On the DEWLine 2.0: Dwight Williams

Taking a break from Pirate Day stuff because one of my friendlisters needs help covering their eye care.

Douglas gridlore Berry has some post-cataract surgery complications that surprised his finances, and so there's a GoFundMe now active to cover those extra costs. Details here. If you can donate, please do. If not, please spread the word as best you can!

Quoting yesterday's mass e-mailout to NCF members from current Executive Director Shelley Robinson:

NCF believes that everyone in our region should have access to affordable and high quality internet and related technologies, understand how to use them and feel safe online. And we’re proud that our locally-hosted ad-free email service has been part of this work since we launched our services in February 1993.

Twenty-five years later, we launched our Community Access Fund, which helps those living on low incomes access the internet and learn how to use it safely. In that time we have offered almost 300 Ottawa Community Housing tenants a lower-cost unlimited use internet package, as well as offering all our members dedicated workshops and special events like Digital Access Day.

We want to expand the Community Access Fund with more digital literacy training and opening up the lower-cost internet package to other folks living on low incomes. Our goal is raising $10,000 and at least doubling the enrollment in the program. Please donate today to help support this work.

https://ncf.ca/main/base/fundingdrive/en/

Some of you already know of this magazine: it specializes in chronicling the work that goes into special effects in the film industry.

Seems that someone wants to build an on-line chronicle for web users, with the publishers' permission and support. But they need support from other sources as well. Hence this Kickstarter project...