12 Apr 2007 follower   » (Journeyer)

It's here... OLPC/XO-1 etc

You might have guessed my silence over the past couple of days was either:

  1. completely normal due to the usual reasons for my erratic posting schedule; or,
  2. due to the OLPC/XO-1 laptop prototype finally arriving.
Here's a clue:

XO-1 self-portrait

As to the reports I took a trip to the courier's airport depot just so I didn't have to wait an extra day to receive the laptop... Well, what do you think?!

OLPC at TVIC

I managed to get the laptop upgraded to the latest firmware and system build just in time to take it for a show-and-tell at our monthly The Valley in Christchurch dinner. This display of geek-dom resulted in a small video recording demo starring Marek, Paul and myself (signed model releases not available).

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