About the Author
Cyrus Farivar
سیروس فریور
English: [suh-ROOS FAR-ih-var]
Persian: [see-ROOS-eh fàr-ee-VÀR]
Freelance Technology Journalist
Freelance Radio Reporter/Producer
Author, "The Internet of Elsewhere"
cfarivar [at] cfarivar [dot] org
Current location: Bonn, GermanyTwitter
$100 Laptop Archive
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January 13: Cyrus on PRI’s The World
Posted on January 13, 2009 | 1 CommentDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the “refocusing” of the One Laptop Per Child project is airing today. It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams): New York – 3 pm Eastern – WNYC – 820... -
August 27: Cyrus on Morning Edition (NPR)
Posted on August 27, 2008 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my piece on One Laptop Per Child is/was on Morning Edition today (August 27). It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am Eastern – WNYC –... -
Nigeria pulls the plug on its OLPC order
Posted on July 2, 2008 | No CommentsVanguard: Dr Aja Nwachukwu, the Education Minister, told newsmen in Abuja that the scheme was discovered to be a “white elephant” project. “We discovered that the scheme is a conduit pipe to siphon public fund,” he said. Nwachukwu said the ministry was working on other... -
OLPC XO laptops stolen in Peru
Posted on June 10, 2008 | No CommentsOh man, my pal Wayan Vota has just found the first documented example of XO laptops getting jacked in Peru. Please recall NickNeg’s argument as to why XOs would never get stolen: there are thousands of cars in the United States stolen each day, but... -
Slate: The $100 Distraction Device
Posted on June 5, 2008 | 1 CommentSlate: So what happens when good fortune delivers vouchers (and hence computers) into the homes of Romanian youths? Obviously a lot more time logged on to a computer—about seven hours more per week for vouchered versus unvouchered kids. Much of this computer time came at... -
What I’m Reading
Posted on May 16, 2008 | No CommentsIvan Krstic: In fact, I quit when Nicholas told me — and not just me — that learning was never part of the mission. The mission was, in his mind, always getting as many laptops as possible out there; to say anything about learning would... -
Cyrus on NPR – TOMORROW!
Posted on January 6, 2008 | 2 CommentsDear Friends, I’ve been informed that my radio piece on the One Laptop Per Child project will air on Morning Edition tomorrow (Jan. 7)! It will be available on any of these stations (and their Internet streams). New York – 5 am to 9 am... -
The Economist: One clunky laptop per child
Posted on January 5, 2008 | 1 CommentThe Economist: Ultimately the OLPC initiative will be remembered less for what it produced than the products it spawned. The initiative is like running the four-minute mile: no one could do it, until someone actually did it. Then many people did. -
WSJ skewers OLPC
Posted on November 26, 2007 | 2 CommentsPaul Boutin links to this gem in this weekend’s WSJ: Some potential buyers are having second thoughts. Officials in Libya, who had planned to buy up to 1.2 million of the laptops, became concerned that the machines lacked Windows, and that service, teacher training and... -
India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development Rejects the $100 Laptop!
Posted on July 27, 2006 | No CommentsTimes of India: HRD contends that spending Rs 450 crore on digital empowerment can be better spent on primary and secondary education. “It is quite obvious that the financial expenditure to be made on the scheme will be out of public funds. It would be...
