calebism » Recycling http://calebism.com Painting Stuff in St Petersburg, Near Tampa Bay, Florida Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:58:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Recycling Old Computers To Fight Isolation, Ignorance and Poverty http://calebism.com/2008/07/recycling-old-computers-to-fight-isolation-ignorance-and-poverty/ http://calebism.com/2008/07/recycling-old-computers-to-fight-isolation-ignorance-and-poverty/#comments Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:59:47 +0000 caleb http://calebism.com/?p=307 Free Geek logo.

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When I was back in PDX 2000-2002, I used the wonderful FreeGeek outlet for bits of hardware I lacked. Naively, I assumed that every town had a program that recycled old computers, installed a free operating system (Linux) and put them back into the hands of people who couldn’t afford hardware and proprietary software. Clearly, I was wrong.
Goddamn, we need a FreeGeek “franchise” or something like it here in the Tampa Bay Area. The FreeGeek mission statement is:
FREE GEEK is a 501(c)(3) not for profit community organization that recycles used technology to provide computers, education, internet access and job skills training to those in need in exchange for community service.
Recycling, education, job skills, and internet access for the people who need it most! What could be better than that?

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