Breadpig Blog: Purveyor & Publisher of All Things Geek

This was my first job moderating a panel and I must say, it was probably the best speaking-related thing I've done. Pay attention. You might learn something. A big thanks to Respectably French for filming this and putting it online.

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.

So far, so good. There's already been a solid amount of activity on the auction. Scott Beale (of chuckling cephalopod fame) and AJ Vaynerchuk (who's just awesome and needs no mascot) both gave the ROFLaptop some love in their respective blogs. Much appreciated, gentlemen. The breadpig would salute you if it weren't for the trotters.

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...