Breadpig Blog: Purveyor & Publisher of All Things Geek — XO Laptop

Not bad for a $200 laptop covered in marker, eh? Update: We originally had a link to the eBay listing here, but it expired after 90days, so we took the link down. It will always be in our thoughts. Thanks again to all of you who helped with your signatures and support.

Nick Gonzalez (former TechCruncher turned startup-guy) recently wrote on the auction and even remembered the first eBay-for-charity auction Steve and I did last July. And I also got sent a LOLmagnetz shoutout by Thomas Nybergh -- he really sums it up well: From the Non-allergenic lolcats dept.: Put last year’s mainstream Internet meme on your fridge… tomorrow! Non-US orders accepted. The breadpig couldn't agree more. Pre-order yours today! Thanks to both Nick and Thomas for spreading the bacon around.

The former security director of the One Laptop Per Child non-profit has blasted the project for losing sight of its goals, accusing chairman Nicholas Negroponte of deceiving the public. It's all about shipping kit, says Ivan Krstić in an incendiary essay. Excerpted from the register Though, you ought to read Krstić's original essay here as well. Ivan and I are chummy from back in my Cambridge/Somerville days, so I heard the synopsis of his essay right from his mouth at an event a couple months ago. Nonetheless, I felt compelled to keep my word to acquaintances still at the project...

The eBay auction expires on May 23rd and 100% of the sale price will go to OLPC. This couldn't have been done without the help of the fantastic hosts of ROFLCon, a collection of great Internet meme-creators who were happy to smear some Sharpie for this project, and of course, breadpig's friends at OLPC. Thanks to all of you and happy bidding! This little laptop has come a long way since the initial announcement. I posted an update along the way after I'd started collecting a few sigs, but the XO laptop is now a geektastic sight to behold.   ...

I had this XO Laptop sitting around that I got from the Give One, Get One campaign of last year. My hands are too ogreish to use such a child-sized laptop, so I thought there must be a better use for it. I've brought it with me to ROFLCon and asked all of my fellow speakers to autograph this lovely geek toy. I'll be auctioning it on eBay in another week or so and all the proceeds will go right back to OLPC.