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krkhan

on Saturday April 09, 2011 @06:17AM

krkhan writes "This is a little old but seeing as it didn't make it to /. at the time I think it deserves a headline now. Adrian Hands was suffering from ALS and had lost motor skills when he used his legs to type in Morse code and fix a 9 year old bug in Gnome. The patch was submitted three days before he passed away."
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Hands used his Feet for Feats (Score:1)

by mim (535591) writes:

Simply amazing. I'm in awe of the power of his spirit. http://www.adrianhandssociety.com/ [adrianhandssociety.com]

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