{"id":645,"date":"2007-04-07T09:05:55","date_gmt":"2007-04-07T16:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/2007\/04\/07\/one-laptop-per-dork\/"},"modified":"2009-03-17T05:52:06","modified_gmt":"2009-03-17T12:52:06","slug":"one-laptop-per-dork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/one-laptop-per-dork\/","title":{"rendered":"one laptop per dork"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>well that didn&#8217;t take long, eH?<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laptop.org\/en\/vision\/progress\/index.shtml\">February 2007<\/a> the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) &#8220;B2-Test (Beta 2)machines deployed to children in launch countries&#8221;, and less than two full months later it makes an appearance at the <a href=\"http:\/\/dorkbot.org\/dorkbotnyc\/\">dorkbot-nyc<\/a> event (held every month at the not-for-profit arts space <a href=\"http:\/\/location1.org\/\">Location One<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"image644\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.nicknormal.com\/normalblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/one-laptop-per-dork.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"one laptop per dork\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps this user is a beta tester of sorts, playing <a href=\"http:\/\/dorkbot.org\/dorkbotnyc\/dorkbotnyc.mp3\">a dorkbot theme song<\/a> over and over and over in order to find and squash some bugs for <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.laptop.org\/go\/CSound\">CSound<\/a>; or perhaps they&#8217;re just a DORK with &#8216;m4d c0nN3x&#8217; to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laptop.org\/vision\/people\/NicholasNegroponte\/\">Nicholas Negroponte<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Either way I think this is a sign you can expect to see more of these creeping up wherever dorks gather near you. Can anyone say &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.laptop.org\/go\/Mesh_Network_Details\">m3s]-[ n3+\/\/0r|<1nG!!1k!!!jk!<\/a>&#8216;?<\/p>\n<p>Well, can ya?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related websites:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicknormal\/449463892\/\">full-size photo of above image on Flickr<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/nicknormal\/449472099\/\">another photo like above but with flash<\/a> (better focus but no glow from laptop)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2007\/01\/10\/video-hands-on-with-olpc\/\">Engadget video &#8216;hands on with OLPC&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class='ctx-module-container ctx_default_placement ctx-clearfix'><\/div><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"><!-- --><\/span>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well that didn&#8217;t take long, eH? 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