188 Entries for “Recent Blogs”
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READ MOREJuly 3, 2008 | None | OLE Nepal
The Challenges of Electronic Reading
Last week, I spent a fair amount of time stumbling through the various available methods for reading on a computer. Our current method is that of the .pdf. Well, if your are at all like me, you hate reading a .pdf soft-copy. I always end up printing the damn thing, so I can sit down and mark it up. This option obviously won’t work in Nepali schools, because they don’t have access to a printer, and even if they did, it would not be cost effective.
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READ MOREJune 24, 2008 | Impact Stories | OLE Nepal
One Heckuva Nice Guy
Bernie Innocenti arrived in Kathmandu a week ago and he has changed the OLE Nepal office in so many ways. For one thing, this guy knows linux inside and out, in so much more depth than anyone else on the team. He has already made a big impact on the sysadmin team by showing us how to set up LVM RAID 1 for our E-Pustakalaya (E-Library). He is teaching us about Sugar and helping us optimize our activity performance.
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READ MOREJune 12, 2008 | Program Updates | OLE Nepal
Presentation on Network Security and Vulnerabilities
Yesterday I decided to share with the team an overview of a Wired and Wireless Network and how certain loopholes in them can pose a threat to our data and confidential information. Due to lack of time I could not cover, “How to secure the network from such vulnerabilities” Which I hope to cover another time along with Web Server Security.
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READ MOREJune 9, 2008 | Team Reflections | OLE Nepal
Some Reactions to and Proposals for the use of Scratch by OLE Nepal
For the past three weeks, I have explored the programs Scratch and E-Toys. While both programs provide the user the ability to write various programs, it is my impression that Scratch is far more intuitive, user friendly, and has greater accessibility to a larger set of tools.
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READ MOREJune 7, 2008 | Program Updates | Rabi Karmacharya
E-Paati and E-Paath: Making OLPC Our Own
One of the things that initially attracted me to OLPC was that we Nepalis could it make it our own. So often ideas and initiatives that come from the West are pre-packaged and controlled. With XO’s we can localize the Sugar interface, develop activities that accord to our needs and culture, and come up with power solutions that work in our particular environments. One of the key things that we needed to localize was the name of the laptop itself. This has happened in an unexpected manner.