On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 12:22 PM, Tim Bogart <timbog...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hello Fellow Penguins, > > My name is Tim Bogart. And I'm in need of some friends right now. I am a > long time Linux supporter and I need some help. > > I have been in Phoenix off and on now for the last 14 months. I have been > out of work for 7 of them. I have a toshiba laptop that has just bit the > dust. The hard drive seems to have gone south on me, and the cd drive > hasn't worked since I bought the machine used in South Carolina a year and a > half ago. > > I need a machine to stay connected to the web and get a job. I work Dice, > Careerbuilder, Monster, Indeed Jobing.com and jobfox, but can't do anything > without a computer. > > I have very limited funds. I have a good samaritain who is letting me > sleep on her couch right now and keeping a roof over my head. Food is my > own responsibility. So, my life functions are okay, and I am in good > health, and don't need money. But, without a computer, I'm screwed. > > I need somebody to donate a hard drive or a cd-rom to me to get things > working here so I can get on the job boards and find work. I just don't > have the money to go and get a new hard drive. Maybe I could do a network > install somehow? I don't know. I'm open to suggestions. Another thing I > just found out is that I can't use the computers at the library without a > local library card, and I can't get one of those without an electric bill or > something else to prove to the library that I am a local person. Apparently > they don't trust the DMV because while I've been here I have gotten my > vehicle registered in Arizona and have turned my WV drivers license in for > an AZ license. Oh well. > > Anyway, if anybody has any ideas or is in a position to help me, please > call me on my cell phone at 281 450 2763. Any and all suggestions are > welcome. Oh, and BTW... the lady who is letting me sleep on her couch has > made it clear that using her computer is definately not a permanent option, > so if you have a suggestion, or can help...call. Sending me an email will > result in the suggestion sitting there until I can somehow get on a computer > again. Maybe somebody out there has enough parts laying around to cobble > something together or help me do it. > > Thanks ever so much, everybody. > > Tim Bogart > > Want to read about a couple of my contributions? > > (Yes, I'm the guy who started the OS presence at FOSE in DC.) > > http://linux.slashdot.org/story/00/04/21/1044236/Linux-And-The-G-Men-FOSE-2000?art_pos=7 > > I'm also published ... > http://www.informit.com/library/content.aspx?b=red_hat_linux7&seqNum=4 > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > Please see my other (OFF-LIST) reply -- which started out with a phone call, (since I wasn't sure if Tim could check his e-mail, "yet"!). List readers, apparently Tim was able to borrow a laptop PC, (see one of the earlier replies) which gets him back on the net, -- at least "temporarily" -- to look for a job -- which was his main concern. I think Tim still needs a job, and a longer-term solution to (fixing or) replacing his own computer. (I think it was the reply from "Josef Lowder" from 1:38 / 1:40 pm) (probably followed by a phone call...) On the subject of the Wed. night Stammtisch, (see http://lists.plug.phoenix.az.us/lurker/message/20100615.220733.7683e781.en.html ), I am leaning towards attending that, Wed. night event, (( http://plug.phoenix.az.us/node/593)), with or without some other passengers in my car, to carpool with. Anyone who is similarly inclined [including Tim Bogart, "if applicable"], is welcome to phone *me *(cell: 623-340-0442) about car-pooling to that Wed night event. Especially if you are coming from (home or work) near the Loop 101, and/or would be willing to meet me somewhere near the Loop 101. In fact, Tim Bogart might be looking for a ride, from somewhere near Cave Creek and the 101, to my area (which is, near 75th Ave. and the 101). If so, and if can get to my house by about 6:30, then both of you (everyone in your vehicle) are welcome to go ["in my car"] the rest of the way to the 7:00 pm Wed. "Stammtisch", in Avondale. -- Mike Schwartz Glendale AZ schwa...@acm.org
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