Rich and I took our XO laptop along to diner last night. One of the other attendees had just picked his XO up at the Post Office that very day, so there were two at the table. Continue reading

Educational. Fun. Technically Cool. Charitable. Deductible. What’s not to like? My XO Laptop arrived on Thursday. I ordered through the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) “Give One, Get One” program. We opened the box when we got home on Thursday evening, popped in the battery, and fired it up. Here are my early impressions. Continue reading

I am now the proud owner of one of the first Pleos – the little robotic dinosaur from Ugobe. I first learned of Pleo nearly a year ago when I read an article by Clive Thompson in Wired magazine. Continue reading