User:Ixo

Olpcboxes +/- Born Nov 26 2007 (C2/MP) Build 650 (rev latest) See Uruguay This user's time zone is UTC-8 (PST). en This user is a native speaker of English. @ Mail me... (wiki mail)

Volunteer in

help@ This user volunteers in OLPC Support. IRC Nick: ixo irc.freenode.net This user is a spare parts hound.

Bellingham

• • LinuxFest Northwest 2008
  • OLPC Bellingham : Repair Center (original proposal), inventory notes

Top wiki pages

• Weekly zine, OLPC:Wiki News, OLPC:News, Repair_centers, Peripherals
• Hardware Specs, Keyboard shortcuts, Logs
• dev, teamwiki

Volunteers start here:

• OLPC_volunteers_portal, Curators_and_coordinators, Support_meetings, XO Troubleshooting Guide

XO addons:

• Top activities: elements, xo-get, XoIRC, Speak, DrGeo, Clock, Doom, Colors!
• Top Linux commands: Firefox, Opera, rsync , mc, thunar, xeyes, xawtv
• My own projects: Activities , Linux Scripts , Templates,

Wiki clean up:

• Wiki cleanup, Wiki Page Restructuring Common Room, Table of Contents, Category:drafts
• Glossary, Site map, Content stamping, OLPC:Wiki News, Sugar_Control_Panel, User boxes
• Special:Newpages,

Top offsite

• XO Map , Roadmap, OSUOSL.org, Nepal, Learning Org, current build#, Solar drinking water, Stumbleupon

My notes

• XO laptop, /TODO, /Triage, scripts, Presentation, Builds, 7

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

• More available: http://notes.homelinux.org/index.php/User:IainDavidson
• Full Resume: http://resume.homelinux.org

Offsite linkages

• Assoc of Bellingham Neighborhoods: http://aobn.org
• RE Sources : http://RESources.org
• Womencare Shelter : http://WomencareShelter.org
• One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) XO Laptop: http://laptop.org
• Free Geek : http://freegeek.org
• 10 Dollar e Reader : http://wikibox.googlepages.com/home
• Stumbleupon image-blog: http://Iain-Davidson.stumbleupon.com
• time zone array

XO Sightings

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

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  Glacier Bay, Alaska, United States
  By ixo, August 1st, 2008

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  Monteverde, Costa-Rica (contential divide, 1,500 m altitude) 40 mph winds
  By ixo, Jan 25, 2008

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  2008 Jan, ixo with XO on vacation- Samara, Costa Rica

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  Arenal Volcano, from Arenal Hotel, Costa-Rica
  By ixo, Jan 21, 2008

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  Lake Arenal (with windmills on montain edge), Costa-Rica
  By ixo, Jan 22, 2008

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: