Julie, My 3 grandkids are going to get one of the ‘Lil XOs next week. Before I give it to them, I already know their first question: Can we create a journal file for homework and then send to Mom to print on her printer? I don’t know this answer, so I have to be ready.Thanks.Joan
The 2 ‘Lil XOs have arrived from OLPC. Before Joan left for the ranch we worked on upgrading one of the new ones — we upgraded the OS, installed Opera and Adobe Flashplayer and got it connected to the wireless at home. We also worked on improving the blog notes.
I’m going to work on the third XO and get it to the same level as the other 2. After that I’m going to work on using the XOs as ebook readers. I want to get SD cards working for the extra storage the SD cards will provide. And I keep forgetting to install Java; so far I haven’t needed but I can imagine that some things won’t work correctly without it.
Keep the power cord in a matching lime green mesh bag. Walk into any Computer Science department, while carrying ‘Lil XO. Play YouTube video of Yes We Can music video. Go to Starbucks and establish connectivity. Email adult son from ‘Lil XO; I used to have computer envy of him. No more. Create town’s first XO user group. Establish first mesh with any stranger. Send a video message to all of the grandkids. Explain some of the eToys to the grands.
Why? Why go to extra work when the built in browser activity on the XO appears to work well. That’s what I thought until I tried to play the Obama “Yes We Can” music video in the browser and it just spun and spun. I enjoyed the Obama music video and was showing it to a friend on my Mac Book Pro when I thought let’s view it on the XO. We’ve all commented on the display, how nice it is for such a small screen.
Our ‘Lil XO connected to the CS lab wireless network just fine. The CS lab wireless network is open without security as we want the students to be able to walk into the lab, sit at a table and connect with their laptops.
At home we have security on our network. We use WEP with a password, an Apple Airport Extreme as our hub and our little XO wouldn’t connect successfully. So I went hunting on the internet for a solution.
Both Joan & I have been keeping up with the OLPC new groups thru a RSS feed. One of the first tasks we set ourselves was to upgrade the operating system as the news group posters felt this was an important first step.