As a kid, I loved James Bond movies (I still like the old ones), especially the gadgetry. A shoe compartment, a multi-purpose watch, a micro camera. Needless to say, a lot of money has gone into ThinkGeek purchases Imagine my pleasure when I recently had to introduce the OLPC project to someone (potential funding source for a deployment). I pulled out a 8GB microSD card from a secret zipper in my shirt, placed it squarely on the table, and said "We won't be needing the Internet for now. This little piece of technology holds well over 100 albums and hundreds of books that are freely distributable. It also has a web server, a database server, a collaboration server, backup software, and a bunch more. We won't be needing the Internet to get this deployment off the ground".

Come by this Saturday and meet the school server on 165 cubic millimeters (15 mm × 11 mm × 1 mm). 

What: OLPC-SF July 2009 meeting

OLPC-SF will meet on July 18, 2009. Items on the agenda:

• Meet and greet - 10:00 am to 10:30 am

• Project Updates - 10:30am:

• Newbies: How to get involved

• Repair Center updates (If you need car chargers, or power cord connectors, contact OLPC-SF Repair Center)

• SFSU Lending Library progress report

• School server on a XO (XS-on-XO) and content libraries.

• Deployments - 11:30am

• Starr King Elementary, San Francisco

• Keur Sadaro, Senegal

• August Town, Jamaica

• Maroantsetra, Madagascar

• Afghanistan (MTSA)

• Kwangwanase, Manguzi KZN, South Africa

Bring your XOs for the usual software upgrades (build 802 aka 8.2.1) if you haven't already done so. - 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm. We'll also have yet another new school server in addition to the FIT-PC platform, We'll have the FIT-PC2 platform as well (thanks to Alex)!

When: Saturday, July 18, 2009.

• 10 am to 2 pm

Where: Room 553, SF State Downtown campus (835 Market St., San Francisco,CA, 94103). Note that this location is NOT the main campus. This is the same building as the new Westfield mall that houses Bloomingdale's. Look for the SFSU banner on Market St. between 4th and 5th streets, right next to Walgreens. Take the elevator to the 5th floor.

• By car: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/car.html

• By Muni: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/muni.html

• By BART: http://www.sfsu.edu/~parking/directions/downtown_center/bart.html

A huge thank you to San Francisco State University's College of Business Graduate Program for letting us use a room on Saturdays.