Inspired by Arthur Ashe

After listening to an NPR interview with Arthur Ashes' wife about civil rights and became really curious about him and impressed with his story. He was the first & only black pro tennis player to win Wimbleton and the Australian Open. He also was a very outspoken civil rights speaker and died of AIDS after contracting it from a blood transfusion in the hospital. Here is an inspirational quote that I read in regards to his feelings on the disease...

During his battle with AIDS, one of his fans asked: "Why does God have to select you for such a bad disease?" To this Arthur replied: The world over — 50,000,000 children start playing tennis, 5,000,000 learn to play tennis, 500,000 learn professional tennis, 50,000 come to the circuit, 5,000 reach the grand slam, 50 reach Wimbledon, 4 to the semi-finals, 2 to the finals, When I was holding a cup I never asked God "Why me?" And today in pain I should not be asking God, "Why me?".

computers for kids

Interesting concept - It’s an effort by One Laptop Per Child (http://www.laptopgiving.org/) to develop a very low-cost, rugged computer for impoverished children in poor countries. It was designed to sell at a very low cost of $100, but they were offering a donation deal, of buy 1 for a kid and get one for yourself. I wonder what the potential is for kids actually using this device, will they be able to figure it out? Will enough kids around them have one so that they can use the sharing software? It's definitely a powerful tool that could help poor kids in third world countries get access to ideas. NY Times writer, David Pogue wrote an interesting review, read here.