Blowing Out the Dust: Afternoon Edition

• Should Have Used Child Labor – OLPC project hits snags, delaying production until November 12th. [Reuters]

• Bags Full of Coins – “What do you take with you during an evacuation?” [Lifehacker]

• I Aim to Crash This – Wired‘s Epicenter blogs the “She’s Geeky” conference. [Epicenter]

• Please, sir. May I have some more? – AT&T charges man $18 upgrade fee to extend his contract. (Check your bill.) [Consumerist]

• Snow Cash – Signed, limited edition hardcovers of Neil Stephenson’s Snow Crash are on pre-sale for $100. [Amazon]

• Hobby Whores – Military contractors charge licensing fees to model companies for likenesses of U.S. military aircraft. [Danger Room]

1. [cardinale]

   $500 edition of snowcrash also available…only 26 available

2. [Glenn Fleishman]

   Joel, did you just have a review-a-lanche? I mean, holy mother of god almighty, how did you write this much?

3. [Joel Johnson]

   Glenn: Cut-and-paste!

4. [Teresa Nielsen Hayden / Moderator]

   On what to take with you in an emergency, see also.