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		<title>Kindle Wi-Fi</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2010/07/29/kindle-wi-fi/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 15:36:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A friend from Hungary told us Kindles for the kids would be a good idea, as it might be tough to find kids books in English. I&#8217;ve been mulling it over, thinking about how to fit it in the budget, wondering if there are acceptable options that would cost less. At the same Amazon has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nokia Bike Charger and New Phones</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2010/06/05/nokia-bike-charger-and-new-phones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I talk to people about how mobile is changing the world, especially the developing world they often ask me how people who don&#8217;t have electricity charge their phones. I&#8217;ve got some nice pictures of places in Africa where one can pay to get their phone charged. Often it is from a car battery hooked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Work Machine</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2010/03/01/new-work-machine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My new Acer Aspire came in to work. It&#8217;s a compact machine that has what I consider to be very good specs for its size and price. Most importantly it&#8217;s pretty Linux friendly. The first thing I did was blow out Windows 7 with a Fedora 12 install. Here are a couple pics of it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chembots</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2009/10/15/chembots/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://geeksinaction.org/?p=775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Folks from iRobot and the University of Chicago have been working on the DARPA chembots project. IEEE Spectrum has video and a short article on the progress thus far. The robots have soft elastic bodies and the articles author calls it, &#8220;&#8230;one of the coolest and weirdest robot prototypes we at IEEE Spectrum have ever [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fixed My Shadow</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2009/10/05/fixed-my-shadow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://geeksinaction.org/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My work gave me an HTC Shadow to use. Not great, not bad. It is an acceptable phone which makes it much better than my last phone. (Sprint ppc 6700- worst phone I&#8217;ve ever used.)Somehow I broke the LCD in the phone. I called t-mobile and since we didn&#8217;t have insurance on the phone we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Linux Netbooks for Africa</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2009/09/24/linux-netbooks-for-africa/</link>
		<comments>http://geeksinaction.org/2009/09/24/linux-netbooks-for-africa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Canonical (the maintainers for Ubuntu Linux, based in South Africa) and IBM are planning on selling netbooks in Africa running their software. This looks to be an inexpensive option compared to full powered hardware with MS licensing on top.]]></description>
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		<title>Hacking the FLAP bag</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2009/08/26/hacking-the-flap-bag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 19:59:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://geeksinaction.org/?p=744</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve mentioned this project earlier. (Should just be a couple posts down in fact.) Erik is on his way back to the U.S. from Africa now, I believe. But this post on what local tailors designed for the equipment is pretty darn cool. I wouldn&#8217;t mind having the backpack version myself. I love the AfriGadget [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLAP Bag</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2009/08/10/flap-bag/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://geeksinaction.org/?p=739</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The FLAP bag (Flexible Light And Power) is an interesting idea to bring a piece of usable tech to the developing world. I don&#8217;t know how one gets their hands on a kit but right now a friend of mine has taken 10 of them to Africa to have them tried out. As many say [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Multimedia Keyboard</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2008/06/30/multimedia-keyboard/</link>
		<comments>http://geeksinaction.org/2008/06/30/multimedia-keyboard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[kde]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://geeksinaction.org/?p=381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At work I use a Microsoft keyboard that has a bunch of keys up at the top for special functions. There is one for firing up a web browser, back and forward buttons, mail, search and some media player buttons for play/pause, and volume stuff. I&#8217;ve never really used them &#8211; but I was looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please, Do Squeeze the Chumby</title>
		<link>http://geeksinaction.org/2008/05/15/please-do-squeeze-the-chumby/</link>
		<comments>http://geeksinaction.org/2008/05/15/please-do-squeeze-the-chumby/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 13:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JR</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Hardware]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://geeksinaction.org/?p=360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[IHT is running a David Pogue review of the Chumby. The Chumby is a small computer embedded in a soft case. The Chumby hardware and OS are open and the review mentions that the device already has a large developer following, cranking out new widgets for owners. Pogue is obviously quite taken with the Chumby [...]]]></description>
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