Archive for the ‘ links ’ Category
Getting access to XOs in Australia/NZ
Pia has just posted a detailed list of suggestions if you were ever interested in getting your hands on an OLPC XO laptop in Australia and New Zealand. Before she does, though, she makes an important note that I feel that I should copy here. I’ve seen people (especially at ZDnet) somewhat miffed once they [...]
CSU gets a website
Day of Defeat: Source has been one of the games i’ve played the longest and with most consistency. A small group of local friends have been playing under the tag “[CSU]” for, i guess, years now. Only recently have we come together to try and bring about a cohesive gaming clan. That involves a website [...]
CASE Podcast – Episode 1
In the background I’ve been working away on a podcast series for Computing Assistance Support & Education. I’m happy to report that the first episode is now ready for download. In episode I Darrell Burkey, president of CASE, talks about the history of the organisation. We look at the ideas behind providing shared IT services [...]
a brief history of the internet. good learning!
Brief history means very brief. Still, a good little video! Show it to your parents, maybe.
Chandigarh
The Sub-continental adventure continues over at James’s blog: As I trudged out of the Chandigarh train station into another foggy North Indian night, I was struck by an array of bizarre sculptures erected outside. Long, stick-like limbs and understated faces, they were obviously the creation of Nek Chand, the man responsible for Chandigarh’s most famous [...]
CASE in The Canberra Times
Computing Assistance Support and Education, or CASE to its friends, had a visit from The Canberra Times last week and made a nice article in Monday’s Canberra Times Computer section. It looks at CASE’s history and structure and also details the recent work with the Dharriwaa Elders Group in the remote community of Walgett. If [...]
Top 5 Time Trips @ EOL
I started writing this post by saying “The movie debates continue at Elroy Online” and then had to double take. He’s got a list of the “Top 5 Time Trips” posted and open to comment. Two of the top five time trips (of all time?) are books apparently! Neither of which I have read, both [...]
replacing an XO screen
Pia is pretty clever. Or maybe she’s just showing us how easy things are. Learn how to replace a broken XO screen while watching tuesday night TV!
Editorial: Sony Didn’t Intend PS3 To Succeed As A Console
It must be a game-news kind of day. I just read a thought provoking editorial (gaming editorials being close to my heart – I’ve read and written enough of them to know that it’s a hard thing to do, and there aren’t many good ones out there). But this is an interesting idea – Playstation [...]
Nintendo Wii Stomps Rivals
A great place to get your gaming news is consolemine.com. While browsing there I noticed an article containing the numbers I was recently wondering about… Despite Xbox 360’s big sales during Black Friday Nintendo is in the lead building a huge gulf between them an all rivals. Nintendos Wii sold three for each Xbox bought [...]
Internode serves ABC’s iView to customers
My ISP Internode (the highest quality ISP in the country) now has arrangement with the ABC whereby Internode customers are granted unmetered access to iView, ABC’s streaming service. That means free access to a great deal of their material, through an interface that is almost flawless! Read Internode’s press release here. And then maybe check [...]
New hurdle for net censorship – smh.com.au
The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting an interesting development in the “Clean Feed” controversy – making it less and less likely it will ever come to be: The ultra-conservative politician known for his attempts to censor television has strongly opposed the Government’s plans to introduce mandatory internet censorship, highlighting the policy’s lack of support across [...]
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 [...]
