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Yet another set of photos of OLPC’s XO. This time I get up close and personal and the cat gets involved…and in theory you should get an idea of the size of the unit. Remember, you can check out this gallery and others in pictures section.

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I finally got around to uploading my music back catalogue (as they say in the game). Mostly for posterity’s sake, but if you’re interested in a musical journey of sorts you can easily track my progress here on the audio page.

A few fresh beats are on the way.

So apart from birthdays I don’t often get cake (specifically for me, that is..). Well, trust Babycakes to come through with the goods.

So we’re celebrating 3 years with deliciousness.

Thanks, sweet!

Gizmodo takes a broad look at the One Laptop Per Child program from inception to now in part one of their “OLPC Untold Story” article. It’s a good overview of what’s come to pass in the years since 2004, with no sugar coating. If you’re new to the OLPC thing, have a read.

So the script-based, make-it-easy-for you installer “Kororaa” for Gentoo Linux has come to the end of it’s days. Chris spent a lot of time working on it and managed to develop a sizable community around the software. I know he also learned a lot about open source software and everything that comes with it (Specifically those pesky video diver licenses..) and a lot of people learned with him. Since there now are more comprehensive solutions available for easily installing Gentoo, Chris and Molly have decided to stop development.

So, goodbye Kororaa, but thanks for the good (and easy!) times with Gentoo!

The latest product out of the e-Shack has been launched today: www.idef.com.au is now live and populated with information regarding the International Digital Entertainment Festival to be held at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, Southbank, from 14 - 16 November.

The International Digital Entertainment Festival (iDEF) is the platform for events and activities from an industry, educational and consumer perspective, with the support of major industry members and associations. The festival will include the Digital Lifestyle Show, eGames Expo and Develop, an ICT Symposium and Careers Expo.

The eGames Expo, as I’m sure you know, will be in its third year this year and promises to be great fun. So be one of the many thousands sure to enjoy it this year and check out .

Meanwhile if you’re a fan of community support and have a FaceBook page you might be interested in joining Computer Assistance Support & Education’s (CASE) new FaceBook page. It’ll be updated regularly and used to communicate news about special events - of which there should be a few soon!

I sure didn’t watch Big Brother. And while I wouldn’t call myself a voyeur, I do enjoy webcams and even had one running here on buzzmoo.com for quite some time. Well, due to some local government initiative (I guess) some guy is confined to some shopfront in Civic for a week where he lives 24/7 in view of everyone. It’s also streamed online, with audio and chat connecting everything. He’s got a whole bunch of stuff in his room (it looks like a playground almost) and seems to put a lot of effort into entertaining… I guess he doesn’t have much choice now. His attempt at a lighting show and Robbie’s inebriated state says that there’s a chance Pablo will be borrowing the laser pod…

So check out Cabin Fever. You don’t get KFC rammed down your throat!

BuzzMoo.com has been off the air during the time I’ve had the opportunity to play around with OLPC Inc’ XO laptop, and I intend to make up for lost time by providing good OLPC related resources here. There’s plenty to say, but I’ll just start with some links to some bits and pieces I’ve come across recently.

If you’re interested in the recent OLPC initiatives in the Pacific region, from an Australian perspective you most definitely want to check out Pia Waugh’s recent post on her time in Niue where she helped with an XO rollout. If you’re interested in anything OLPC Australia specific, you should most definitely bookmark her blog!

Pia, OLPC and Openness advocate, has also recently published “Foundations of Openness“, a paper that attempts to provide what I guess you’d call an integrity assessment tool for anyone developing resources under the open source philosophy. It’s an interesting read and is directly relevant to core ideas behind the OLPC project.

Also, a decent short article looking at the OLPC through American eyes has just popped up here. It’s worth a read too. Stay tuned for plenty more OLPC XO news!

Elfman has been on a bit of a rampage lately. What with The Kingdom, Wanted and Hellboy II.. I guess he’s not letting the (hundreds?) of millions of dollars stop him from writing captivating music. Tim Burton has been keeping a low profile, and Elfman has used the time to make friends. Today it’s been announced that he’s made friends with someone, imo, he was destined to work with - he’ll be scoring Benicio Del Toro’s next effort! Sweet.

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