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01/02/2003 Archived Entry: "Full entry later, but in the meantime, blogwhacking!"

Cory Doctorow writes:
There's a hitch, though. The paltry $25,000 that Lee needs to accomplish this miracle won't come through from the granting agencies until after the rainy season, too late to do the installations (you try humping gear around rural Laos in a typhoon) He's raising money (Paypal link, mention "Remote IT" in the donation) from the Internet to make the project a reality. Here's what your cash gets you:

    * $10 20 lbs. shipping costs
    * $25 Keyboard
    * $50 Headset
    * $75 Antenna
    * $100 Battery
    * $250 Bicycle Powered Generator
    * $450 CPU or Mountain Top Solar Panel
    * $850 Base Station
    * $1,000 One RT US-Laos Trip for One Technical Consultant
    * $1,500 One Complete Jhai Computer
    * $2,500 One Complete Village Set-up
    * $3,000 Relay Station
    * $25,000 The Full 5 Village System