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Vincent Black Lightning!

admin — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 10:00:23 +0000

Here’s a 1949. Quite a machine!

The famous song is about a 1952 model. Here’s a YT video. Lyrics here.

Here’s another beautiful black machine:

Quite a machine too!

I GB on board, 160GB HD, 11.6″ screen, 3 # Available at Amazon for $419 — one third the price of the MacBooks pushed [...]

“Wait a Minute Boys, This One’s Not Dead!”*

admin — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:32:45 +0000

Matthew Stone has been closely following the newest laptop expansion proposal, both in Kennebec Journal news articles as well as through his blog The Report Card. Today’s blog entry calls our attention to tomorrow’s (Wednesday’s) laptop program hearings, noting that “consolidation is coloring any and all discussion these days about education policy in Maine”, including [...]

DOE Reflects, Changes Mind,…

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:00:24 +0000

for which they are to be commended.

This was the situation:

In Westbrook, School Committee members were left in a bind: either take the computers and the associated costs, or have teachers at the high school and vocational center return their state-provided laptops.

Local teachers have built their curriculum around the laptops since they received [...]

What $100 Million Looks Like

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:00:35 +0000

Just so you can see what we’re talking about!

Be My Little Laptop!

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:00:55 +0000

The Governor hinted at it yesterday, and then announced it today: laptops in the morning, laptops in the evening, and laptops at suppertime!

Here’s an excerpt from the MPBN story (“Governor Offers More Details On “State of the State” Initiatives“):

Yet, when it came to expanding the laptop computer program, the Governor was able to [...]