Archive for December, 2008
New WordPress! 2.7
Well I’m posting this from the new WordPress version – it’s fantastic! There’s been a dramatic revamp of the administration interface, and it works incredibly well. Make sure you update your installs!
OLPC iGoogle theme
Just in from the mailing list: “Yesterday, iGoogle launched “Themes for Causes” with One Laptop per Child as one of their first 25 causes. “Themes for Causes” are ways to customize your Google homepage to show your support. Show your support for One Laptop per Child by adding our theme to your Google startpage, and [...]
US School To Deploy 1,400 XOs : THE Journal
The Journal has a report about a significant new OLPC deployment in the USA: Chester Community School in Pennsylvania is deploying 1,400 XO laptops to students, one of the larger deployments of laptops from One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) in the United States. The initial rollout will begin this week. PA Charter School To Deploy [...]
Thanks, Akismet
The guns… they’ve stopped! (Stabalise you’re rear deflectors…watch for enemy fighters!) “All quiet on the Western front”
armin van buuren – a state of trance
Trance as Armin Van Buuren has it has raised it’s game recently. I forgot how much I’d missed the old four four and the golden hooks. The Dutch superstar DJ has an electric series of sets that run on Digitally Imported, but if you’ve missed the stream you can grab some episodes in torrent format [...]
Stop the clean feed – Canberra rally
nocensorship.info is holding a series of rallies nationally against the Government’s proposed Internet “Clean Feed”. Gatherings are to be held in all the capitals, with details being found on Facebook. For Canberra residents the rally is being held tomorrow Saturday, December 13, 2008, City Walk (near the triangle fountain). It’ll be interesting to see the [...]
Why Australian trials are important to the OLPC vision
Pia’s gone and done a five point explanation as to why OLPC trials in Australia are important. First, the need. We’ve got such a range of educational situations here in this country, and there is most definitely room for this kind of technology. Second, it helps free up money for similar projects in a tricky [...]
Wonders how he ended up on the…
Wonders how he ended up on the CDWoW mailing list…
Jet Pilot Freaks Out Over Plane’s Shadow
You have to watch this one pretty carefully… but even knowing the title my heart skipped a beat too! This guy certainly isn’t flying a roflcopter. Jet Pilot Freaks Out Over Planes Shadow – Watch more Free Videos
Feed Validator for Atom and RSS
I’m working my first real podcast and through iTunes have found a handy site that validates feeds for you and makes suggestions for improving them: Feed Validator for Atom and RSS Cool.
just manged his toe again. WHY…
just manged his toe again. WHYY i just want to walk again.
amazing hammer juggling
Geeeez…
Change the World one school at a time : Give 100 update
From the official OLPC blog… if you read the OLPC Oceania interview it looks as though the two could dovetail – Michael Hutak’s focus is definitely on the broader, large scale side of things. This could be like opening the flood gates; For the past year, we have been running a Give Many large-scale donation [...]
Images of Nirvana Part II
James has made it back to an internet connection again. Chatting from Kathmandu, attempting to recover from days of food poisoning, he’s uploaded a large selection of new photos from his India trip. Check out his blog for the latest update. No Mumbai madness where he is! Images of Nirvana
OLPC Oceania Interview
Over at OLPCNews they are carrying a two part interview with OLPC Oceania’s Michael Hutak and Ian Thomson, OLPC/RICS Coordinator, Secretariat of the Pacific Community. They take a look at the efforts to date in the pacific region and talk about what is to come next. The discussion includes a fair bit on the strategy [...]
