Comments for GO TO XO http://gotoxo.wordpress.com On the XO Laptop Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:51:08 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on k12openminds07: Donating an XO to the Navajo People by Claudia Edgewater http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/k12openminds07-donating-an-xo-to-the-navajo-people/#comment-154 Claudia Edgewater Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:51:08 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/k12openminds07-donating-an-xo-to-the-navajo-people/#comment-154 I was so excited to see a wonderful package from you when I returned after a month of being on the road barrel racing! I went to the post office today and picked up the laptop! I met with our principal and we decided to have a poster contest as a way of giving out the laptop! I promise to keep you informed - it should be in our local Navajo Times in a week! Thank you so much! Claudia Edgewater I was so excited to see a wonderful package from you when I returned after a month of being on the road barrel racing! I went to the post office today and picked up the laptop!

I met with our principal and we decided to have a poster contest as a way of giving out the laptop!

I promise to keep you informed – it should be in our local Navajo Times in a week!

Thank you so much!

Claudia Edgewater

]]> Comment on Building your own Linux Fedora computer using the ECS GeForce 6100SM-Motherboard by Yale Landsberg http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/building-your-own-linux-fedora-computer-using-the-ecs-geforce-6100sm-motherboard/#comment-150 Yale Landsberg Sat, 03 May 2008 18:42:10 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/building-your-own-linux-fedora-computer-using-the-ecs-geforce-6100sm-motherboard/#comment-150 Hello Bill! I just saw your writeup per 9/10/07, and hope you can answer our question... We have a java-based "natural time in real-time" KinderClock (see GreenTyme [dot] org) which currently is free on the Web, and which we now want to make avaialbe at VERY low prices as standalone clocks. What we need is a very low cost (stripped down) computer platform that can run our KinderClock java app and connect to a low priced color LCD display. Note: we have reason to believe that our kind of "natural time" clock may well help people with illnesses and diseases (such as Alzheimer's, Pick's, migraines, etc) which recent research shows have biological clock impairments. Any suggestions about how we should proceed using some off-the-shelf solution, it must be UL Laboratory approved! Warm regards, Yale Yale S.Y. Landsberg, Executive Director --unpaid GreenTyme Academy for Chrono-Cognitive Therapies Charlottesville VA 22902 434.326.5796 Hello Bill!

I just saw your writeup per 9/10/07, and hope you can answer our question…

We have a java-based “natural time in real-time” KinderClock (see GreenTyme [dot] org) which currently is free on the Web, and which we now want to make avaialbe at VERY low prices as standalone clocks. What we need is a very low cost (stripped down) computer platform that can run our KinderClock java app and connect to a low priced color LCD display. Note: we have reason to believe that our kind of “natural time” clock may well help people with illnesses and diseases (such as Alzheimer’s, Pick’s, migraines, etc) which recent research shows have biological clock impairments.

Any suggestions about how we should proceed using some off-the-shelf solution, it must be UL Laboratory approved!

Warm regards, Yale
Yale S.Y. Landsberg, Executive Director –unpaid
GreenTyme Academy for Chrono-Cognitive Therapies
Charlottesville VA 22902 434.326.5796

]]> Comment on Comparing the OLPC XO Laptop and Intel’s Classmate PC by Doug http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/comparing-the-olpc-xo-laptop-and-intels-classmate-pc/#comment-128 Doug Fri, 04 Apr 2008 17:51:03 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/comparing-the-olpc-xo-laptop-and-intels-classmate-pc/#comment-128 there are two other hardware items which beg comparison, one is the XO screen being outdoor readable and the other is the XO water resistance and shock resistance( drop-testing ). These seem to me to be the things which really take the Classmate out of the category of the kind of device the XO was designed to be and is manufactured to be. Not just a device for small fingers/kids but a device for their environment. there are two other hardware items which beg comparison, one is the XO screen being outdoor readable and the other is the XO water resistance and shock resistance( drop-testing ). These seem to me to be the things which really take the Classmate out of the category of the kind of device the XO was designed to be and is manufactured to be. Not just a device for small fingers/kids but a device for their environment.

]]> Comment on rsyncing the planet by OLPC Donations at Linux.conf.au 2008 « GO TO XO http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/rsyncing-the-planet/#comment-118 OLPC Donations at Linux.conf.au 2008 « GO TO XO Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:26:38 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/06/rsyncing-the-planet/#comment-118 [...] Congratulations to the OLPC on such a thoughtful and intelligent move. I agree getting XO’s into the hands of experienced programmers is very important; see rsyncing the planet. [...] [...] Congratulations to the OLPC on such a thoughtful and intelligent move. I agree getting XO’s into the hands of experienced programmers is very important; see rsyncing the planet. [...]

]]> Comment on Ready, AIM, Debug by Winnie http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/ready-aim-debug/#comment-109 Winnie Sat, 12 Jan 2008 08:08:21 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/ready-aim-debug/#comment-109 aim.com won't work because the browser on the XO laptop is single threaded (only supports one window) and (if memory serves) aim.com needs to spawn multiple browser windows to work. (I can't check if this is still the case on a full-fledged browser because i am at a friend's house on my XO laptop right now.) however, meebo (meebo.com) works. you can use AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! messenger on meebo aim.com won’t work because the browser on the XO laptop is single threaded (only supports one window) and (if memory serves) aim.com needs to spawn multiple browser windows to work. (I can’t check if this is still the case on a full-fledged browser because i am at a friend’s house on my XO laptop right now.)

however, meebo (meebo.com) works. you can use AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo! messenger on meebo

]]> Comment on k12openminds07: Donating an XO to the Navajo People by Jeffrey Lors http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/k12openminds07-donating-an-xo-to-the-navajo-people/#comment-106 Jeffrey Lors Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:50:36 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/20/k12openminds07-donating-an-xo-to-the-navajo-people/#comment-106 Mr. Shields, (Claudia's husband Jeff on this end! ) Thank you so much for the kind words about Claudia and her impassioned speech. The XO laptop is a wonderful concept and perfect for the poor here on the reservation. I write grants, work for LeapFrog Schoolhouse and raise horses and no one can seem to grasp the concept of poor in America! Quick story on Claudia...three weeks ago she volunteered for bus duty. She rode about 3 hours to various homes and was appalled by the lack of electricity, plumbing, and basic necessities many of her students experienced. Claudia took a Leapster Learning computer game along - looks like a nintendo but is educational and fun (oh no!). The one little boy from the poorest home just was enthralled. That being said - I know that your computer gift will be used to the max! I know Claudia is thrilled and I sent a quick article to the Navajo Times editor. Thank you! Jeff Mr. Shields, (Claudia’s husband Jeff on this end! )

Thank you so much for the kind words about Claudia and her impassioned speech. The XO laptop is a wonderful concept and perfect for the poor here on the reservation. I write grants, work for LeapFrog Schoolhouse and raise horses and no one can seem to grasp the concept of poor in America!

Quick story on Claudia…three weeks ago she volunteered for bus duty. She rode about 3 hours to various homes and was appalled by the lack of electricity, plumbing, and basic necessities many of her students experienced. Claudia took a Leapster Learning computer game along – looks like a nintendo but is educational and fun (oh no!). The one little boy from the poorest home just was enthralled.

That being said – I know that your computer gift will be used to the max! I know Claudia is thrilled and I sent a quick article to the Navajo Times editor.

Thank you!

Jeff

]]> Comment on XO Axiom #3: Open-source is all about fun. by Linus Torvalds: “Linux is Just Fun” « GO TO XO http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/xo-axiom-3-open-source-is-all-about-fun/#comment-103 Linus Torvalds: “Linux is Just Fun” « GO TO XO Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:45:54 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/02/xo-axiom-3-open-source-is-all-about-fun/#comment-103 [...] Right on, Linus! I couldn’t agree more, as I most recently noted in the post XO Axiom #3: Open-source is all about fun. [...] [...] Right on, Linus! I couldn’t agree more, as I most recently noted in the post XO Axiom #3: Open-source is all about fun. [...]

]]> Comment on On Education, Innovation, OLPC, And Open-Source by XO-Python: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? « GO TO XO http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/on-education-innovation-olpc-and-open-source/#comment-100 XO-Python: Where Are the Software Engineers of Tomorrow? « GO TO XO Tue, 08 Jan 2008 18:24:24 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/on-education-innovation-olpc-and-open-source/#comment-100 [...] met Robert when Ed and I made a visit to Champaign-Urbana to review Plato, as described in my post On Education, Innovation, OLPC, And Open-Source. I also worked with Robert on several implementations of Spitbol; see for example Computer History [...] [...] met Robert when Ed and I made a visit to Champaign-Urbana to review Plato, as described in my post On Education, Innovation, OLPC, And Open-Source. I also worked with Robert on several implementations of Spitbol; see for example Computer History [...]

]]> Comment on XO-Laptop Hardware Summary by Comparing the OLPC XO Laptop and Intel’s Classmate PC « GO TO XO http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/xo-laptop-hardware-summary/#comment-95 Comparing the OLPC XO Laptop and Intel’s Classmate PC « GO TO XO Mon, 07 Jan 2008 03:39:49 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2007/12/12/xo-laptop-hardware-summary/#comment-95 [...] this for a comparable summary for the [...] [...] this for a comparable summary for the [...]

]]> Comment on Ready, AIM, Debug by Eduardo H. Silva http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/ready-aim-debug/#comment-92 Eduardo H. Silva Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:51:29 +0000 http://gotoxo.wordpress.com/2008/01/03/ready-aim-debug/#comment-92 Someone at olpcnews forum explains how to install pidgin, which is an un-sugarized instant messenger which works with AIM: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=198.msg4828#msg4828 Someone at olpcnews forum explains how to install pidgin, which is an un-sugarized instant messenger which works with AIM: http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=198.msg4828#msg4828

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