Sachi Gahan was due to come to TED2006 last week. Tragically her husband Drew Lippolt (pictured here) was killed in a motorcycle accident shortly before TED.

She has written movingly about her husband at www.goodbyedrew.com and at her blog (a painful real-life example of the power of personal blogging that Mena Trott spoke about last week).  Our thoughts go out to you, Sachi.

On behalf of the TED community, I have authorized a donation of $10k from this year’s TED profits to the Electronic Frontier Foundation in Drew’s name.