Archive for October 22nd, 2007

Laptopping the world

One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), a nonprofit global education project head-birthed by MIT Media Lab Founder Nicholas Negroponte, is set to release its third-generation $100 laptop next month. The computer, called the XO-1, is the centerpiece of the organization’s plan to change the world by getting kids around the world online and computer literate.
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What we talk about when we talk about
talking about writing

krasnythmb.pngDo I like you? Or do I wish I was you? Michael Krasny’s book about his not writing books.

reverb: music from los angeles & beyond

With a name like Super Furry Animals, you expect a band that sounds a bit mad (mad in the British sense) and more than a bit wonderful. Fortunately, the Super Furries are precisely both. They recently released their eight full-length studio album and it is nothing short of a pop gem. Not that this should [...]

Photo: GOP on Election Day
Slideshow: Nov. 5 Newspapers
Photo: Election Day in LA