DONATE now to SAVE ILX! (Keep bumping this thread pls)

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As you might know, the future of ILX's hosting is in doubt. It's not certain, but we might have to find a new host for the servers, and a free one looks increasingly unlikely. Hosting will cost roughly $1200 a year, and a campaign has started to raise the cash.

You can:

DONATE to the campaign

Read more about the problems with hosting

Help out with an effort to get the ILX code into shape

If we are allowed to stay on the current host, all donations will be refunded, but if we're thrown off, it'll be too late to campaign. We already have enough for one month's hosting!

― stet (stet), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:30 (eighteen years ago) link

$1200, that's only €938 or £634 !

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:41 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm an idiot. How does Paypal work? I'm getting a debit card in a while; can i use that on Paypal?

― Tape Store (Tape Store), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:42 (eighteen years ago) link

you can set up paypal to draw from the bank account you have your debit card linked to.

― kingfish trapped under ice (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:43 (eighteen years ago) link

Also, when you click the contribute button there's a page you can put the card details into. You don't need to open a Paypal account if you don't want to.

― stet (stet), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:44 (eighteen years ago) link

PayPal's help/FAQ page. I've used it for years now and never had a problem.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link

$1200, that's like 16 barrels of crude oil, come on people!

― StanM (StanM), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Stet, drop me a private line, plz.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:46 (eighteen years ago) link

stet, for ease of mind, can you reassure people exactly HOW you'll get their money back to them if it's not needed?

(hint: tell them it *is* needed, then we'll go and paint Glasgow red with teh profits of your "scam")

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link

can i send someone a cheque? my paypal account was suspended because they couldnt verify my identity

― i've dreamt of rubies! (Mandee), Thursday, 10 August 2006 21:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I've got the same problem as Mandee, I see now...

― Gerard (Gerard), Thursday, 10 August 2006 22:14 (eighteen years ago) link

I can't use paypal for anything for 2 weeks as im skint. I shall however donate then if the fund is still up.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link

Sod it. I've donated what I can.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy (Kerr), Thursday, 10 August 2006 22:33 (eighteen years ago) link

OK, I've chipped in a bit. During the last fund drive, I was brand new to ILX and not sure I was going to hang around, so I didn't put any in the kitty...glad to chip in this time around.

― Whitman Mayonnaise (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:02 (eighteen years ago) link

I've donated a wee bit. I'll give more later in the month when I get paid again.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link

I will give a bit when I get paid next Wednesday.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:16 (eighteen years ago) link

also, i will buy stet some nasty organic cider or something. i'd probably do that anyway, but i can get some sense of collective usefulness this time round.

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link

(and I know where he lives, and also his girlfriend, so can kick his, erm, midriff in if he fails to do useful stuff with the cash. I'd kick his head in, but it's a bit high up)

― ailsa (ailsa), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:21 (eighteen years ago) link

Great going everyone! 18 donors so far. Every bit helps so thank you all! I've also been contacted by people who want to stay anonymous, their figures won't show up on the donation page yet.

I can't handle US cheques here, but I don't mind doing UK cheques. If anyone wants to turn cheques into paypal gold let me know and I'll pass details on.

Ailsa: Refunds will come straight from PayPal -- there's a 60 day limit on doing that, but we'll know for sure well before then. xpost: oh god, make sure I've put the money somewhere safe before that evil drink comes out.

― stet (stet), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link

Stet, drop me a private line, plz.

-- Ned Raggett (ne...) (webmail), Today 6:46 PM. (Ned) (later) (link)

hey guy, Ned's serious

http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7170/suppactorgoodfellasra9.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/5077/fypmshirt3ig4.gif

― heavyweight grebt (sanskrit), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:29 (eighteen years ago) link

While I don't think stet is trying to scam anyone here, I'm just saying for the record that I do not specifically endorse this fundraiser.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:35 (eighteen years ago) link

Why not, Andrew? Is there a better way?

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:41 (eighteen years ago) link

It's not that there's a better way, per se, merely that I don't know stet personally and cannot vouch for his trustworthiness. This does not mean that he is untrustworthy. I am just trying to limit my own personal liability in the remote possibility that this all goes pearshaped.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:49 (eighteen years ago) link

Quite understood, Andrew -- I will vouch for stet; I met him at the same time I met many of the Glasgow ILXors and he's a solid guy. Ailsa and the rest of the Glaswegians can doubtless vouch for him too.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Okay that felt good. We're more than a third of the way there folks!

― jergins (jergins), Thursday, 10 August 2006 23:56 (eighteen years ago) link

Keep going! Fork it over!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:42 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm paranoid it will all be spent on Buckfast and deep fried Mars bars now.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:45 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh, and Celtic tattoos.

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Seriously though guys: no buckfast or mars bars. If it makes anyone feel more comfortable to know, I'm going out with Madchen, I work with Alba and Grimly Fiendish and I'm known to most of Glasgow ILX and a lot of London too. I couldn't abscond with the cash without leaving my lass, my job and the country.

It's going great guns! Some incredible donations! We're halfway there to a year of ILX goodness and poxy fuling!

― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:55 (eighteen years ago) link

You could get a few Celtic tattoos, even so. Come on.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 11 August 2006 00:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I think Madchen's your protection against that fear. Spending it on new shoes, however ...

― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Free Celtic tatoo for every donor!

― chap who would dare to start Raaatpackin (chap), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:01 (eighteen years ago) link

where on the body? does it depend on size of donation?

― Louis Jagger (Haberdager), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link

We need to go on all the drunk threads and direct them here.

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:03 (eighteen years ago) link

Despite experiencing it firsthand twice before, I'm still astounded by the generosity of ILXors.

― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:05 (eighteen years ago) link

:-) Andrew, I was thinking of your equally amazed reaction to those other times earlier today, actually. Great feeling, isn't it?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:07 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah I'd say it's up there with getting a back rub from a significant other.

― Andrew (enneff), Friday, 11 August 2006 01:08 (eighteen years ago) link

Free Celtic tatoo for every donor!

Can I have my money back pls?

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Friday, 11 August 2006 02:16 (eighteen years ago) link

bump

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 11 August 2006 03:09 (eighteen years ago) link

ba da bump

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Friday, 11 August 2006 03:10 (eighteen years ago) link

There you are. That's better than just pissing it away at a bar, although I'll probably still do that later anyway.

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Friday, 11 August 2006 05:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Just $400 shy of the goal amount!

― I'm down for runnin' up on them crackers in the city hall... (papa november), Friday, 11 August 2006 05:39 (eighteen years ago) link

I want to donate, but I don't have a credit card nor a cheque account. Could I just send you some paper money via mail? Obviously you wouldn't have to return it even if we can keep the current host. In that case, you can just buy a round for the Glasgow ILXors or something.

If this is okay with you, just send your mail address to my email below.

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Friday, 11 August 2006 05:42 (eighteen years ago) link

Come on everyone, close your eyes, think of ILX and DO NATE!

― StanM (StanM), Friday, 11 August 2006 06:43 (eighteen years ago) link

I've just donated - I think the more people who say they have will reassure those who might be feeling uneasy about it for whatever reason, maybe?

The advice I've got from Grimly (not to mention an updated OS) was worth what I donated on it's own as it's kept my poor old Mac going for the last year...so thanks and well done to Stet for making a start - hurrah to the Scottish brigade!

― Ned T.Rifle (nedtrifle), Friday, 11 August 2006 06:53 (eighteen years ago) link

$280 to go

― Teh littlest HoBBo (the pirate king), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:02 (eighteen years ago) link

stet's a right good chap.

― sean gramophone (Sean M), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:16 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not sure if "goes out with Madchen" is proof of reliability. Nonetheless, I consider Stet to be a worthy chap. He should be aware that Celtic tatto = dumpable offence, however.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:30 (eighteen years ago) link

It strikes me that the campaign will benefit rather from the strong pound.

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:35 (eighteen years ago) link

$160 to go.

― James Mitchell (James Mitchell), Friday, 11 August 2006 07:44 (eighteen years ago) link

Skipping 39 messages at this point... Click here if you want to load them all.

I've put my wee drop in, happy to contribute to keep this place afloat.

― leigh (leigh), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:48 (eighteen years ago) link

Whatever happened to The Continuity DG?

― Michael Jones (MichaelJ), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh DEAR.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:50 (eighteen years ago) link

Whatever happened to The Continuity DG?

he's fighting the armed struggle against the settings page

― The Officical DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 10:52 (eighteen years ago) link

Since the goal has been met we can't donate anymore? (I couldn't find a link).

(This is Sam I locked myself out of ILx this week like a moran)

― Handmaiden of Hip Hop (Molly Jones), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:14 (eighteen years ago) link

i've let my wee drop in, happy to be of service

hi DG!!

― Euai Kapaui (tracerhand), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:16 (eighteen years ago) link

You absolutely can, but I stopped it at $1200 because that's was the cost of a year's hosting, and it'll be more than enough to cover us over the transition time.

Once we know for certain we have to move, and the exact costs of the next year or so, I can open it up (if needed) again.

― stet (stet), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:19 (eighteen years ago) link

nice to see people remember me...i feel like a true celebrity, like paul danan :)

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link

Hi DG! I didn't expect you to turn up.

― GILLY'S BAGG'EAR VANCE OF COUPARI (Ex Leon), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:36 (eighteen years ago) link

ravens -> tower of london
dg -> ilx0r

you bitches better not try and cripple me though

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 12:39 (eighteen years ago) link

Complaints complaints. (Hey, how's Fatnick, anyway?)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey, how's Fatnick, anyway?

as awful as ever. he's just polishing off his masters degree in mediaeval history in fact

he also makes music :( http://www.myspace.com/thefatnick

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Hey, Deeg!

But the Ravens were there to protect the REAL BRITISHES from the ENGLISH!!!!

― das Fräuleinmaschine (kate), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:34 (eighteen years ago) link

does that mean i have to protect ilx from teh NOIZE DOODZ?

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:47 (eighteen years ago) link

DG! Good grief, where've you been!

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link

^ n.phay as was, btw.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Friday, 11 August 2006 13:49 (eighteen years ago) link

he's just polishing off his masters degree in mediaeval history in fact

I salute my fellow advanced degree holder!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:00 (eighteen years ago) link

don't encourage him ned, he already thinks he's a 12th century byzantine patriarch

phay you should have patented the word 'charver' & variants back when this board started, you'd be rolling in money like scrooge mcduck by now

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:08 (eighteen years ago) link

*waves at DG*

― Mädchen (Madchen), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:11 (eighteen years ago) link

Forget about the ravens, a more appropriate comparison is Aslan wandering back to Narnia in times of peril. I reckon.

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:12 (eighteen years ago) link

more like harold shipman at a help the aged fundraiser

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:14 (eighteen years ago) link

don't encourage him ned, he already thinks he's a 12th century byzantine patriarch

My kinda guy! (Did I mention I love the Byzantine Empire?)

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:16 (eighteen years ago) link

no seriously ned, he doesn't even understand computers anymore, he thinks icons are to worshipped, not clicked on

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:19 (eighteen years ago) link

If it's an icon of me it's all good.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:21 (eighteen years ago) link

How likely is that, Ned, in your experience?

― Tim (Tim), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:26 (eighteen years ago) link

WOW HI DG

― Jesus Dan (Dan Perry), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link

I feel like a complete twit for not having access to my credit card and donating earlier. :-( I was away and now I come back to find the goal has been reached. I guess I'll have to donate double the amount next time.

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Friday, 11 August 2006 14:45 (eighteen years ago) link

How likely is that, Ned, in your experience?

I allow for all possibilities.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 18:30 (eighteen years ago) link

FatNick only worships this guy

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Friday, 11 August 2006 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link

ihttp://www.history.qmul.ac.uk/images/asbridge1.jpg

"Well hi! Yes, I'm your insurance agent."

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 11 August 2006 19:49 (eighteen years ago) link

I was gone and missed all this! wow ilx is sure full of wonderful. we're gonna be kinda broke due to taking this vacation but I'm sure I can find a bit if the kitty opens up again. xoxoxox ilx

― teeny (teeny), Saturday, 12 August 2006 11:40 (eighteen years ago) link

Way to go everybody! I've been fundraising all summer for our radio station. I wish we could raise our goal that quickly and easily.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:20 (eighteen years ago) link

I know! This worked so well, we should takes turns buying each other cars and houses!

― Beth Parker (Beth Parker), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:31 (eighteen years ago) link

Let's start with Scott - he seems like a really nice, deserving ILXor.

― Maria :D (Maria D.), Saturday, 12 August 2006 12:40 (eighteen years ago) link

We should probably get him a wig first :-)

― StanM (StanM), Saturday, 12 August 2006 13:33 (eighteen years ago) link

I have several.

― I'm down for runnin' up on them crackers in the city hall... (papa november), Saturday, 12 August 2006 23:04 (eighteen years ago) link

i'm waiting on a freelance check so if i get it in time (you know how those fucking magazines are) i will certainly chip in. and as much as my relationship with this site is love/hate, it's amazing to see everyone getting together and chipping in. good job all.

― Pop Ryan (Rebelwordsmith), Sunday, 13 August 2006 05:56 (eighteen years ago) link

two weeks pass...

Oh, and Celtic tattoos.

Pssst... hey, Stet!

http://www.nice-pc.co.uk/celtic.html

:-)

― StanM (StanM), Sunday, 27 August 2006 15:59 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm going completely mad: I read this as Oral Celtic Performance Laptop

― Nathalie (stevie nixed), Sunday, 27 August 2006 16:47 (eighteen years ago) link

hello! i hav been away... and am willing to donate! but shall i wait till next time?

― i am not a nugget (stevie), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Yus. We're good for money for the near future.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:10 (eighteen years ago) link

so what's the plan now then?

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:33 (eighteen years ago) link

We're waiting till Monday to see what the hosts say, then we have until 30th Sept if it's bad news.

― stet (stet), Sunday, 27 August 2006 17:37 (eighteen years ago) link

DG omg hello!

(you've been missed here by people you barely knew)

― Kim (Kim), Sunday, 27 August 2006 20:31 (eighteen years ago) link

cough

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 11:54 (eighteen years ago) link

Yeah, Stet/Andrew, start talking. Are we staying? Are we moving?

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 11:56 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't think Andrew knows himself until Monday.

― Pashmina (Pashmina), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:03 (eighteen years ago) link

I thought it was yesterday he was hearing, I don't know anything new.

― stet (stet), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:04 (eighteen years ago) link

Righto, I was just wondering. I didn't mean to be as snarky as that looked. Cheers lads!

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:09 (eighteen years ago) link

hello to kimX0r and hello to everyone else who said hello, hello trees hello sky

― The Real DG (D to thee G), Tuesday, 29 August 2006 12:24 (eighteen years ago) link

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