Fellow refurbishers and digital inclusion activists, For those who might be interested, I'll be presenting a workshop at the Central PA Open Source Conference in Lancaster, PA, on Nov 4, 2017. http://cposc.org/ https://twitter.com/CPOSC
I'll be talking about how I buy very affordable laptops on eBay -- install Linux on them -- and resell them at the same price to community members in the town where I live and work -- Takoma Park, Maryland. It's my little way of bridging the digital divide. I also provide free tech support for these laptops - via my public library job. The title of my talk is - "Linux Laptops via the Public Library" I'll be sharing tips on how I locate deals, such as this $20 Dell laptop I bought. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZiN6nm-PUU And these other laptops I bought - https://twitter.com/philshapiro/status/881930457549557761 https://twitter.com/philshapiro/status/895681538150498304 https://twitter.com/philshapiro/status/870074972236128256 And this all-in-one desktop I bought for $20. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBk_nRBfF3g Kindly pass along word about this workshop to anyone you know who might be interested in attending. Naturally, folks from Philly, Baltimore, DC, Delaware, NJ, and NYC would find a drive to Lancaster, PA, quite do-able. (Lancaster is centrally located -- it's a former capital of the United States.) I'm especially hoping to get some public (or school/college) librarians to attend -- as well as classroom teachers, community builders, education equity activists, open source enthusiasts, etc. Phil Oh, and I'll be giving away a Corei3 laptop to one of the people who attends my presentation. I paid a fortune for it. (About $40.) Admittedly, the sound doesn't work on this laptop, but in other respects it runs fine. -- -- Phil Shapiro, pshap...@his.com http://www.his.com/pshapiro/briefbio.html http://www.twitter.com/philshapiro http://www.his.com/pshapiro/stories.menu.html "Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates "Learning happens thru gentleness." "We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that we can choose from real options." David Suzuki
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