Monthly Archives: December 2007

Use of UL or OL in HTML Forms

Posted on December 31, 2007 by John F Croston III

I just finished re-reading Roger Johansson’s wonderful article entitled “Use the label element to make your HTML forms accessible“. I agree with everything he said, except I think by putting the label and the input elelements as part of an un-ordered list (UL) or an ordered … Continue reading →

Posted in 508 Compliant, Accessibility, CSS, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Layout, Programming, Web Standards | 4 Comments

A Few Quick Things About the OLPC

Posted on December 30, 2007 by John F Croston III

Yesterday I met Justin Thorp, Rodney DeGracia, Stewart, and Partica over at Murky Coffee in Arlington, VA with our One Laptop per Child machines (OLPCs). We had a good time talking about our new laptops. Stewart even mentioned that the OLPC … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, FORMs, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Mesh Network, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Web Standards | 2 Comments

More Helpful Information for the OLPC

Posted on December 25, 2007 by John F Croston III

Today I have found a few more useful resources for the OLPC. http://dev.laptop.org/ - for bug tracking and source code for the OLPC http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/ - mailing list for the OLPC http://www.olpcnews.com/ - One Laptop per Child News http://wiki.laptop.org/go/USB_ethernet_adaptors - USB ethernet adaptors, so you connect the … Continue reading →

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More General Information about the OLPC

Posted on December 23, 2007 by John F Croston III

There are a few things that I have noticed over the course of the day using the OLPC, the XO Laptop, or the $100 Laptop. One of the big ones is that if you take it to a coffee shop … Continue reading →

Posted in Accessibility, Activities, Development, Helpful Tips, Helping Others, Murky Coffee, OLPC, One Laptop per Child, Reading | 4 Comments

First Blog Post from my new OLPC – (One Laptop per Child)

Posted on December 22, 2007 by John F Croston III

This is really cool to be able to connect to the internet by wireless from another persons mesh network, I don’t have wireless. The typing on this key board is difficult since the keys are so small. They seem to … Continue reading →

Posted in Mesh Network, OLPC, One Laptop per Child | 9 Comments