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I read an article in the Chronicle this morning about the tough time many non-profits are having getting donations from private donors. This isn’t the case for all non-profits, though.

KALX is on track to break last year’s record level for donations. I talked to Sandra earlier this evening and she said they are within $1,000 of their goal, with the rest of Friday night, all of Saturday, and part of Sunday still to go.

If you haven’t donated, there’s still time to pledge. You can call the station at (510) 642-KALX.

So why are donations to KALX rising while donations to many other non-profits are falling? Perhaps a backlash against the RIAA has led music lovers to send more of their money to support the broadcast of great, diverse music rather than lining the pockets of music label execs and industry organization stooges.

I just scored 3 out of 10 on a quiz where you decide based on a photo whether someone is a programming language inventor or a serial killer.

My first correct answer was for a photo of Phil Wadler. Since I know Phil and I used to work with him, one would hope that I would have correctly guessed that his co-designer role on Haskell qualified him as a programming language inventor. I picked up a lot of practical info on XML Schema and namespaces from Phil. I did not learn anything from him about garroting, impaling, or shooting.

The only serial killer I correctly identified was Sam Berkowitz (Son of Sam Killer). I guess I should stay out of dark alleys.

My final correct answer was a wild guess on a photo that turned out to be Ralph Griswold, the Snobol man. Although he definitely had the 1950′s or 60′s geek look going on in his photo, so did a couple other guys who turned out to have killed a lot more than just bugs.

[via Boing Boing: A Directory of Wonderful Things]