Monthly Archives: August 2006

keyboards, keyboards, everywhere

NEED INPUT, STEPHANIE One of the hardware components in the laptop is the keyboard. Because we’re looking to build a laptop that’s relatively well-sealed against the elements (that’s “water resistant” not “water proof”) we’ve been looking into using sealed keyboards. … Continue reading

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someone is copying someone, and it’s all pretty gross

There’s an article over on abcnews that describes a man who had his twin brother growing in him for 36 years. (Uhh, eww?) But that’s not the interesting part. My buddy Zach points out the similarity of the text from … Continue reading

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wikipedia and the laptops

Andy Carvin is talking about the fact that we’re going to try to include some content from Wikipedia on the laptops when they ship. It’s pretty cool that this is public now. The trick becomes – what content? What set … Continue reading

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no country orders for laptops

I keep seeing this meme reported over and over again: that One Laptop per Child has gotten commitments from countries that add up to 4 million laptops. This is not true. I want to make this very clear. I work … Continue reading

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