Currently I am writing this update on my net book computer; it’s the second time this small computer has been to Mongolia (last year it traveled across the Gobi with Sarah and I), yet it seems to endure the hardship. It may be slow, but it does remarkably well on little power, and can be charged easily with our solar panel array. It is an essential component of our "in the field" video editing studio, and connected to our BGAN satellite dish, we can access the web.
However, due to an interesting initiative we are not the only people who have mini computers here in Mongolia. The One Laptop Per Child foundation has distributed over 10,000 laptops to Mongolian schools allowing the children access to vast quantities of educational information shared over the system network.
By Eric McNair-Landry
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That little laptop keeps on chugging along. Good thing too. It's been great following your exploits. Makes me look forward to next summer even more!
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