I think everyone should leave out blog pimping in the PLUG Technical
Discussion List. PLUG-Misc is a better venue for sharing.

   Ed   < Visit my blog <rootshell.be/~ed> ! Cool directory indexing
by Apache. >

On Nov 27, 2007 9:45 PM, Manny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Techie Christmas Gifts?
> November 27th, 2007 by Maddog
>
> Christmas is fast approaching. For many, it's a hectic time that involves
> shopping for gifts and making plans for trips to meet family and friends.
> But some also think it should also be a time for showing respect and care
> for those who get it the least. Those of us in the technology field aren't
> usually associated with the latter. It doesn't have to be that way.
>
> When looking for ways to make technology more relevant this Christmas, I
> ran into this old post by Cathy Gonzales entitled "An Information
> Technology Christmas". Below is one example she cites for sharing the
> benefits of technology:
>
>     A friend of mine started a volunteer program spending two
>     Saturdays a month at retirement homes helping senior
>     citizens use email services to communicate with loved ones
>     not living close by. My friend guides the residents through
>     logging in to their email and reading the nuggets of love
>     that reside in each mailbox. Then time is taken to type
>     replies for the stiff, arthritic fingers that can no longer
>     navigate a keyboard. Often the resident proudly says "I
>     want to click the mouse on Send" and exclaim in a surprised
>     voice to the next resident waiting in line about the
>     amazing fact "I sent this for free!"
>
> Read the entire article at:
> http://www.infoweapons.com/blog/?p=95
>
> --
> Freedom consists not in doing what we like, but in having the right to
> do what we ought. -- Pope John Paul II
>
> --[Manny [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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