ram (our power guy) about what's available on the local market.

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread Mitch Bradley
Regarding the suggestion of LED bulbs - a smart person on another list said that many brands of LED bulbs are also prone to failure due to bad power - so don't treat them as a panacea. ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread John Gilmore
Regarding the suggestion of LED bulbs - a smart person on another list said that many brands of LED bulbs are also prone to failure due to bad power - so don't treat them as a panacea. +1 I personally tested a variety of AC-powered LED light bulbs. Not a single one survived more than eight

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread david
On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, John Gilmore wrote: Regarding the suggestion of LED bulbs - a smart person on another list said that many brands of LED bulbs are also prone to failure due to bad power - so don't treat them as a panacea. +1 I personally tested a variety of AC-powered LED light bulbs.

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread Bryan Berry
Martin, thanks for your interest. In general, we need funds for program activities more than specific equipment. Program activities includes salaries, office space, office equipment, Internet connection, teacher training, programming workshops, Nepali wikimania events, etc. Basically everything

Re: Updates from Nepal's Pilot Schools

2008-03-09 Thread Bryan Berry
John Gilmore wrote: I suggest a return to the main topic (laptops / education). David Lang wrote: just a note that this topic started becouse of deployment problems where the schools have trouble getting enough power to charge the laptops. if power is that scarce then improving the lighting