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Opera on the OLPC

Elaine — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 13:17:10 +0000

This morning I installed the web browser Opera on my OLPC. It’s like they took the training wheels off. For one thing, they render pages at a higher resolution, which means sites looks more like what I see on my desktop. I do have to wear my reading glasses, but I still prefer seeing web-sites in what I consider their ‘normal’ resolution.
This is a test of posting from the OLPC.

T-Mobile

Elaine — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 02:55:57 +0000

As part of the T-Mobile USA Partners with One Laptop per Child, each laptop came with a year’s subscription to T-Mobile. Jack wasn’t even aware of this until I pointed it out. This morning, I activated my account. The first floor of the building I work in has a Starbucks, and the signal of the hotspot is as strong as the signal for our own router, so I took the little green machine in for testing. It passed the test with flying colors, and the only reason I am posting this at home instead of at work is I worked through my lunch half hour.
I imagine I will use the OLPC mainly as a mobile web browser and e-book reader, so it is nice to have a year’s worth of T-Mobile.

Surprise!

Elaine — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 18:35:14 +0000

January 05, 2008 – Click on image for higher resolution version.

The hay wranglers stopped by for the hay forks they left last time they delivered hay, and I noticed a box on the porch. I didn’t think much of it, and brought it in while I told the wrangler where to find their hooks. When I got back into the house, Jack was opening the box and saying “It’s a present for you. I thought at first it was probably a new lens for my camera, but when I saw the edge of green I started squealing. I’ve been following the saga of the One Laptop Per Child for a while, so I recognized what it was as soon as Jack started lifting it out of the box. As I write this, Jack is hitting buttons to see what happens.