Michael’s Two Cents

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When you donate $399 to The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project they will send one laptop to your child and one to a child in a developing country. This ends December 31, 2007. $200 of the donation is tax deductable. (since you’re getting one of the laptops). Shipping and handling is extra.
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Many people point to interface interactivity (Ajax JavaScript usually) and mash-up functionality or data when talking about Web2.0. I personally think that these two things are simply symptoms of the underlying phenomenon which is really a change in the way people think about themselves, their projects, and the people around them. Yes I think Web2.0 [...]

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OLPC (one laptop per child) program is amazing. This short video demo of a prototype shows how it works. for complete details on the program check out http://laptop.org/

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Have you seen this? The project’s goal is to, “provide children around the world with new opportunities to explore, experiment and express themselves,” by delivering a $100 laptop to each and every child. It’s a tough little AMD chip powered Linux OS that has some unique off the grid and wireless features (like crank charging) [...]