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==Personal Note-taking==
==Personal Note-taking==
===To Do===
===To Do===
# Update os to the most recent stable build. see [[Stable_Update]]
# Connect my XO to home network.
## I suspect that the issue is that I have my router set to channel 9, rather than the recommended channels 1, 6 or 11 (see [[Wifi_Connectivity#Channel]]).
## Followed instructions at [[WPA_Manual_Setting]] without success.
# Update the built in Spanish dictionary that is accessible via the Browse activity. Currently the gender of each noun is unknown. This is easily fixed by preceding each noun with <i>el</i> or <i>la</i>.
# Update the built in Spanish dictionary that is accessible via the Browse activity. Currently the gender of each noun is unknown. This is easily fixed by preceding each noun with <i>el</i> or <i>la</i>.
# Read this: [http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=218 bunnie's teardown report]
# Read this: [http://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=218 bunnie's teardown report]
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===Done===
===Done===
# Requested my [[Activation_and_Developer_Keys]]
# Requested my [[Activation_and_Developer_Keys]]
# Connect my XO to home network.


===Ideas===
===Ideas===

Revision as of 00:45, 21 February 2008

  • purple X, peach O
  • electrical engineer based in Chicago, IL. (looking forward to meeting others in the Chicago_Interest_Group on Jan 20)

Personal Note-taking

To Do

  1. Update os to the most recent stable build. see Stable_Update
  2. Update the built in Spanish dictionary that is accessible via the Browse activity. Currently the gender of each noun is unknown. This is easily fixed by preceding each noun with el or la.
  3. Read this: bunnie's teardown report
  4. Read this: Interview with OLPC's Founding CTO Mary Lou Jepsen, by Sean Daly

Done

  1. Requested my Activation_and_Developer_Keys
  2. Connect my XO to home network.

Ideas

  • Clock activity. Description forthcoming.
  • Hand-made vinyl or fabric sleeve for protecting the goods. Something like this idea
  • Math app that demonstrates neat tricks with numbers, e.g.
    • The sum of the digits of a number is 9 if it is evenly divisible by 9.
    • To multiply a number by 5, divide it by 2 and move the decimal one place to the right.