Matt Richards

Well, just to post another update.. I’m still patiently waiting for my little handheld i ordered over two years ago to show up. Hopefully I’ll get it by the end of the year, so much for being an early adopter..

This is a test message.

Sometimes, you wonder. How long it will take to handle a simple task.  It can take several hours.

I’ve been striving for something to blog about for quite some time, I suppose I shall share my thoughts on a small project I’ve been following for the past two years.  Its called Open Panndora its unique device similar to a Nintendo DS. However, it is way more powerful than a DS is. The wonderful thing about the device is its completely community driven and open source. Meaning, there is NO commercial entity controlling licensing and what goes on the device, its completely up to the community behind it.  Now that you have a rough idea as to what the device is, I’ll be blogging here with my thoughts and struggles getting this device to work properly.

They’ve started to ship them as of early last week! That’s the great news, finally other community members are getting a hold of them! However, I don’t expect to get mine for while yet.  As I know my order number is really late in the first batch.  To make a long story short, I pre-ordered back when they thought they were close to shipping them (this was in 2008), but due to finical and other difficulties at the time, I canceled my order at that point. However, back in October (2009)  I got a news letter from the team saying they still had a few left in the First Batch.  I emailed in asking if they could accept charge cards yet.  Once I was told they could I re-ordered.  On that note, I”m not sure if I’ll make the first 1000 they’ve got cases for.  And I’m to shy to email in asking where I am in line, I’ll just wait it out..  I’ve been waiting for a while now, mine as well keep waiting.

Its been a long several years.  Props to everybody on the team getting this far into production.  I cannot wait till I get the email saying mine is on its way!!

As you can see, I’m experimenting with new themes on this here blog. Things will be changing a lot over the next few weeks, as I move away from what I thought the purpose of this blog was when I originally set it up. Instead of following foot steps of others, its time I make my very own purpose. Much more to come..