Re: tlug: Digital Nursery

["Andrew S. Howell" <andy@example.com>]

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>>>>> "Stephen" == Stephen J Turnbull <turnbull@example.com> writes:


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>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew S Howell <andy@example.com> writes:

    Stephen> I wish my excuse was that good!  I get my chance in
    Stephen> October.

Its quite the ordeal, I'll tell you. I there for the delivery. Its the
only time in my life where I been speechless. As I looked down a saw
that it was a boy, I turned to my wife to say so, but nothing came
out. On my second try, about five octaves higher than I normally speak,
I managed to get out a very weak "otoko no ko"!

    >>>> for quite some time yet :) I was wondering about those
    >>>> digital cameras, of the CuCme variety. Are there drivers
    >>>> Linux? It would be
    Jim> Yes, check out Russell Nelson's page at:
    Jim> http://www.crynwr.com/qcpc/

    Andrew> of thing from scatch. A small motherboard with builtin
    Andrew> ethernet, boot it off the linux box. Hmmmm. :)

    Stephen> Um, why dontcha talk to John Little?  Sounds like a
    Stephen> perfect application for an excess Sparc muthaboad.  I
    Stephen> might be willing to give mine up....  But then I will
    Stephen> need it in October.  (^^;

The sparc would be a good idea, except that I need a parallel port. I
haven't had to much of a chance to check out what support there are
for Suns, but I think the old sparcs don't have a parallel port, I'm
not sure.

Actually, he is sending an old 386 my way. I hope to buy the camera
this weekend. All my internet access is though my company right
now, which doesn't allow me to have a web page. So I have to pick a
provider and setup a web page. I should look into Twics, but I have
just not had the time. I want something that give me full internet
access.

I still like the idea of something with wheels on it though. I'm not
sure what to do about the stairs though.

    Stephen> The other idea, and much better IMHO, is to get the kid
    Stephen> started off right.  Put him *next to* the Linux box, then
    Stephen> you can use that parallel port *and* start training a
    Stephen> sysop almost literally from day 1.

I've tried that. So far I have not gotten too far. I've decided to put
him in charge of sound effects for now. He's quite good at that, even
if his repertoire is a bit limited. :)

Andy
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