Poke! May Steve Jobs rest in peace; young boy hit by train donated his organs (6th October 2011)

Sorry for the lack of update yesterday, as I was having a terrible immune system. Apologies!

Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, died at age 56 [new.com.au]

I just couldn't believe this news is coming this soon. After stepping back from the CEO position of Apple, Inc., he's not been in a good shape at all. Such an innovative talent just gone like a poof. He is not just he co-founder of Apple. He brings Pixar to life as well. Bringing the best 3D animation studio into the world, and my beautiful memories on watching Pixar films, which I think the press has a bit missed out on this point. Anyhow, the wold has lost another great innovator and inspirer. May Steve Jobs rest in peace. Here is the excerpt of his life from Wikipedia:

Steven Paul Google Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011) was an American computer entrepreneur and inventor. He was co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. Jobs also previously served as chief executive of Pixar Animation Studios; he became a member of the board of directors of The Walt Disney Company in 2006, following the acquisition of Pixar by Disney. He was credited in Toy Story (1995) as an executive producer.

In the late 1970s, Jobs, with Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, Mike Markkula, and others, designed, developed, and marketed one of the first commercially successful lines of personal computers, the Apple II series. In the early 1980s, Jobs was among the first to see the commercial potential of Xerox PARC's mouse-driven graphical user interface, which led to the creation of the Macintosh. After losing a power struggle with the board of directors in 1985, Jobs resigned from Apple and founded NeXT, a computer platform development company specializing in the higher-education and business markets. Apple's subsequent 1996 buyout of NeXT brought Jobs back to the company he co-founded, and he served as its CEO from 1997 until 2011.

In 1986, he acquired the computer graphics division of Lucasfilm Ltd which was spun off as Pixar Animation Studios. He remained CEO and majority shareholder at 50.1 percent until its acquisition by The Walt Disney company in 2006. Consequently Jobs became Disney's largest individual shareholder at 7 percent and a member of Disney's Board of Directors.

On August 24, 2011, Jobs announced his resignation from his role as Apple's CEO. In his letter of resignation, Jobs strongly recommended that the Apple executive succession plan be followed and Tim Cook be named as his successor. Per his request, Jobs was appointed chairman of Apple's board of directors. On October 5, 2011, Apple announced that Jobs had died. He was 56 years old. His aim had been to develop products that are both functional and elegant earned him a devoted following.

Ethan's organs has donated to families who needs them [ABC]

Sad news are pouring like rain as it's also raining today. Ethan, the boy who was hit by the train on Monday in Melbourne has passed away. Her mother today has told the press today that his son's organs are donated to needing recipients.

"As a result of Ethan's injuries he became eligible to donate his organs, and this will hopefully prevent another family or families from suffering," she said. Many of the emergency volunteers who attended the scene knew the families involved, and Michelle thanked them for their efforts.

Good for the parents. People usually want to keep their loved ones in one piece when burying them, but they would allow doctors to take away their son's organs and give it to the others, which I think it's just beautiful, kind and generous. Also, not to mention that it's amazing that even a person has passed on, they can still contribute to the world helping others. Science, doctors and inventors: the world would be much worse without the change you have brought in.

D.