• Dan Robichaud (click for bio)  - Robichaud has spent the last decade in voluntary sector management, with a particular focus on the digital divide,  helping Canadian communities increase their online footprint.

• Andrew D Wright -  Representing Canada`s oldest running Freenet, Chebuctonet, recently presented a CBC Town Hall on the Digital Divide and will be part of our panel and brings years of insight into running not for profit ISPs and public access framework.

• Barb Allen - A founding member and past Chair of HRCAP and former member of the NSCAP Board, she helped establish the Resource Opportunities Centre, which grew out of the Terence Bay & Area CAP Site, where she managed the facility for ten years. Barb brings the communities of rural Nova Scotia and the issues of public access providers to the table.
  

• Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd (click for bio) -  Assistant Professor of the School of Information Management of Dalhousie University,  Dr. Gruzd's research interests include also Online Communities, Context-aware Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries with the goal of developing Canada’s position as a global leader in new media, animation and games
  

•  2007 - PBS Frontline "Growing Up Online"   
  
•  2010 - PBS Frontline "Digital Nation"  
•  2010 - BBC The Virtual Revolution 
•  2009 - Pradav Minstry, Sixth Sense Technology 
  

• Microsoft Word (February 5 and March 5)
• Email (February 12 and March 12)
• Kijiji (February 19 and March 19)
• Internet (February 26 and March 26)

• Car Repair (February 5 and March 5)
• Crafts (February 12 and March 12)
• Virtual Library (February 19 and March 19)
• Gardening (February 26 and March 26)

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Now that the pilot C@P site in Lake Echo has been running for a few months, I thought I would share some pictures of the results.

Computers old and really old running the latest version of Ubuntu.

The server has been running perfectly since it was first booted up. The virtual machine running the terminal services hasn't had any problems.

The server in its cabinet at the C@P site.

How easy is it to add a computer to this setup? All it requires is to turn on the computer, enter the bios setting, and changing the boot order so the computer boots from the network first.

Changing the boot order so boot to network is first.

Now the computer will automatically boot into Linux from the server.

That's it. It could not be easier. A person with enough knowledge to hook up the wiring could setup a new computer on this network. Also, no changes are made to the computer, so if you wanted to leave the computer's old operating system in place (just in case) you can. The user can always set it to boot from the hard drive again, if needed. This setup also allows the C@P program to take donations of computers that do no even have hard drives.

Now that we have this setup, we can maintain, backup, and fix the virtual machines running these computers remotely. From my office, in Halifax, I can see exactly what is happening on these machines.

Here are a couple more pictures. If you have any questions, feel free to contact us.

Running a Monty Python video flawlessly with sound.

• Dan Robichaud (click for bio)  - Robichaud has spent the last decade in voluntary sector management, with a particular focus on the digital divide,  helping Canadian communities increase their online footprint.
• Andrew D Wright -  Representing Canada`s oldest running Freenet, Chebuctonet, recently presented a CBC Town Hall on the Digital Divide and will be part of our panel and brings years of insight into running not for profit ISPs and public access framework.
• Barb Allen - A founding member and past Chair of HRCAP and former member of the NSCAP Board, she helped establish the Resource Opportunities Centre, which grew out of the Terence Bay & Area CAP Site, where she managed the facility for ten years. Barb brings the communities of rural Nova Scotia and the issues of public access providers to the table. 
• Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd (click for bio) -  Assistant Professor of the School of Information Management of Dalhousie University,  Dr. Gruzd's research interests include also Online Communities, Context-aware Information Retrieval and Digital Libraries with the goal of developing Canada’s position as a global leader in new media, animation and games

On Sunday, January 24 Halifax, NS will yet again be showing its true colours as the interactive, wired city that it has quickly become.  Last year was an amazing event bring 173 people together to share what they know about social media, and the Internet.   They also shared what they learned with the World Wide Web.

• After March 31st 2010, you can NOT use C@P grants to purchase branded operating systems, or branded productivity software if an open-source alternative exists.
  

• Effective March 31st 2010 you may NOT use C@P grants to purchase computers in excess of 8 pounds (weight) or in excess of 40 watts (energy consumption). (PS: we have worked really hard to find you a 1watt, 340gram alternative!)
  

• HRCAP owns a server & operating system which are located in Lake Echo.
• The server does ALL the computing FOR YOU, access points are only "terminals"
• Cap sites will be able to purchase FITPC2 thinclients
• USB Boot Keys will be provided free of charge
• Computers in your C@P sites will no longer require local storage (hard drives) or operating systems (Windows), they will get these directly from the server
  
• Once migrated with a USB Boot key, your computers will operate on the custom EdUbuntu operating system located on the server.  THIS REPLACES WINDOWS.
• Every time a patron signs in, the sever creates a new copy of our customized public access system.
  
• Many users may log on at any given time  without effecting the others.
  
• Once a patron logs out the server deletes all traces of that session, operating system included.