Again which media is important? Who should you ask?How American Homeless Stay Wired |
| from the works-best-in-san-francisco dept. |
| posted by timothy on Saturday May 30, @19:12 (The Internet) |
| http://tech.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/05/30/2241228 |
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[0]theodp writes "San Franciscan Charles Pitts has accounts on
[1]Facebook, [2]MySpace and [3]Twitter. He runs a Yahoo forum, reads news
online and keeps in touch with friends via email. Nothing unusual, right?
Except Pitts has been homeless for two years and manages this digital
lifestyle from his residence under a highway bridge. Thanks to cheap
computers, free Internet access and sheer determination, the WSJ reports
that [4]being homeless isn't stopping some from staying wired. 'You don't
need a TV. You don't need a radio. You don't even need a newspaper,' says
Pitts. 'But you need the Internet.'"

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Links:
0. mailto:theodp@aol.com
1. http://www.facebook.com/people/Charles-Pitts/1340377541
2. http://www.myspace.com/poetcharles
3. http://twitter.com/poetcharles
4. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124363359881267523.html