Thursday, June 22, 2006

No, it's not from The Onion

Laptops Give Hope to the Homeless

They may not have roofs over their heads, but some homeless people are toting around old laptops and trading tips on the best hot spots. Some are even blogging. Jacob Ogles reports from Fillmore, California.

I found this article with the built-in rss agregator in flock, and I'm blogging on the article with the "Blog" link the aggregator has for each entry.  I automatically adds the quote you see above.  Very cool.

I have to admit that flock is not quite as polished as I thought earlier, but I still think it is relatively stable.  There are a few bugs that I need to report when I get time.  Obviously I have not blogged in a while, and that is because work has gotten pretty crazy.  At this very moment I have someone urgently pinging me on IM to do some testing. :-)

Anyway, the article.... All I can say is, "wtf."  I imagine if I were ever homeless this would probably be me.  I can't afford rent, but darn it I'm not giving up my laptop!!  However, I almost say this in jest.  It just occurred to me though that this is a good argument for city-wide wifi.

Ok, must go.  Going to get into trouble.

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