Geek of the Week – Sam Smith

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Sam Smith is Geek of the Week! Sam is a regular at our Mini Geek-A-Thon (MGAT) events and an expert ‘runner’, helping set up computers for the demonstration part of the award and helping families get everything loaded into their cars. He is a truly dependable volunteer, always ready to help out with whatever task is needed and is a key part of making our weekend events run smoothly and is a great example of a Kramden Super Geek. Thank you, Sam for all of the help you give Kramden!

 

Favorite Geek Books: The City of Ember (childhood memories)

Favorite Geek Movie: Star Wars series

What is your favorite thing about volunteering with Kramden? I like to feel that I’m making an impact on others. I have the privilege of using a computer every day, for school and recreational purposes. It’s truly one thing that can majorly impact one’s life.

Best Kramden Moment? During an MGAT, I was a runner for a very gracious family. They were very friendly, kind people. It seemed to me they felt a bit of assurance for their son’s future with the addition of a computer in their household. It made me feel all “warm-inside” to know they were grateful for everything Kramden did for them.

When you are not volunteering at Kramden, what do you do? Besides school and the occasional video game, I experiment with new hardware and software for the server room in my house. I’ve set up full-on database servers to simple media servers. I enjoy taking something apart, understanding how it works or what was wrong with it, and reconstructing it for reuse.