Last week I had the honor and privilege of giving a presentation to our local Kiwanis club on the topic of collecting fluorescent minerals. The person who takes minutes takes very detailed minutes, including the names of the rocks I presented and so on. Given the slightly technical nature of the talk, I was given an opportunity to review the minutes before publication, to ensure that the rock names were spelled correctly and so on.
As it turns out, the last few paragraphs of the article as published in the paper were from an older, uncorrected version of the minutes. (I know how this happens because almost every entry I post needs a correction moments after it's published, no matter how carefully I proofed it before publishing.) Unlike a dead-tree publication, I can fix my errors immmediately and no one's the wiser; hard to do with printed material.
And so, here's the correct final paragraphs from the article in today's News-Record (the full article is in the extended entry area):
Mike works for HP via the internet and works on web services and consulting for HP labs. At HP Labs they create technologies for future HP products and his group is known as Research IT (information technology).
He acquired one of his websites, Little Sweden USA, from Marc Anderson who was no longer using it. He occasionally posts things about Lindsborg on it. He also does the Lindsborg Update for KSAL. He also now does podcasts, an easy way to listen to multi-media over the internet. He doesn’t usually put upcoming events on Little Sweden, but does mention some after they have occurred. He said he doesn’t want it to become just a calendar of future events.
On a personal note he said growing up in Lindsborg was one of the best things that ever happened to him, and gave him the background needed to cope with the California culture. Hewlett Packard dates back to 1939 when Bill and Dave started it in their garage, now a California Historical Site. They started with the philosophy “we can do well by doing good” involving beneficial things like community involvement. He said this is still important to HP. With that he stopped, received the Kiwanis pen of gratitude for the program. President John then thanked the guests for coming, said you are always welcome and appreciated, and come back. He then gave the bell another bang and said we could leave.
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