I am again without a working computer at home, so I’m back to blogging when I can steal computer time elsewhere.
Posting will be light.
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I usually like to take every opportunity to remind folks that used computers are available from Recycling for Illinois at 401 Rock Island in Peoria. RFI collections thousands of out of date computers and refurbishes what they can to donate to the poor handicapped and students in need on computing.
Those that they can’t giveaway they do resell from the sales floor at steep discounts. No, you won’t find the latest Vista models there, but they do have a number of capable machines.
They are a Federal Non-profit and if you have something you no longer need or want, please consider donating it for recycling, And if you can’t donate a computer, you might consider money – they’d make good use of it.
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates The Blog Peoria Project, which promotes community-based citizen journalism in his hometown, Peoria IL.
July 11-12, the Peoria PlayHouse will be soaring at the Prairie Air Show with engaging activities to entertain even the littlest pilots! Check out each of the PlayHouse Passport locations to have a passport stamped and receive a prize at the PlayHouse tent! Enjoy a weekend of airplanes and PLAY!
The fourth annual State Farm Tournament of Champions is a 4-day event that will take place on Thanksgiving weekend of November 2009. The dates of the event are Wednesday, November 23rd through Saturday, November 28th and will be held at Washington Community High School. The arena will play host to four separate national high school and prep school basketball challenges.
@dangillmor Why bother going anonymous? Reporters for MSM are stenographers, anyway. Lie to their faces, they won't check the facts anyway in reply to dangillmor19 hrs ago
RT @dangillmor Useful rule of thumb, with very few exceptions: When journos quote anonymous sources, assume the sources are lying. 19 hrs ago
Billy Dennis is a former reporter and editor at small daily and weekly newspapers in Illinois and Missouri. He comments on media, news and politics. He also owns and operates 
There is another casualty in the decline of print newspapers: The Weekly World News will cease print publication in August.
http://www.reuters.com/article/industryNews/idUSN7O23037320070724
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/
We will miss you Bat Boy !!!
I usually like to take every opportunity to remind folks that used computers are available from Recycling for Illinois at 401 Rock Island in Peoria. RFI collections thousands of out of date computers and refurbishes what they can to donate to the poor handicapped and students in need on computing.
Those that they can’t giveaway they do resell from the sales floor at steep discounts. No, you won’t find the latest Vista models there, but they do have a number of capable machines.
They are a Federal Non-profit and if you have something you no longer need or want, please consider donating it for recycling, And if you can’t donate a computer, you might consider money – they’d make good use of it.
You can find their website at http://www.retro-tech.org.