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And we can help.<\/p>\n
JT Eberhard has pledged to donate his blog earnings to Dillahunty so all you have to do is visit his site and voila… you’ve helped. Here’s what he says:<\/p>\n
So, I\u2019m going to be brief as there\u2019s a lot of stuff to do.<\/p>\n
First \u2013 thank you. Many of you have asked if there\u2019s any way you can help. It\u2019s greatly appreciated, but there are people who are much worse off than we are \u2013 even after accounting for the theft.<\/p>\n
Second \u2013 I\u2019m resetting passwords, closing accounts and doing inventory of the stolen items. I\u2019ll be skipping the show this week and there are several other things that I won\u2019t have time for over the coming week or two.<\/p>\n
They stole both of our laptops (Beth desperately needed a new one anyway), along with my new tablet (which stings, because it\u2019s new and because I was going to take it to work today, but forgot) and her netbook. They also got her wedding jewelry (which can\u2019t be easily replaced) and her pistol. In total, it\u2019s several thousand dollars worth of stuff\u2026but nothing that was crazy expensive.<\/p>\n
Those are all things. Yes, our privacy has been violated. Yes, we lost a lot of valuable stuff. But there are plenty of people who didn\u2019t have that stuff to begin with\u2026.or anything like it.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve lost most of my recent debate notes and lecture notes (they were on the laptop and tablet) \u2013 but I could still debate or give a talk, tomorrow.<\/p>\n
I may miss my shiny new ASUS TF700T, but we\u2019re still healthy and safe and I\u2019m not going to let this douchebag thief do any more damage than he\u2019s already done, by moping about lost \u2018stuff\u2019.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s going to take a while to replace the things, and it\u2019ll take a little longer to repair our confidence in the safety of our own home\u2026but we\u2019ll get there.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
JT says:<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s what I can do: all the money I make off this post, I will donate to Matt next month.\u00a0 I make $100 per 25,000 hits, so unless this post goes viral (or gets some help from reddit), it probably won\u2019t be much.\u00a0 But it\u2019s money that none of us has to cough up individually, and I\u2019ve made damn near $1,000 from a viral post before, so it\u2019s possible.\u00a0 It\u2019s what I can do.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n