Ryan Block » Belkin http://ryanblock.com Editor and technology critic in the midst of founding a new web startup: gdgt. Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:37:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Belkin gifts OLPC in my name — thanks! http://ryanblock.com/2008/01/belkin-gifts-olpc-in-my-name-thanks/ http://ryanblock.com/2008/01/belkin-gifts-olpc-in-my-name-thanks/#comments Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:33:25 +0000 Ryan Block http://www.ryanblock.com/2008/01/belkin-gifts-olpc-in-my-name-thanks/ Belkin OLPC gift
Now that the biggest tech shows of the year are through, I’m finally getting a chance to put things back together at the Block-Belmont abode. In going through some unopened holiday mail, I came across this note, sent unsolicited, from Belkin:

In celebration of the holiday season Belkin has made a donation to One Laptop Per Child on your behalf. OLPC’s mission is to provide a means for learning, self-expression, and exploration to the nearly two billion children of the developing world with little or no access to education.

I’m not sure how many press / analysts Belkin did this for, or whether this donation actually constitutes a small cash donation or actually sending a child an OLPC, but in the interest of full disclosure and gratitude: thanks, Belkin! We normally don’t accept gifts from companies, but I think I can skate by on this one.

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