ROFLaptop Has Shipped!
This very geeky XO laptop is on its way to Europe. The woman at the post office was very confused by the pig with breadwings.
Category: ROFLaptop
Sold! ROFLaptop Fetches $521 For Charity
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.
May 23, 2008 | 7 comments | View Post
More Breadpig Buzz: ROFLaptop and LOLmagnetz
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 …
May 22, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
ROFLaptop Breaks $500 With 3 Days To Go
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 …
May 20, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Great Timing For ROFLaptop
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. …
May 19, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Tasty Link-love From LOLCode And A ROFLaptop Movie
Just in case you didn’t believe me about getting the Firefox’s signature…
Adam from LOLCode generously spread the word about the ROFLaptop. Maybe if this auction is big enough, we can convince OLPC to stop shipping with Windows…
May 17, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
XO-ROFLaptop Is Listed On eBay – Rally The Geeks
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 …
May 16, 2008 | 7 comments | View Post
XO-ROFLaptop Looks Even Cooler Full Of Famous Geek Signatures
Thanks to Michael Galpert of Aviary for taking the video.
And if you’re not a fan of moving pictures, here’s a good pic captured by tiredofh20.
I’ll try my best to divine the names from these signatures and get them appropriately tagged before putting up the eBay auction. Thanks again to …
