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Re: Pay It Forward

#51

Unless someone has a better idea, I'll give them out in this fashion: 1) Anyone who requests one gets added to the list (I'll do this tomorrow afternoon). If it's not requested, I'll assume not, just because some people are leaving comments about "good idea" etc. 2) I'll put them in a spreadsheet and then use http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/random/ to generate 3 random numbers and attempt to contact those peopl…

Ok, starting to enter all names and do the randomization. If I had 50 hard drives, I'd give you all one. Additionally, some people seem really in need of these hard drives. If you are, I certainly hope that you are one randomly picked. I can't take the time to try and evaluate who needs it most etc, but I hope that whether or not you are someone who receives one, that you still do a random act every once in a while.

Ok, I've gone through and randomly selected the order. I'm not going to list the usernames right now in case someone lives out of country, can't be contacted etc, but with permission I'll list them upon shipment.

Re: Pay It Forward

#53
post #7

I like the concept. I will edit this comment with my random act of kindness tomorrow.

Oh I guess I can't edit after too long. :) Here are mind kindnesses for today: - Told an older lady I passed walking my dog in the morning she looked nice today. She seemed to appreciate the compliment (but I ended up feeling a little creepy). - Alerted everyone in my office about Starbucks giving free coffee to people who bring in travel mugs today. Good for moral, bad for productivity.. :) - Helped a friend get motivated to start a project he has been thinking of doing for a long time. This probably will have the longest lasting effect.
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