User:Aprilia1k

I've been a software developer since.. well, ... Reagan was in his first term, and hadn't been for very long. I began my professional career before I'd even graduated college, one of the very last of the "boomer" gen from early 60's rhythm-method devotees.

Ugh, got to run.. will try to put something here later. Before I head out the door, it's time to make a donation to this Wikipedia thing, which is certainly one of the best sites, if not the best, the web has ever offered. At this stage, on a shoestring budget, they've achieved such an amazing feat of heart and intellect here that it's a true phenomenon. Anyway - before I further embarrass myself with an ill-conceived belief that I can write decently - I am serious about going to contribute again (join me, by clicking on "donation" above, or on the left, etc..). It's been over a year since I first contributed, but despite my near-empty bank account - the Wikipedia effort is just too deserving - of everyone's support. If I have to eat mac'n-cheese for a couple nights, that's fine. The inconvenience will be a memory by next week, and hopefully even my small contribution will help a little. It takes just a minute, literally, of one's time. The key is for more users to contribute, even a little. With a fraction of the resources of any other large, server-centric site, they still refuse to distract and annoy us with advertising. Take a sec and go check out a few other "free" websites. Take your pick - they're all a deluge of flash and multimedia garbage. Face it - Wikipedia does, in fact, ROCK.

'''If you use Wikipedia at all (you know you do), you need to take a moment to appreciate the complete lack of flashing ads and annoying distractions, stuff that you see pretty much everywhere else. Then you should contribute right away, and every so often thereafter - forgo just a couple of lattes this week or whatever - it's the right thing to do.''' Ciao...

Update 2015-01-23: In the above intro, I mentioned that I was going to donate to wiki and I urged others to do the same. Well, when I did that back in 2011, I decided to make it a monthly donation. It's not exorbitant, but I think it adds up ($36/year) - it is more than many magazine subs ;-) But, for what Wiki provides for FREE and without any Ads, it's not much at all.  I won't evangelize here further, other than to urge people that do use Wiki to consider what it is and to perhaps contribute a little in return.  Ciao.