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==== Volunteers start here: ====
==== Volunteers start here: ====
* [[OLPC_volunteers_portal]], [[Curators_and_coordinators]], [[Support_meetings]],
* [[OLPC_volunteers_portal]], [[Curators_and_coordinators]], [[Support_meetings]], [[XO Troubleshooting Guide]]


==== XO addons: ====
==== XO addons: ====
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= XO Sightings =
= XO Sightings =
By ixo, Jan 21-27th, 2008. Costa Rica travels.
2008 Travels By ixo, Jan 21-27th, 2008. Costa Rica, July 29-Aug 3rd : Glacier Bay Alaska
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Image:XO-Sightings-Glacier-Bay-Alaska-USA.jpg|Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States<br/>By ixo, August 1st, 2008
Image:XO-Sightings-Monteverde-Costa-Rica.jpg|Monteverde, Costa-Rica (contential divide, 1,500 m altitude) 40 mph winds<br/>By ixo, Jan 25, 2008
Image:Weekly-zine-0-Greetings.jpg|300px|2008 Jan, ixo with XO on vacation- Samara, Costa Rica
Image:XO-Sightings-Arenal_Volcano-Costa-Rica.jpg|Arenal Volcano, from Arenal Hotel, Costa-Rica<br/>By ixo, Jan 21, 2008
Image:XO-Sightings-Lake_Arenal-Costa-Rica.jpg|Lake Arenal (with windmills on montain edge), Costa-Rica<br/>By ixo, Jan 22, 2008
</gallery>


[[Image:XO-Sightings-Glacier-Bay-Alaska-USA.jpg|thumb|left|Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States<br/>By ixo, August 1st, 2008|250px]]
[[Image:XO-Sightings-Monteverde-Costa-Rica.jpg|thumb|left|Monteverde, Costa-Rica (contential divide, 1,500 m altitude) 40 mph winds<br/>By ixo, Jan 25, 2008|250px]]
[[Image:XO-Sightings-Arenal_Volcano-Costa-Rica.jpg|thumb|left|250px|Arenal Volcano, from Arenal Hotel, Costa-Rica<br/>By ixo, Jan 21, 2008]]
[[Image:XO-Sightings-Lake_Arenal-Costa-Rica.jpg|thumb|left|Lake Arenal (with windmills on montain edge), Costa-Rica<br/>By ixo, Jan 22, 2008|250px]]
[[Image:Weekly-zine-0-Greetings.jpg|300px|thumb|right|2008 Jan, ixo with XO on vacation- Samara, Costa Rica]]
= Approach =
= Approach =
Very open minded, and always interested in hearing ideas, suggestions, or feedback. Please leave a message on my talk page or just start up a conversation. Preferred sharing license: {{OBX license cc|by-nc-sa|3.0}}
Very open minded, and always interested in hearing ideas, suggestions, or feedback. Please leave a message on my talk page or just start up a conversation. Preferred sharing license: {{OBX license cc|by-nc-sa|3.0}}

Latest revision as of 06:08, 26 January 2009

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Born Nov 26 2007
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Bellingham

Top wiki pages

Volunteers start here:

XO addons:

Wiki clean up:

Top offsite

My notes

Other
  • Some wiki Templates I've added: {{:RightTOC}}
  • G1G1: Seeding Mongolia (10K), Haiti (1K), Rwanda (1K), Ethiopia (1K), Cambodia (1K), and Afghanistan (1K).

My Background

(Picture from Second Life)
(Picture from Lego World)
(Real-Life #1)
(Real-Life #2)

Summary Details

  • Name: ixo or iainD or iain or guy with funny hat
  • Location: Bellingham, WA, USA
    • (Pacific Northwest: between Vancouver, BC, Canada and Seattle, Washington State)
  • Proud owner of a Nov 12th, G1G1 OLPC - XO-1 Laptop (MP) - arrived Dec 20th 2007.
    • (also purchased another one for local relative, 2 laptops were donated via G1G1 program)
    • Regional XO Repair center (4+ XOs in various stages of repair)

Experience

  • Recycler and eWaste Manager: 30+ years
  • IT Manager and Consultant: 20+ years
  • Server/Services Management: 15+ years
  • Volunteer with local non-profit organizations: 10+ years.
  • Web 2.0 / Website development: 8+ years
  • Wiki management / user: 7+ years
  • Linux 'sysAdmin'/User experience: Debian, RedHat, Ubuntu/Kubuntu, OpenSuSE


Odd factoid

  • Has Museum of Technology: 3 rooms filled with historical and unique technology.
    • Examples: IBM PC (286/386), Tandy 1000, Apple IIe/MacPlus/MacSE/MacIIcs/IIe,
    • Commodore C64/Amiga/Pet, Atari 2600/7800, iPortal, Vectrex, etc .
    • Mac Plus, SE, SE/30, IIci, IIgs, Performas, iMac 350/500, etc.
    • i386/i586: PI 166, PII 400, PIII 800/1G, P4 1.8/2.4/2.6, AMD, and others....

Further details

Offsite linkages

XO Sightings

2008 Travels By ixo, Jan 21-27th, 2008. Costa Rica, July 29-Aug 3rd : Glacier Bay Alaska

Approach

Very open minded, and always interested in hearing ideas, suggestions, or feedback. Please leave a message on my talk page or just start up a conversation. Preferred sharing license:

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