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…
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Automatically Split Audio into Songs with Audacity
My grandpa had me record Christmas music from channel 924, “Continuous Holiday Classics.” I had to create both a DVD and a music CD. For the DVD, Windows DVD Maker automatically creates chapters. For the music CD, we’ll need something a little more specialized. Audacity is a free, open source audio editor. I was able…Continue Reading…
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 kind of technology that has made the U.S. and other technology-centric nations so prosperous. It’ll…Continue Reading…
Yahoo! Publisher Network: Superb Support, Crappy Programmers
I’ve started using the Yahoo! Publisher Network again, after dropping them completely for a year. Actually, looking back on my payment history now, I actually did fairly well with them. I earned $747.90 in December 2005, and it went down from there as I started using AdSense instead. Although AdSense earned more, that’s not the…Continue Reading…
wp_footer hacked?
I’m using WordPress 2.1, and it looks like this code is putting a bunch of hidden spam links into the footer of my blog: I’ve removed it for now… Comment if you’d like a copy of the spam links. Where did it originate? Ack!! I just realized this must be the reason for all the…Continue Reading…
Grab the Latest Post from Multiple WordPress Blogs
I searched for a solution to this for hours, and ended up adapting some older code I’ve been using on my own website for years. Sometimes the best solution is the simplest one. If you use WordPress and you want to put some of your posts on your homepage, this is one way to do…Continue Reading…