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May 13, 2007
Fix your mom's computer today, from wherever you are, for free; A lesser-known Madonna
Fix your mom's computer for mother's day: NYC software developer Joel Spolsky (Joel on Software) is offering up to three free day passes to his Fog Creek Copilot program, today only:
Why not fix your mom's computer?
You know: remove the spyware and adware, install Firefox, and make it so that weird toolbar toast doesn't pop up every 15 seconds.
To make it easy, this Sunday we're making Fog Creek Copilot absolutely free.
No strings attached. Just go to https://www.copilot.com on Sunday, get a free pass, and we'll email your mom a link she can click on to download the helper application. It's really easy.
P.S. Same deal applies for Father's Day, June 17.
Sounds like an easy link:
While connected as a helper, you see the desktop of the person you're helping in its own window. As you move your mouse within this window, the other's mouse pointer moves, and as you type, the text appears on both of your screens.
Related (and perhaps necessary): How to fix Mom and Dad's computer from Lifehacker.
Madonna: Growing up, our house had three gold-framed copies of Raphael's The Madonna of the Chair in various sizes hanging on walls. (I don't know why, and I don't think there's really an answer.) I think this one is more interesting:

Carlo Crivelli
"Madonna of the Taper (Madonna della candeletta)", c. 1490, panel, Brera, Milan
Happy Mother's Day...
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