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  1. Yay @chaslinux! #TheWorkingCentre's #ComputerRecycling is working with the City of #Kitchener to refurbish low-cost computers!

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    Kitchener looks to better connect community with recycled devices.

    kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/09/

    > The City of Kitchener is looking to take old, unused city technology and turn it into opportunities for those who need them in the community.

  2. Yay @chaslinux! #TheWorkingCentre's #ComputerRecycling is working with the City of #Kitchener to refurbish low-cost computers!

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    Kitchener looks to better connect community with recycled devices.

    kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/09/

    > The City of Kitchener is looking to take old, unused city technology and turn it into opportunities for those who need them in the community.

  3. Yay @chaslinux! #TheWorkingCentre's #ComputerRecycling is working with the City of #Kitchener to refurbish low-cost computers!

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    Kitchener looks to better connect community with recycled devices.

    kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/09/

    > The City of Kitchener is looking to take old, unused city technology and turn it into opportunities for those who need them in the community.

  4. Yay @chaslinux! #TheWorkingCentre's #ComputerRecycling is working with the City of #Kitchener to refurbish low-cost computers!

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    Kitchener looks to better connect community with recycled devices.

    kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/09/

    > The City of Kitchener is looking to take old, unused city technology and turn it into opportunities for those who need them in the community.

  5. Yay @chaslinux! #TheWorkingCentre's #ComputerRecycling is working with the City of #Kitchener to refurbish low-cost computers!

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    Kitchener looks to better connect community with recycled devices.

    kitchener.citynews.ca/2025/09/

    > The City of Kitchener is looking to take old, unused city technology and turn it into opportunities for those who need them in the community.

  6. #BikeNite A2: I spent exactly one day working (for pay) in a bike shop, #RecycleCycles in #Kitchener, a project run by #TheWorkingCentre where I'd just started work in the IT department. Bike Shop Day was part of the new job orientation. Lots of fun for a bike weenie: All the tools! All the parts! And professional expertise to help out when things go wrong. I have none of those in my basement.

    I've volunteered there a few times since, just a few hours at a time.

    @ascentale
    @pete @bikenite

  7. #BikeNite A5: The LBS I go to now is Black Arrow Cycles blackarrowcycles.ca/

    The owner, Jesse Robertson, used to run #RecycleCycles, a project of #TheWorkingCentre. I worked at TWC as a computer support tech, and part of the orientation was working in the bike shop for a day. Quite the treat for a computer guy who likes bikes!

    I bought my bike (and my son's) at another LBS (before Black Arrow existed), largely because there was a display of new bikes outside.

    @ascentale
    @sam @bikenite

  8. @Shanmonster

    Any idea what part of your laptop is dead?

    A few years ago at a @kwlug swap meet someone brought in a "dead" laptop. The only thing wrong was a dead battery that was trying to charge, but pulling so much power the laptop wouldn't boot. I removed the battery and it ran just fine, and it was my daily computer for years.

    It's possible #ComputerRecycling at #TheWorkingCentre has parts to fix it; if not, they have cheap (used) computers and laptops.

    cc: Charles McColm @chaslinux

  9. @Shanmonster

    Any idea what part of your laptop is dead?

    A few years ago at a @kwlug swap meet someone brought in a "dead" laptop. The only thing wrong was a dead battery that was trying to charge, but pulling so much power the laptop wouldn't boot. I removed the battery and it ran just fine, and it was my daily computer for years.

    It's possible #ComputerRecycling at #TheWorkingCentre has parts to fix it; if not, they have cheap (used) computers and laptops.

    cc: Charles McColm @chaslinux

  10. @Shanmonster

    Any idea what part of your laptop is dead?

    A few years ago at a @kwlug swap meet someone brought in a "dead" laptop. The only thing wrong was a dead battery that was trying to charge, but pulling so much power the laptop wouldn't boot. I removed the battery and it ran just fine, and it was my daily computer for years.

    It's possible #ComputerRecycling at #TheWorkingCentre has parts to fix it; if not, they have cheap (used) computers and laptops.

    cc: Charles McColm @chaslinux

  11. @Shanmonster

    Any idea what part of your laptop is dead?

    A few years ago at a @kwlug swap meet someone brought in a "dead" laptop. The only thing wrong was a dead battery that was trying to charge, but pulling so much power the laptop wouldn't boot. I removed the battery and it ran just fine, and it was my daily computer for years.

    It's possible #ComputerRecycling at #TheWorkingCentre has parts to fix it; if not, they have cheap (used) computers and laptops.

    cc: Charles McColm @chaslinux

  12. @Shanmonster

    Any idea what part of your laptop is dead?

    A few years ago at a @kwlug swap meet someone brought in a "dead" laptop. The only thing wrong was a dead battery that was trying to charge, but pulling so much power the laptop wouldn't boot. I removed the battery and it ran just fine, and it was my daily computer for years.

    It's possible #ComputerRecycling at #TheWorkingCentre has parts to fix it; if not, they have cheap (used) computers and laptops.

    cc: Charles McColm @chaslinux