[IAEP] Sugar in a Plug

[Sean DALY]

This is totally true, a protruding stick is asking for trouble.

I usually use SD Cards, most netbooks have slots.

Well-designed machines (XO-1, EeePC, Dell education Latitude 2100)
keep the cards recessed, flush with an edge; no protrusion=no
accidents

other machines protrude even the SD Card, such as the Dell Mini 10.

Sean


On Mon, Jul 13, 2009 at 7:01 AM, Mike Lee<curiouslee at gmail.com> wrote:
> One of the things I find precarious about Sugar on a Stick with normal USB
> drives on laptops or netbooks is how far they protrude from the side. I
> always feel the risk of an accidental knock against the USB drive, which
> would break it off from the plug.
>
> The gadget blogs recently showed what was billed as the world's smallest
> MicroSD card adapter called the EagleTec NanoSac. I bought one from Brando
> Hong Kong to try out with a 2gb MicroSD card. It took about three weeks to
> arrive.
>
> The Strawberry release of Sugar loaded fine onto the MicroSD card through
> the adapter using LiveCD creator. I then switched the boot order in the BIOS
> of the Sun tower that made the Sugar Stick and rebooted. Sugar started up
> perfectly. See my photos:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/curiouslee/sets/72157621240681653/
>
> It was kind of amazing to see a device less than the volume of a sugar cube
> take over a tower PC and 24" LCD monitor.
>
> Cost was around USD $30 for the adapter and card.
>
> Mike
> http://www.olpclearningclub.org
>
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