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About a month ago, One Laptop per Child anounced that it would sell the unique laptop to regular consumers as part of a “buy one, give one” promotion.
XOGiving: Starting November 12, One Laptop Per Child will be offering a Give 1 Get 1 Program for a brief window of time in North America. For $399, [...]

Photo: Birthday Flower

Renaissance Fair

The Renaissance Fair is an intruiging maze of open shops, outdoor stages, and costumed denizens. For some, it’s a yearly staple, filled with intricate costumes, plays, food, and fun. I’ve never had the opportunity to attend a Renaissance Fair until this fall. At first, it was overwhelming. There were a lot of stores and people [...]

Photo: Color on a dreary Fall day

A new era in hard drive slaving?

I ran across the neatest thing today. For years, I’ve been slaving temporary hard drives the hard way – by opening up a computer, attaching the hard drive to an (hopefully) available cable, and delicately balancing it on whatever space was available. Today I found a USB adapter for SATA, IDE, and the smaller IDE. [...]