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...so we received our XO laptop... |
...so we received our XO laptop... |
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==It came in a simple brown box== |
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==[[Joe Griego]]== |
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Okay, so we received our XO laptop shortly before Christmas. It came in a simple brown box, with just the power cord as an accessory. The battery was in a separate slot in the box, so to start it up, we popped the battery in, and turned it on... [[Joe Griego|Read more]] |
Okay, so we received our XO laptop shortly before Christmas. It came in a simple brown box, with just the power cord as an accessory. The battery was in a separate slot in the box, so to start it up, we popped the battery in, and turned it on... [[Joe Griego|Read more]] |
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My name is Willie Shubert and I am a college student in Northern California. I participated in the Give One Get One program by helping to organize a food sales table and donating the proceeds to OLPC... [[Willie Shubert|Read more]] |
My name is Willie Shubert and I am a college student in Northern California. I participated in the Give One Get One program by helping to organize a food sales table and donating the proceeds to OLPC... [[Willie Shubert|Read more]] |
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== So I got 3 |
== So I got 3 XOs == |
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I'm Stephen Jacobs, a Professor in the College of Computing at RIT. |
I'm [[Stephen Jacobs]], a Professor in the College of Computing at RIT. |
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We have departments of CS, IT, SE and Networking. The game design and |
We have departments of CS, IT, SE and Networking. The game design and |
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development degree program I teach in is within the IT department. |
development degree program I teach in is within the IT department. |
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I also run something called the Lab for Technological |
I also run something called the Lab for Technological |
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Literacy at RIT. |
Literacy at RIT... [[Stephen Jacobs|Read more]] |
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== A Dari Weblog of OLPC == |
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I bought 3 OLPC's through "Give One, Get One." One was for my personal |
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use. I've been using it as a travel laptop when I go to conferences instead of |
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my 17",700lb departmental laptop. Not only does the XO it do what I need it to do |
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in terms of web. e-mail and word processing while traveling, it' also |
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a great conversation starter when meeting new folks on the road. |
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Hi All.cool |
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I bought The other two with the intent of using my |
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Its a great job to localize the whole OLPC XO laptops and facilitate the education process of poor. I cordially appreciate this task and am glad to be one of those who are voluntarily providing their services for this purpose. |
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lab to be an umbrella for OLPC projects. My gaming colleagues are interested |
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I am the DARI (Afghan Farsi-Persian) language Localization Administrator. |
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in putting something together, but the interest in the XO's doesn't stop there. |
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I had developed a Farsi-Dari based weblog of the OLPC where I am introducing this organization and its all process of tasks. |
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the url is: |
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http://www.olpc.blogsky.com |
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thanks to all. |
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After I showed them around at the school, others followed my lead. |
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:Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj. |
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My department bought one for use as a "School Server" and two other faculty in |
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:IIUI Islamabad Pakistan. |
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my department bought one each. Two of our peers in the networking department bought |
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:+92-334-9072974 |
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one XO and one of them has put up a Sugar virtual machine on their VMware system. |
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== Expression machine? == |
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Well i think this computer is not about the internet but how to explore the world and be creative! |
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Last week we had the first meeting of an ad hoc SIG to discuss the creation |
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(and/or support of the following possible efforts on our part... |
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== Youth Investing With XO laptop == |
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1. Student club projects |
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2. Independent Study projects |
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3. A seminar course across the departments |
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4. An informal or formal web-resource for our use and/or open to the community. |
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Our Youth Investors are actually stock investing online with their XO Lapop. |
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(Ok, those are our goals but we spent our first meeting just playing) |
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It is our intention to work with kids overseas by helping them to start an online brokerage account. |
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Tony & Myra Searight & KIDS |
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While there's a slim chance (but one worth taking) that the group might |
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www.tonysearight.zoomshare.com |
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get something going during our spring quarter this year (starting in |
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Searight Investment Education For Youth Foundation |
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March) its more likely that we'd begin planing now for something to |
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440-341-2588 |
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begin in the summer or fall. |
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Latest revision as of 19:46, 30 October 2008
...so we received our XO laptop...
It came in a simple brown box
Okay, so we received our XO laptop shortly before Christmas. It came in a simple brown box, with just the power cord as an accessory. The battery was in a separate slot in the box, so to start it up, we popped the battery in, and turned it on... Read more
Amazing XO
My name is Willie Shubert and I am a college student in Northern California. I participated in the Give One Get One program by helping to organize a food sales table and donating the proceeds to OLPC... Read more
So I got 3 XOs
I'm Stephen Jacobs, a Professor in the College of Computing at RIT. We have departments of CS, IT, SE and Networking. The game design and development degree program I teach in is within the IT department. I also run something called the Lab for Technological Literacy at RIT... Read more
A Dari Weblog of OLPC
Hi All.cool Its a great job to localize the whole OLPC XO laptops and facilitate the education process of poor. I cordially appreciate this task and am glad to be one of those who are voluntarily providing their services for this purpose. I am the DARI (Afghan Farsi-Persian) language Localization Administrator. I had developed a Farsi-Dari based weblog of the OLPC where I am introducing this organization and its all process of tasks. the url is: http://www.olpc.blogsky.com
thanks to all.
- Sohaib Obaidi Ebtihaj.
- IIUI Islamabad Pakistan.
- +92-334-9072974
Expression machine?
Well i think this computer is not about the internet but how to explore the world and be creative!
Youth Investing With XO laptop
Our Youth Investors are actually stock investing online with their XO Lapop. It is our intention to work with kids overseas by helping them to start an online brokerage account.
Tony & Myra Searight & KIDS www.tonysearight.zoomshare.com Searight Investment Education For Youth Foundation 440-341-2588