diff --git a/activities/Makefile.am b/activities/Makefile.am
index 84bfa85..66b25d9 100644
--- a/activities/Makefile.am
+++ b/activities/Makefile.am
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SUBDIRS = browser chat terminal
+SUBDIRS = browser chat terminal hello
diff --git a/activities/hello/HelloActivity.py b/activities/hello/HelloActivity.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a92999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activities/hello/HelloActivity.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+import logging
+import os
+import time
+import gtk
+
+from sugar.activity.Activity import Activity
+import HelloConfig
+
+
+class AbiWord(gtk.Socket):
+
+	def __init__ (self):
+		gtk.Socket.__init__ (self)
+
+
+	def plug_in (self):
+
+		fp = open (HelloConfig.PREFIX + "/var/run/abiword/wid")
+		id = fp.read ()
+		fp.close ()
+		self.add_id (int (id))
+
+
+class HelloActivity (Activity):
+
+	def __init__ (self, service, args):
+		Activity.__init__ (self, service)
+	
+		self.set_title ("Hello")
+
+		hello = AbiWord ()
+		self.add (hello)
+
+		os.spawnlp (os.P_NOWAIT, 'abiword', '/dev/null')
+		time.sleep (5)
+
+		hello.plug_in ()
+		hello.show_all ()
diff --git a/activities/hello/HelloConfig.py.in b/activities/hello/HelloConfig.py.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d805a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activities/hello/HelloConfig.py.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+PREFIX = "@prefix@"
diff --git a/activities/hello/Makefile.am b/activities/hello/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8bdb2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activities/hello/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+sugardir = $(pkgdatadir)/activities/hello
+sugar_PYTHON =			\
+	__init__.py		\
+	HelloConfig.py		\
+	HelloActivity.py
+
+EXTRA_DIST = hello.activity
diff --git a/activities/hello/__init__.py b/activities/hello/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/activities/hello/hello.activity b/activities/hello/hello.activity
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c1dee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/activities/hello/hello.activity
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[Activity]
+name = Hello
+id = org.sugar.Hello
+python_module = hello.HelloActivity.HelloActivity
+show_launcher = yes
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 46598fd..9e54fa4 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ activities/Makefile
 activities/browser/Makefile
 activities/chat/Makefile
 activities/terminal/Makefile
+activities/hello/Makefile
+activities/hello/HelloConfig.py
 shell/Makefile
 shell/data/Makefile
 shell/PresenceService/Makefile