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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 an extremely messy desk The Economist says it’s “One clunky laptop per child.” At least…Continue Reading…

Planning for Tomorrow – Pastor Norbert at EFCW

At yesterday’s Genesis lesson, Pastor Norbert covered James 4:13-17. Here’s what Jesus says: Warning about Self-Confidence Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be…Continue Reading…

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…

Plushie Planet Launches!

Take a look at our newest venture, Plushie Planet. If you’d like to create a video for the site, simply follow these guidelines: Documentary-style educational theme. 1 minute or less (easy, huh?) Cute plushies. Send your video to me at [email protected] for review, with the subject: Plushie Planet Submission to make sure it doesn’t get…Continue Reading…

Adventures in Parenting Updates

I made a number of updates to my mom’s parenting website, including: Fixed padding around images, Adding the MySpace image to the featured post’s excerpt, Removing dates from posts, Fixing the archive excerpts, Fixing the titles of the Archive pages, And fixing the Podcast Archive.

Ron Paul Supporters Donate $6.04 Million in One Day

Yesterday was a big day for Ron Paul supporters. On just one day, in honor of the 234th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, the new American revolutionaries brought in $6.04 million, another one-day record. The average donation was $102; we had 58,407 individual contributors, of whom an astounding 24,915 were first-time donors. And it…Continue Reading…