[Magdalen] Remembering Charles Smith

[Marilyn Cepeda]

I like that you can ask someone to curate your page after you die.
I asked my daughter and gave her my password etc.

On Tuesday, February 24, 2015, Lesley de Voil <lesleymdv at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had the same feelings as Roger, upon seeing the reminder pop up in
> my phone calendar yesterday.
> There are a number of issues here.
> First, I note that Facebook hasn't quite solved the problem of whether
> to discontinue a page after the owner's death. I myself was grateful
> for the reminder, and was able to recognise that despite the issues I
> had with CS personally, I was and am still very grateful for all the
> work that went into  his web development.
> I think we can safely challenge Shakespeare here and say that this is
> not an occasion where "the good is oft interred with their bones."
> Second, is the recognition that building a society takes not only a
> lot of hard work, it also demands a level of negation of self-interest
> with which few of us ever fully comply. ( I try not to look at
> Australiai's current political masters  -and they are almost all of
> them, male-  at this point.)
> So far. it seems to me, there seems to be little opportunity for
> personal self-improvement via the internet. I note that although I
> have a Workout app on my phone, for example, nobody need know whether
> I use it regularly or not. Maybe I need to set a up a Facebook Group
> and set challenges....
>
> Regards
> Lesley de Voil
>
>
> On 2/25/15, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com <javascript:;>>
> wrote:
> > Many (most?) of us first connected with each other through services
> > provided and supported by Charles Smith.  Some of us (including me) have
> > had our difficulties with him un times past, but they are times that are
> > past.  Facebook reminded me that today is the anniversary of his birth.
> > Perhaps this is an appropriate time to give thanks for his contribution
> > to our relationship with one another and to remember him with prayers
> > and thanksgiving.
> >
> > Roger
> >
>


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Marilyn Cepeda