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23 Apr 2010 15:12

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Offbeat: Feel-good story: 99-year-old woman’s first computer an iPad

  • Admit it, you needed a pick-me up. Good thing we have Virginia Campbell, the 99-year-old woman and nursing home resident making sense of her new digital toy. The poet and writer had never owned a computer before, but read a lot. Unfortunately, her eyesight was going bad, so the hype around the device sucked her in. And now she can read on this device really easily. Man, she’s gonna be so upset when she realizes it doesn’t run Flash. source

21 Feb 2009 12:34

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Offbeat: This doesn’t sound like a good idea, grandpa

  • 99 years old, the age of Chicago-area resident Max Fabian. He’s old.
  • 90 number of miles Max drives to and from work every day. Um. Yikes. Eyes on the road, gramps. source