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Automated Depersonalization of Writing
1/31/2006Here’s something I came up with last Friday. Perhaps it’s an original idea that I should pursue in the future. For lack of a better name, I call it the automated depersonlization of writing. It was inspired by a neat … Continue reading →
Comparing Images and Measuring their Similarity in PHP
3/13/2008I’m very proud of myself tonight. You see, I’m a programmer at heart. Yet it has been a long time since I just programmed something for fun. Not a contest, not a class. Just out of pure usefulness and interest. … Continue reading →
WordPress 2.1.1 modified from original
3/5/2007Someone somehow modified some downloads of WordPress 2.1.1, so Matt announced that they’re calling the entire version dangerous. I used to wonder why the 2.0 branch is still maintained at all, considering that 2.1 is out. Perhaps this is part … Continue reading →
Darn tagboard PHP script
12/1/2006I just got a call from Mark at USC ITS Security. Seems they disabled my SCF/Aludra account because I had installed a tagboard script which opened a backdoor on the server. Hopefully I won’t be making that mistake again. And … Continue reading →
Free Mini Macs
3/25/2005I’ve got three referrals and need seven more. [Update: Complete!] There’s some question as to whether this really works, but since it’s free, there’s not much to lose. Sign up and complete an offer. I’d appreciate it. November 2007 Update: … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: One Laptop Per Child
One Laptop Per Child No Longer Available
To US consumers, that is. The “Give 1 Get 1″ program ended on December 31, 2007. So now that it’s over, and at least hundreds of thousands of Americans have tried it out, what do people think? My OLPC on … Continue reading
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Tagged clunky, computer, g1g1, give one get one, movement, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, review, the economist, theory
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OLPC Tablet? One Laptop Per Child Impressions
I finally received my OLPC XO-1 today… here’s part 5 of my video unboxing series. More below the fold…
Posted in Geek Stuff, Neat Stuff
Tagged california, First Impressions, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, revver, tablet, unboxing, video, XO, XO-1, youtube
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I need to make $399.00 to give a laptop
Give one. Get one. That’s the proposition of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project, whose mission it is to provide laptops to children in developing countries. The idea is to empower these schoolchildren by allowing them access to the … Continue reading
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Tagged charity, donations, education, gadgets, laptop, OLPC, One Laptop Per Child, opportunity, poverty
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