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<p>I applaud your boss for the forethought, and look forward to
hearing your Tales of the Linux Piper!</p>
<p>Tom<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/19/19 9:02 PM, Phil Shapiro via
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<div> The other day my public library supervisor came over
to my office with a sly smile on her face. I knew something
interesting was up</div>
<div>before she opened her mouth. </div>
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<div> She said, "Phil, how would you feel about becoming a
roaming librarian in the city -- driving around town to do
Linux installs on old computers and</div>
<div>helping community members become more proficient at
technology, searching for info, and self-advancing
themselves? I'd like to untether you from the building -- at
least for part of each week. How do you feel about that?"</div>
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<div> My spontaneous reaction was that I jumped up into her
arms and started licking her face. Then I bounded down to the
ground and ran around her feet clockwise at high speed. </div>
<div>Then counterclockwise at high speed. Then I jumped back up
into her arms and licked her face.</div>
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<div> "I gather you approve?" she said.</div>
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<div> I could barely slow my panting to say, "Yes, I do."</div>
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<div> The details of this are still being worked out.
I'll let y'all know when things become more firm. </div>
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<div> The public library is no longer just a place.
It's a process. Maybe in twenty years we'll look back and say,
"In the old days, librarians never left the building.</div>
<div>They were chained to a place. What in the world were they
thinking back then?"</div>
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<div> Well, now -- no longer chained.</div>
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<div> phil</div>
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"Wisdom begins with wonder." - Socrates<br>
"Learning happens thru gentleness."<br>
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<div><span>"We must reinvent a future free of blinders so that
we can choose from real options." David Suzuki</span><br>
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Tom Henderson
ExtremeLabs, Inc.
+1 317 250 4646
Twitter: @extremelabs
Skype: extremelabsinc</pre>
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