Herb’s Blog, Herbdate 22316 – 1071
Sorry, I haven’t been posting but I have been trying to get around to read and look at everybody else’s stuff. This is one of those features I really enjoy doing, though and so,
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Oh, wait. Before I start on this week’s story I want to tell you about something I learned the other day. One of my Canadian followers, Margy from Amusives, could not view last week’s video because it was restricted there. I found a tool on the Internet called Check YouTube Video Region Restrictions Online which shows you if the video is restricted in other countries. Last week’s video was restricted in Australia, Canada, and Japan for whatever reason. Here is a link to a written version of the story: Tennessee students build robotic hand for new classmate. The workarounds I found were to use a VPN or Web Proxy to connect to a server in the appropriate region. I don’t want people to go through all that so I will be using this restriction checker to make sure it’s available to all.
I had a couple of stories to share today. The one was from last year, however, about an eight-year-old West Virginia boy who sold his Pokemon cards so his puppy could stay at the vet and be cured of Parvo which is an awful, frequently deadly disease for dogs. The Pokemon people were impressed and sent him some very rare cards to replace the ones he had sold. It was a nice story and you can read it here.
The story I have featured here just had a warmth to it and may not have gotten national attention because the people involved are just nice normal people. Not flamboyant or exotic; Not costing a large sum of money; No puppies in danger but this guy did this just because he wanted to and is really not the type to seek praise. East Idaho News does a feature called Feel Good Friday which highlights something good they can report in the local news there. I have enjoyed several of their stories and really liked this one because this guy Dallon seems like a lot of the guys I grew up with in our small town. Nothing extraordinary about him at all and a bit overwhelmed by being in the spotlight, even for a bit. I have also had friends and acquaintances with Down Syndrome and know that someone being kind like this has a great impact. I also like that the station didn’t overdo it but, in my opinion, recognized this at just the right level.
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