I know that title is very very cynical and I’ll probably get a lot of hate-mail and comments over it, but it did get your attention. Sorry Shawn you’re a great guy – I’m just playing the marketing game. Seriously though; Shawn Powers, Editor of Linux Journal, announced the tragic news today on Twitter that his house burned down to the ground. Wow! His family made it out alive, but the family pets were lost, *tragic*. On a brighter note, the community which Powers has built, over the years, has shown him tremendous support and love by donating their imperial credits to him. At the time of me writing this post, he’s raised $8,858.98 of $10,000 in under 24 hours. That’s tremendous!

The money is linked directly to his Paypal account and he was able to buy winter coats for his family. Now that’s love. Way to go community! You can follow Shawn’s updates on the following web sites:

The donation service is being provided by Chipin. I know Shawn is happy that his family is safe and very happy that the community is here to support when needed. Good luck rebuilding and keep safe.

Again; if you want to send me hate-mail over the title of this article, please send it to blackhole@fergytech.net – I’ll make sure to keep an eye out for it!

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