-laptop than the average office clerk using Windows. They //do// customize the exterior of
-their laptops with stickers.
-
-Believe it or not, many of these kids set the random icon layout (aka "the Negroponte layout"),
-because it lets them drag icons around and arrange them in clever ways. I could take screenshot
-to prove it.
-
-And what was the gray color scale in our UI supposed to mean? I was explained it once, and it
-seemed to make sense, but I forgot. And, whatver the reason was, kids are unlikely to agree
-with us.
-
-Let's give them a control panel icon to customize colors as they wish, or they'll switch
-to Gnome //en masse//. I can't blame them, either. What would you have done when you were 8?
+laptop than the average office clerk using Windows. They //do// cover the exterior of
+their laptops with colorful stickers.
+
+|| {{pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/escuela_691_profesora_gudelia_cabrera/00048.jpg | maxwidth=480 | Shy girls hide behind their Barbie-fashioned laptops }} || {{ pictures/sugar/deployment/paraguay/caacupe/scratcheros/00003.jpg | maxwidth=480 | A sugar "hack" (zoom in to see the ASCII art detail) }} ||
+
+Believe it or not, many of these kids also set their Home View with the random icon layout
+(aka "the Negroponte layout"), because it lets them drag icons around and arrange them in
+clever ways. I could take many screenshot to prove it, but I particulatily like this one
+abusing Sugar's user name field to create a drawing on three lines. These kids do not live
+in the middle of Silicon Valley; it is very likely that they rediscovered the technique
+of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art | ASCII art]] completely on their own.
+The original idea was passed along and successively refined by several anonymous artists.
+
+Finally, what was the gray-scale palette supposed to mean in our UI? I was explained it once,
+and it seemed to make some sense, but now I forgot. And, whatver the reason was, kids are
+unlikely to agree with us.
+
+Let's give our users a control panel applet for customizing colors as they wish, or they'll
+switch to Gnome //en masse//. I can't blame them, either. What would you have done when
+you were 8?