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I’ve got this friend visiting, and she invested in one of those $100 laptops (actually $400) for impoverished thirdworld children, getting a free sample in return. <\/p>\n

It’s the first time I’ve seen one of these.
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\nThe OX laptop seen here has got pretty much everything I would need in a computer. Capable of web browsing, word processing, multi-media recording, and classic Doom, it’s the bare-bone functions of a laptop in a simple Fisher-Price-looking rugged container. <\/p>\n

I would get one myself but for two problems: One, each keyboard key is about half the width of my short, stumpy fingers. Two, the keyboard has a problem with jamming.<\/p>\n

Here’s my friend as she disassembles her One Laptop Per Child, using the extensive online wiki and my tool roll. Note that to get to the keyboard, one needs to spend a half hour taking apart the whole damn computer.
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Here is my greatest invention, the beyboard<\/a>, in action, flawlessly tracking the wealth of subtly different-sized screws.
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And here is the fix, a thin strip of electrical tape placed as a spacer between the control key terminals.
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