MIT Professor Nicholas Negroponte’s OLPC program has started delivering the long awaited One Laptop Per Child computers in the US and Canada.

We have recently seen how greatly these small computers were received by children in Africa and how cleverly features have been designed into it. They create mash networks between them automatically so that children can communicate with each other, can change from color to B&W so that the display is still readable outside in bright sunlight and you can – a key feature in many countries for which this computer is intended – recharge its batteries without electricity from the grid. But most importantly we’ve seen the joy and fun the children had while using the XO laptops.

So this month until November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. And it works like this:

For a donation of $399, one XO laptop will be sent to a child in a developing country and one will be sent to you. $200 of your donation is tax-deductible (your $399 donation minus the fair market value of the XO laptop you will be receiving). And if you are an US resident T-Mobile is topping this offer up with one year free HotSpot broadband access throughout the United States.

OLPC suggests to order early if you want your computer delivered for the holidays as quantities are limited. Early purchasers have the best chance of receiving their XO laptops in time.

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“…The mission of One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) is to empower the children of developing countries to learn by providing one connected laptop to every school-age child. In order to accomplish our goal, we need people who believe in what we’re doing and want to help make education for the world’s children a priority, not a privilege. Between November 12 and November 26, OLPC is offering a Give One Get One program in the United States and Canada. During this time, you can donate the revolutionary XO laptop to a child in a developing nation, and also receive one for the child in your life in recognition of your contribution…

This one goes to all those who did not have a Duvet-Day at home but a “really bad day” in cubicle city…

We love the music (has this calming element – doesn’t it) and our favorite moments:
3:15 and 3:45

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P.S:…computers should work for you and not the other way around – but then why was that complete idiot made responsible for your enterprise IT and not somebody who knows what he’s doing.
Keeping you busy – Hmmm…

This great 10 minutes animation has been shown on some festivals – the last time at FlashForward 2007 in Boston a few weeks ago.

Great work by John Chan and Pam Hung from postgal in Hong Kong

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TAIAAMAI

Speaks of this place
where the birds and trees
are always smiling
and provide us with
warmth in both
good and bad times.

Maori prayer,
seen in New Zealand, Northern Island, Taiamai region

From a Toyota advertising for the new Prius:
“…In the future the worst crime imaginable will be telemarketing.
Parking tickets will be written by only the finest comedians
…gas stations will become nothing more than low budget tourist stops…”

Nice idea – but where’s the car that fits this future? Bring it on…

(You can DO it – sorry that would be another company’s slogan…but so what!)

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info via: Winding Road

In the best tradition of the dadaist nihilistic movement from the 1920s, these sites don’t exactly do anything or provide any useful information – in short they are a bit pointless.

Remember what the first web cam was used for – to monitor a coffee pot. Yes that’s the spirit.

Let’s create an art out of this.

We are working on our contribution to the movement – our (DaDa) page should be up in the next 48h (depending on the weather – hey its weekend).

Keep on clicking…and tell us if you’ve seen any other pages.

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This site provides the answer to the almost ultimate question – Is it Christmas already? (The answer is not 42). BTW it also provides the answer via a RSS feed so that almost ultimate computer can also be kept updated with the moving of time.

(Note: We normally don’t use IE but the RSS formatting of this browser out-of-the-box is sooo much better than FireFox – sorry Mozilla crew there is some work left to do.)

This web site you have to try for yourself to see…(we have cut out the answer from that site)

some ideas here via: Valleywag