[OLPC-SF] showing off your XO

[Sameer Verma]

On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:48 AM, Tane' Tachyon <tachyon at tachyonlabs.com> wrote:
> Sameer Verma wrote:
>
>> How many of you plan on showing off your XO in public places? Any
>> ideas? Maybe concerted efforts on showing up at your neighborood
>> cafes, bookstores, libraries, campuses, etc.?
>>
>> I'm putting together a infocard that you can print on card stock or
>> paper and carry it with you. If anyone asks about your XO, do a short
>> pitch "Haven't you heard of the OLPC project? This is one of those
>> things that can really change the world!" and hand them an infocard.
>
> People do always come up and talk to me about it -- that could be a
> good idea!
>

Great! I'll post the infocard pdf soon.


>> Speaking of advocacy, how many of you still need to upgrade to the
>> latest Sugar build (significantly better than the one you got via Give
>> 1 Get 1 last year)? Let us know on the list or drop me a note off list
>> so that we can help you upgrade. You'll be surprised at how much
>> better its become!
>
> I've been trying to update my (build 656) one off and on for weeks --
> it will sit there for as much as ten hours trying the three update
> methods and eventually give up on all of them.

Are you trying a network upgrade or USB upgrade? Also, is this using
olpc-update or are you flashing the entire image?

Sameer
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