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Laptop Fund Update

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Sadly, it appears that donations to the laptop fund have slowed down from the recent burst, and we are still stuck at 1 donor having donated a total of $0.25.

Should you be cash poor and still wish to donate to this worthy cause, yet are not a member of paypal, you can proceed to the paypal page, and simply by signing up a new account and using the email address [email protected] as your referrer, and you will have then given me a $5.00 bonus for signing up a new paypal member.

Never mind- they ended that on 26 September 2003. Looks like you will have to give the old fashioned way. C’mon faithful readers- I know you have it in you!

*** UPDATE ***

We now have two donations for a total of $30.25, giving us an average donation of $15.00. Couple more of those and we are home free! The second donation’s size threw the bank of phone operators for a serious loop. THanks!

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    LC Patrick, Royal Medic

    Hey, where’s the update? I know you got another donation. You might be over $50 by now…

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    paul murima

    we are looking for lap top donations. we are a non profit making org “Aids Africa Foundation” we are currently working on physocsocial research on opharns and vulnerablechildren in zimbabwe and we need some laptops for entering data during our field researchin the rural zimbabwe.
    looking foward o you positive responce.
    regards
    murima paul
    liason officer

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Laptop Fund Update

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The donations are pouring in for the Balloon Juice Laptop Fund. I just got this confirmation email:

Dear John Cole,

This email confirms that you have received a Payment for $0.25 USD from
Dxxxx Mxxxxx ([email protected])

View the details of this transaction online at:

https://www.paypal.com/us/vst/id=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

That means that 1 donor has now contributed $.25. Who said Republicans don’t believe in charity cases? As a good Republican, I can confirm that this is indeed going to my favorite charity.

Only 4,000 more donations of this amount and I will have a laptop so that I can work from the comfort of my couch, rather than having to sit at the computer desk using this beat up old computer (which, much like Atrios, has had cat induced wine spills into the keyboard). Hell- I might even be able to blog from the road with a laptop.

Thanks to our first donor. Remember, if you want to donate, you can use paypal or Amazon, and since it is obvious the complexities of Paypal are kicking your asses, I have even updated my Amazon wishlist with several brand new laptops of my choosing that you can purchase them for me with several easy clicks! Just to save you the trouble!


Feel free to link to this fund drive on your own website- help me spread the word for this needy charity!

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    Mason

    I’ll kick in a few bucks when I’m *not* on my laptop. (I don’t do anything “sensitive” over wireless, WEP or not).

    Once those quarters start rolling in, I’d advise spending more for screen clarity and (lower) weight over processor speed. You don’t need a 3ghz machine to surf the web or word process, and if you end up like me, you’ll be using it more often than your desktop. :)

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