Hackszine.com: XO hacking with Joel of Geek.com

XO hacking with Joel of Geek.com

I had coffee recently with Joel of Geek.com, and we hung around a Panera Bread getting our XO laptops to do cool stuff and see if we could brick them. Joel has a complete write-up on the fun over at Geek.com:

...we had a good time playing around with the XO. I should also mention that we generated some interest in our local Panera as we completely took over an area by a fireplace and had some strange gadgetry flying high.

...The first thing we did, once the machines were powered up and connected to the available Wi-Fi, was set them to use XOChat.org. This is a service setup by Tom Hoffman which is basically a public ejabberd server. The coolest thing about it is that you're instantly connected with other XO users (provided they're also logged into the service).

Feature: Hacking the XO laptop - Link

Posted by Brian Jepson | Jan 18, 2008 10:30 AM
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Posted by: monopole on January 18, 2008 at 11:07 AM

Recently there has been quite a bit of trolling that the EEE and the XO are toys.

This morning I realized that they were right, and that it was the best possible thing that could happen.

People play with toys, they tear them apart and put them back together again, and they are not afraid to break them. Using a toy for other than it's intended purpose is fine.

The only way you learn tech and innovate is by playing around with hardware and software. In that regard a toy is ideal.