Imagine the warm and fuzzies I felt when I saw this in my inbox this morning:

In truth, it was TOO MUCH of a success, as there wasn't enough time to get to all of the 28 participating businesses. Our cargo van was filled to the brink twice with monitors, computers, keyboards, cables and techno gadgetry of all sorts.

The Gastown tech community is organizing a “Free Geek” Hardware Drive. On Friday, Dec 7th, participating Gastown tech business will donate their old, unneeded hardware to Free Geek, a non-profit that “helps the needy get nerdy.”