This article is from the guardian.co.uk Technology Blog, 18 November 2009
Christmas is approaching, and with it the burning need to buy a calendar for next year. But rather than getting dubious calendars entitled "Cheryl Cole's 12 X Factor judging expressions" or "Ashley Cole's 12 Leaving A Nightclub Expressions" from the bloke down at the market, why not support a real charity and show off your geek credentials by buying a London Nude Tech Calendar?
The purpose is to raise funds for Take Heart India, a charity focused on IT education projects for blind and disabled students in India.
You can buy the calendar from Firebox: it costs £10, and is launched on 1 December (so you're getting a head start). There are no administration fees because the production costs were covered by the sponsors. It costs Take Heart just £37 to provide a six-month computer training course which secures a job for life for one of the students, so your money will make a difference.
The calendar is the brainchild of the "technology writer, party planner and all round top banana, Milo Yiannopoulos" (we think he wrote the press release). Obviously, it's inspired by tropes such as Calendar Girls, but that had charity as its aim. And you get pictures for your wall. Plus if you ever happen to meet any of them you can say "oh, you look different with your clothes on". Breaks the ice...
There's a gallery of some of the images, plus this video of how it got put together. You're going to need a bigger bat... aren't you?
SOUCRE: guardian.co.uk
