[FM Discuss] Furtherfield needs your old laptops for work with homeless people in London...

[Michael Mandiberg]

this is awesome.  thought FM should know about it, if you don't already

we should get them to put FM as the homepage.  or at least get them to  
put it in as a bookmark.  or something

michael

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> From: amanda mcdonald crowley <amc at eyebeam.org>
> Date: January 4, 2010 8:54:15 PM EST
> To: openculture at eyebeam.org
> Subject: Fwd: [node-l] Furtherfield needs your old laptops for work  
> with homeless people	in London...
> Reply-To: openculture at eyebeam.org
>
> <3 this project!
>
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> Begin forwarded message:
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>> From: Ruth Catlow <ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org>
>> Date: 22 December 2009 9:27:01 AM
>> To: node london-newslist <news-l at lists.nodel.org>
>> Subject: [node-l] Furtherfield needs your old laptops for work with  
>> homeless people	in London...
>> Reply-To: ruth.catlow at furtherfield.org
>>
>> Furtherfield needs your old laptops for work with homeless people  
>> in London...
>>
>> The Zero Dollar Laptop Project
>> http://www.furtherfield.org/zerodollarlaptop.php
>>
>> In January 2010 the Zero Dollar Laptop Project kicks off with  
>> clients of St Mungo's charity for homeless people in London. We  
>> will be recycling hardware, breaking Windows and installing Free  
>> and Open Source Software to build media laptops and create music,  
>> graphics and video for distribution over the Internet. Participants  
>> will leave the project with street-smart technical knowledge and a  
>> wireless enabled media laptop, classier than any shiny power-book.
>>
>> The Zero Dollar Laptop is a recycled computer, running Free Open  
>> Source Software (FOSS) that is fast and effective- now and long  
>> into the future.
>>
>> - Do you have an old, unused laptop taking up space in your home or  
>> office?
>> - Like to see it returned to productive life?
>> - If YES, then please donate your old laptop.
>>
>> DONATE YOUR LAPTOP!
>>
>> First email us and tell us about it.  
>> ruth[dot]catlow[at]furtherfield[dot]org
>>
>> In order to become a Zero Dollar Laptop your old laptop will need:-
>> - a working screen
>> - processor-a minimum 1GHz Pentium 3, Athlon, Celeron.
>> - 256 (but more ideally 512) ram
>> - wireless card would be helpful
>> - We can help you to work this stuff out if you are not sure.
>>
>> If you live in London or Sheffield we can arrange a pick-up or drop- 
>> off in January 2010.
>> If you don't live in London or Sheffield but would still like to  
>> donate your laptop to the project please mail your laptop (well  
>> padded and with all the peripherals you can spare) to:-
>>
>> Zero Dollar Laptop Project,
>> HTTP Gallery, Furtherfield.org,
>> Arena Design Centre,
>> 71 Ashfield Road,
>> London N4 1NY,
>> ENGLAND
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>> More About Zero Dollar Laptop
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> The Zero Dollar Laptop project is a programme of workshops, public  
>> debates, exhibitions and networks of skills and media sharing for  
>> arts, technology and the environment.
>>
>> Inspired by the Zero Dollar Laptop Manifesto http://tinyurl.com/ 
>> ypklas
>> developed in partnership with Access Space http://www.access-space.org/
>> with St Mungo's charity for the homeless http://www.mungos.org/
>> as part of Furtherfield.org Media Art Ecologies http://www.furtherfield.org/mediaartecologies.php
>> supported by funding from the Transformation Fund
>>
>> Artistic Team: Jake Harries and James Wallbank (Access Space) Ruth  
>> Catlow, Marc Garrett and Olga Panades (furtherfield.org)
>>
>> For more information contact Ruth Catlow -  
>> ruth[dot]catlow[at]furtherfield[dot]org
>>
>> About Furtherfield
>> --------------------------------------------------
>> Furtherfield - online media arts community, platforms for creating,  
>> viewing, discussing and learning about experimental practices at  
>> the intersections of art, technology and social change. http://www.furtherfield.org
>>
>> Furtherfield on Twitter - http://twitter.com/furtherfield
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