Comments on: A small wedding gift

By: wogga

wogga — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:14:34 +0000

dvds are neat if they can be popped in standard dvd players and used that way with a TV (most have them).

On the other hand, for ONPC (netbook!) how about moving wikipedia to memory sticks? USB Memory sticks are getting cheaper and cheaper and are getting larger than DVDs so they can support pictures and wikipedia multimedia.

How about placing a little application, which when plugged into the USB port on a pc will start it up to show wikipedia – and if a connection is available download the latest and greatest of new wikipedia material.

Then this memory stick can be used as a living wikipedia by gathering wikipedia when available and presenting it when not in a place with internet. I suppose a little application could be on the stick which would make the dvd burn process really easy too for those who have/need DVDs.

By: Julian T Rowe

Julian T Rowe — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:24:49 +0000

Educar looks an interesting project.
What’s the state of wkipedia and its fundraising campaign? What are the timescales? What happens if you don’t reach USD$7.5m target?

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:04:30 +0000

i realized i made the internet connection sound like a tower. it’s not a tower. it’s just a small hub that sits on top of a building (let’s say a one story tall school) and gets internet connectivity from a satellite/tower, then redistributes that connectivity to any other hubs set up around the town. hope that point of clarification helps. would someone be willing to contact me about this? do you think it might help Martin get what he’s looking for for these schools? thanks…

By: Joe

Joe — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 20:01:00 +0000

i liked this article a lot… it’s a wedding gift :) and it’s socially conscious :)

i really wish i could help more with the specifics of developing such an ISO file / dvd, but alas, i am quite unfamiliar with that realm of development.

in the meantime, is there a way to help get the ball rolling on providing internet access for these schools and their villages? some socially conscious people i work with at MIT are developing internet connectivity that also eliminates the need for pre-existing wires or antennas. it would be a low cost direct satellite/tower feed that acts as a hub and re distributor of internet connectivity for the surrounding area. we could probably find a way to fly them out there and implement such technology at one of these schools?

By: Dana S.

Dana S. — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:07:12 +0000

Hi,

First of all it’s Mazel Tov and not how you worte.
Secondly, when you get to hebrew I would like to help.
Hava Nagila..
Dana

By: Jay M

Jay M — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:24:23 +0000

Decent enough, please let us know if we can help with the development part of any such tool.

Thanks and good luck.
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Jay M
Soofi Group.

By: Pascal Martin

Pascal Martin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:41:18 +0000

Okawix will use as soon as possible ZIM Format also.
Pm27

By: yugaya

yugaya — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:48:48 +0000

Amazing gift…we did something similar on a rather smaller scale for the kids from grades 1-4 in our minority school, with the help of an IT friend of mine. The school is home to primary and secondary school , so the little ones rarely get to use the computers, and all of the resources in their mother tongue are scarce.

Good luck with your efforts :)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:22:33 +0000

Is there not something like this already? It sounds like a great idea and when you get something you should sell it to WP.
I know the database is freely available but they say the images/media aren’t included in the file so you would also have to deal with that.

By: Eto Crawlitz

Eto Crawlitz — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:39:31 +0000

How can I get in touch with you? I have a great idea about this.