[lug] Open source laptops for kids - OLPC offer

[Elyse M. Grasso]

On Wednesday 02 January 2008, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 05:39:18AM -0700, Jeffrey Haemer wrote:
> > Whichever of you -- Neal, Mike, Zan, Nick, Elyse, or anyone else
> > with an OLPC box -- is willing to ramrod the rest of this herd of
> > cats into doing a presentation/demo, come see me at Jon's talk on
> > Thursday.
> > 
> > By the way, Jon, who did its camera driver, says he now has five of
> > them.
> > 
> > February or March would be great.  Most people will figure out how
> > to open them by then. :-)
> 
> I got my OLPC today :-)   The screen is so sharp in non-backlit mode!!
> 
> Besides the other LUG folks, there are more local users:
>  http://olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=54.0
> 
> So I think a Feb 14th meeting would be dandy, especially if we can get
> together beforehand to play with them.  I think gathering at Hacking
> Society meetings is our best bet.
> 
>  http://www.hackingsociety.org/chapters/blug/
> 
> How many folks have already gotten them?
> 
> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
> 
> > On Dec 10, 2007 9:58 PM, Jeremy Hinegardner < jeremy at hinegardner.org> 
wrote:
> > 
> >     On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Mike Stanczyk wrote:
> >     > On Thu, 6 Dec 2007, Neal McBurnett wrote:
> >     >> I've ordered/donated mine :-) and I know there are others in the 
area
> >     >> who already have them.  They are more fun when used together - any
> >     >> other takers?
> >     >>
> >     >> Neal McBurnett                 http://mcburnett.org/neal/
> >     >
> >     > Here's a thought: Group Demo at a Blug meeting.
> > 
> >     Better thought: Meeting around the OLPC project, what its about how
> >     things work and bring your OLPC laptop for demo.
> > 
> >     Jeff?  Want to round up all these guys and plan a meeting?  We have a
> >     tentative plan for the January meeting I believe.
> > 
> >     Shall February's topic be OLPC ?
> > 
> >     enjoy,
> _______________________________________________

Mine just arrived today. I haven't played with it yet. 



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